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A review by theeuphoriczat
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
3.0
It is most definitely an ambitious undertaking and I have to concede that the author accomplished. I just seem to not be the perfect audience for this book. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy this book but the process of reading it is not one that I would repeat.
At first when I was reading this book, I kept thinking 'What the Actual F*ck am I reading?' but then I realised that I was asking the exact right question. This is a surrealist journey of search, love, identity, companionship, ancestry, family relationships and more.
Set in a compartmentalised train heading to an unknown destination (which we find out at the end) is Otto and Xavier who are on a Journey (a nonhoneymoon honeymoon) which was a gift. The more they explore the different compartments/cabins, the more they notice strange things; from a woman either screaming of help or shouting hello to strange documents, to a long time resident of the train Ava. The only way I can describe the train is that it hade multiple worlds and lived experiences as compartments, from markets, to past experience, it was the whole circus. I think that the train ride represent the different stages, people we meet, experiences we create and employ for our gains and development - I could also be interpreting it all wrong....
At first when I was reading this book, I kept thinking 'What the Actual F*ck am I reading?' but then I realised that I was asking the exact right question. This is a surrealist journey of search, love, identity, companionship, ancestry, family relationships and more.
Set in a compartmentalised train heading to an unknown destination (which we find out at the end) is Otto and Xavier who are on a Journey (a nonhoneymoon honeymoon) which was a gift. The more they explore the different compartments/cabins, the more they notice strange things; from a woman either screaming of help or shouting hello to strange documents, to a long time resident of the train Ava. The only way I can describe the train is that it hade multiple worlds and lived experiences as compartments, from markets, to past experience, it was the whole circus. I think that the train ride represent the different stages, people we meet, experiences we create and employ for our gains and development - I could also be interpreting it all wrong....