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A review by ashlurtis
A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion
2.0
I decided to read this solely based on the cover and author. I’ve never read Joan Didion before and I have no idea where I got the idea that I would love her, but... I was way off base on this one.
At first, the writing intrigued me and the narration style seemed interesting enough to keep the story moving along. I did read through a lot of this book in a few days, so it wasn’t AWFUL to read? I just... have no idea what I read?
The beginning sets up quite a few “mysteries” which makes the book easy to want to read more of, but the actual style is so elusive that after reading the entire thing, I know no more about it than when I first started. I’m not sure what exactly my problem with this book is, but I just couldn’t crack it.
There are a lot of political themes that go way over my head, for one. I don’t know anything about revolutions or Boca Grande or guns or royal families. Most of the actual dialogue and situations passed me by completely without my understanding any of what happened. The style reminds me almost of like Fitzgerald or something, but more difficult to grasp.
I think I’d try more Didion, but I’ll be way more cautious next time lol.
At first, the writing intrigued me and the narration style seemed interesting enough to keep the story moving along. I did read through a lot of this book in a few days, so it wasn’t AWFUL to read? I just... have no idea what I read?
The beginning sets up quite a few “mysteries” which makes the book easy to want to read more of, but the actual style is so elusive that after reading the entire thing, I know no more about it than when I first started. I’m not sure what exactly my problem with this book is, but I just couldn’t crack it.
There are a lot of political themes that go way over my head, for one. I don’t know anything about revolutions or Boca Grande or guns or royal families. Most of the actual dialogue and situations passed me by completely without my understanding any of what happened. The style reminds me almost of like Fitzgerald or something, but more difficult to grasp.
I think I’d try more Didion, but I’ll be way more cautious next time lol.