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A review by anywiebs
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
1.0
This was a strange read. It was only 100 pages but it was so hard to get into for me. The writing felt inconsistent. Some sentences were beautiful, some were super short, some long and convoluted, but all felt disconnected at times. It was so hard to just get lost in the writing. Which I think would've been necessary for such a slow going novella.
The story is mainly short episodes of a summer visitor to a small coastal town. There's a lot of daily life, gossip and family history.
Nothing really happens and it is a wonderful close look at a time and people past from a contemporary position. But the writing made this almost unbearable for me.
I finished due to pure stubbornness alone.
The story is mainly short episodes of a summer visitor to a small coastal town. There's a lot of daily life, gossip and family history.
Nothing really happens and it is a wonderful close look at a time and people past from a contemporary position. But the writing made this almost unbearable for me.
I finished due to pure stubbornness alone.