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A review by fmmiller88
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
*Currently on Page 56 and so far it is incredibly confusing. The structure is interesting because each "chapter" is written so differently. It is broken into sections and then there are chapters or the next section has multiple POVs to distinguish chapters. I don't think it is going to get any easier.
After finishing this book I am less confused mainly because some chapters are easier to understand than others. You get a glimpse of each persons personality and how the writing style changes to accompany that personality. For example, one of the characters hyper focuses on numbers and is deemed "different" so when it comes to his chapter he analyzes data throughout his story. This is like a series of vignettes which slightly overlap. The book feels like short stories that discuss each person's relationship with technology and then also how they interact with each other. Think the movie "Crash" but way more complex because the stories are not necessarily time parallels. Overall, I am still mixed on how I feel about this book which is why it is a 3.
After finishing this book I am less confused mainly because some chapters are easier to understand than others. You get a glimpse of each persons personality and how the writing style changes to accompany that personality. For example, one of the characters hyper focuses on numbers and is deemed "different" so when it comes to his chapter he analyzes data throughout his story. This is like a series of vignettes which slightly overlap. The book feels like short stories that discuss each person's relationship with technology and then also how they interact with each other. Think the movie "Crash" but way more complex because the stories are not necessarily time parallels. Overall, I am still mixed on how I feel about this book which is why it is a 3.