samanthawoodke 's review for:

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

4.0

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i was very close to giving this 5 stars but the fact that it took me two months to get through it is holding me back just a little. i feel like this book accomplished what “on earth we’re briefly gorgeous” tried but failed to do … i looooved the lyrical writing style and the way the author seems to capture an entire history within a single story (a modern epic of sorts, the caveat being that it takes some time to really soak in. hence the two months). it’s an objectively good book — worthwhile read, deserving of the praise it has gotten, creative, unique — just not at the top of my “to reread” list.