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A review by meglynw
Self-Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon
4.0
This book is a pretty incredible piece of art.
The choice to not use quotation marks to denote conversation is interesting. It got a bit confusing at first, but it also achieves two things: it forces the reader to really pay attention, and it gives the feeling that we are experiencing everything in a single voice. We are hearing every word through the scope of Lu's experience, rather than being an observer of the happenings. We are only observing the observer.
The story itself is so filled with desperation; to understand, to fit in, to succeed, to break free of the past and all its little catches.
I had to take my time reading this, because it was demanding and heavy, but it was worth it.
The choice to not use quotation marks to denote conversation is interesting. It got a bit confusing at first, but it also achieves two things: it forces the reader to really pay attention, and it gives the feeling that we are experiencing everything in a single voice. We are hearing every word through the scope of Lu's experience, rather than being an observer of the happenings. We are only observing the observer.
The story itself is so filled with desperation; to understand, to fit in, to succeed, to break free of the past and all its little catches.
I had to take my time reading this, because it was demanding and heavy, but it was worth it.