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A review by beesp
Echo by Francesca Lia Block
4.0
This book was really good, but it was also very peculiar.
I really enjoyed Block's descriptions and her characters, they were sad and fragile and beautiful. This kind of story is so different. You would call it magical realism or something like that, but it's much more complicate than that, because it's all about believing and feeling things you cannot see.
Even if it's a short novel, I really could sympathize with Echo. Her 'power' was so tragic and wonderful. Her disorder, her inability to relate with the world made me realize how much Block is interested in writing about growing up and learning to face the world. Echo really spends almost half her life trying to find her place in her skin, trying to feel comfortable with herself. It's really not about searching for that one angel she once encountered, but about her life.
I really enjoyed Block's descriptions and her characters, they were sad and fragile and beautiful. This kind of story is so different. You would call it magical realism or something like that, but it's much more complicate than that, because it's all about believing and feeling things you cannot see.
Even if it's a short novel, I really could sympathize with Echo. Her 'power' was so tragic and wonderful. Her disorder, her inability to relate with the world made me realize how much Block is interested in writing about growing up and learning to face the world. Echo really spends almost half her life trying to find her place in her skin, trying to feel comfortable with herself. It's really not about searching for that one angel she once encountered, but about her life.