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tamutheshamu 's review for:
The World Cannot Give
by Tara Isabella Burton
oh bruv this could’ve been so good… but it just falls short of hitting that perfect sweet spot that i was looking for.
also… i’m so sorry but the writing style took me a solid 30 pages to get used to, and even then, it just didn’t seem to align with what i imagined the the novel to encapsulate ??? it’s a weird mash of 21st-century fandom “cult” mixed with attempts at some donna tartt-like descriptions of academia.
i get that laura’s whole personality is supposed to revolve around virginia, but i started to get annoyed with how one-dimensional she stayed throughout 90% of the book.
the very end is definitely what redeems the novel, but i’ll reiterate that it could’ve been executed in a better way — it was a mid-tier book that got slapped with a would-be insightful ending, which ultimately diminishes the effect of the latter. rip in pieces.
also… i’m so sorry but the writing style took me a solid 30 pages to get used to, and even then, it just didn’t seem to align with what i imagined the the novel to encapsulate ??? it’s a weird mash of 21st-century fandom “cult” mixed with attempts at some donna tartt-like descriptions of academia.
i get that laura’s whole personality is supposed to revolve around virginia, but i started to get annoyed with how one-dimensional she stayed throughout 90% of the book.
the very end is definitely what redeems the novel, but i’ll reiterate that it could’ve been executed in a better way — it was a mid-tier book that got slapped with a would-be insightful ending, which ultimately diminishes the effect of the latter. rip in pieces.