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bookisheunoia 's review for:
The Assault
by Harry Mulisch
[3/5 stars]
just as a disclaimer, i read this book for english class so i overanalyzed everything, and that kind of takes away from the joy of reading. that said, here are my honest thoughts:
the assault was, overall, a good book. it's divided into "episodes" and each one features a time-skip to the next point in the life of anton, the main character. there are around 14 symbols (yes, i counted because i'm tracking symbols for class and it broke my brain,,) and they link the book together. the assault is basically about anton and how the death of his family haunt (well, not haunt in a creepy way. more like the fact that he's always reminded of their deaths) him for his entire life. mulisch does tend to throw in historical references that dutch people at the time of publication would be familiar with, but an international audience would probably not understand. i, for one, had a horrible headache after finishing the book because i was so done with the roundabout way of speech by the end. even though it's only 185 pages, i think it could have been even shorter if only the filler setting descriptions were taken out.
but still, i still view the book positively and i'd love to read it again (i say that, as if i won't be rereading it over and over in preparation for my end-of-unit essay...) because each page features so many analyzable literary devices.
i think anton's recurring migraines have rubbed off on me... (iykyk ahahah)
just as a disclaimer, i read this book for english class so i overanalyzed everything, and that kind of takes away from the joy of reading. that said, here are my honest thoughts:
the assault was, overall, a good book. it's divided into "episodes" and each one features a time-skip to the next point in the life of anton, the main character. there are around 14 symbols (yes, i counted because i'm tracking symbols for class and it broke my brain,,) and they link the book together. the assault is basically about anton and how the death of his family haunt (well, not haunt in a creepy way. more like the fact that he's always reminded of their deaths) him for his entire life. mulisch does tend to throw in historical references that dutch people at the time of publication would be familiar with, but an international audience would probably not understand. i, for one, had a horrible headache after finishing the book because i was so done with the roundabout way of speech by the end. even though it's only 185 pages, i think it could have been even shorter if only the filler setting descriptions were taken out.
but still, i still view the book positively and i'd love to read it again (i say that, as if i won't be rereading it over and over in preparation for my end-of-unit essay...) because each page features so many analyzable literary devices.
i think anton's recurring migraines have rubbed off on me... (iykyk ahahah)