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girlglitch 's review for:
Ripeness
by Sarah Moss
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Moss infuses her fluid stream of consciousness style with compelling characters and evocative settings in this split-timeline story of family, lost and found. The plot is fairly slow, but the storytelling is sensitive and intelligent, with prose as poised as the ballet dancers at the centre of the story.
Perhaps what I love most about Moss' writing is her ability to conjure up a sense of place, and to render emotion through the use of poignant mise en scene. It's transportive, and the effect lingers with you long after close the book.
It's been a while since I've been properly absorbed by a novel, but it turns out Ripeness was just what I was waiting for.
Perhaps what I love most about Moss' writing is her ability to conjure up a sense of place, and to render emotion through the use of poignant mise en scene. It's transportive, and the effect lingers with you long after close the book.
It's been a while since I've been properly absorbed by a novel, but it turns out Ripeness was just what I was waiting for.