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fallingletters 's review for:
The Astonishing Color of After
by Emily X.R. Pan
Brief thoughts originally published 9 Oct. 2020 at Falling Letters.
- One of the first books I read during quarantine back at the end of March
- Would have DNF’d around 200 pages if I hadn’t known my access to books would be limited going forward (usually DNF by 40 pages in, so shows how mixed my feelings were on this title)
- A lot longer than I prefer, and very slow. Story is largely told through flashback ‘memories’, which is a less active style than I’m used to.
- Not into the romance at all, which unfortunately makes up a large chunk of the book. The plot is fairly simple beyond that.
- The writing style is unique, in a sort of dreamy way. But it didn’t grip me like, say, McLemore’s prose does.
- Strong exploration of living with a parent with depression and living in the aftermath after that parent's death by suicide
- ★★ for me personally, but more objectively closer to ★★★★
- One of the first books I read during quarantine back at the end of March
- Would have DNF’d around 200 pages if I hadn’t known my access to books would be limited going forward (usually DNF by 40 pages in, so shows how mixed my feelings were on this title)
- A lot longer than I prefer, and very slow. Story is largely told through flashback ‘memories’, which is a less active style than I’m used to.
- Not into the romance at all, which unfortunately makes up a large chunk of the book. The plot is fairly simple beyond that.
- The writing style is unique, in a sort of dreamy way. But it didn’t grip me like, say, McLemore’s prose does.
- Strong exploration of living with a parent with depression and living in the aftermath after that parent's death by suicide
- ★★ for me personally, but more objectively closer to ★★★★