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netflix_and_lil 's review for:
All Our Shimmering Skies
by Trent Dalton
I'm a sucker for a child and unrelated-adult-forced-into-parental-role survive in the wilderness together. A grittier story then Hunt For The Wilderpeople for sure, but somehow, equally as uplifting? Greta was a standout, deserving recognition as a standout character in the Australian literary canon (and I just really want to play the live-action version of her, sue me Cate Blanchett) and Aubrey Hook was a detestable, terrifying villain.
Everything was heightened, bordering (or tumbling over) into magical realism at times. The characters were larger than life and the story was grandiose. It's a dense narrative, and the repetition of 'blank, Molly, blank' didn't have the effect I think was hoped after the tenth time it was used. That personal preference with writing style; I thought it was really effective during the bombing and grave-digging scene, but after a while it felt like a cop-out for expending on Molly's thought process. The expansive descriptions of the Australian bushlands were mwah... it's well established I'm a sucker for personification of an environment. It's deceptively short for how much you feel you are reading about. It's the kind of story I want to see in multiple mediums, like the stage and screen, and I'm hoping Dalton's blossoming popularity will open this avenue.
Everything was heightened, bordering (or tumbling over) into magical realism at times. The characters were larger than life and the story was grandiose. It's a dense narrative, and the repetition of 'blank, Molly, blank' didn't have the effect I think was hoped after the tenth time it was used. That personal preference with writing style; I thought it was really effective during the bombing and grave-digging scene, but after a while it felt like a cop-out for expending on Molly's thought process. The expansive descriptions of the Australian bushlands were mwah... it's well established I'm a sucker for personification of an environment. It's deceptively short for how much you feel you are reading about. It's the kind of story I want to see in multiple mediums, like the stage and screen, and I'm hoping Dalton's blossoming popularity will open this avenue.