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A review by theballadofgrace
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
3.0
Faulkner's writing always feels like you need to be on something in order to understand his writing and storytelling. I feel like a good bang on the head would suffice also.
This was an assigned reading that I had to read in my senior year of high school for AP Lit way back when, and I honestly could barely comprehend the meaning or message of the book at the time (and I promise it's not for lack of intelligence on my part). If it weren't for this being a class reading with the teacher giving us more information and context as we unpacked the book, I probably wouldn't have ever understood a single word of this novel.
With that said, I'm going to give this a 3/5 stars (which was previously a 2/5) because it feels deserving of it. It may have taken me a while, but I actually appreciate and understand the cleverness and artistry behind this novel, and the writing just fits with the overall theme and story being told to us.
Hard to say if I'll ever be a Faulkner fan, but this novel felt like it aged like fine wine overtime, and I think it'll just take even more time for me to fully appreciate the absurdity of his storytelling.
This was an assigned reading that I had to read in my senior year of high school for AP Lit way back when, and I honestly could barely comprehend the meaning or message of the book at the time (and I promise it's not for lack of intelligence on my part). If it weren't for this being a class reading with the teacher giving us more information and context as we unpacked the book, I probably wouldn't have ever understood a single word of this novel.
With that said, I'm going to give this a 3/5 stars (which was previously a 2/5) because it feels deserving of it. It may have taken me a while, but I actually appreciate and understand the cleverness and artistry behind this novel, and the writing just fits with the overall theme and story being told to us.
Hard to say if I'll ever be a Faulkner fan, but this novel felt like it aged like fine wine overtime, and I think it'll just take even more time for me to fully appreciate the absurdity of his storytelling.