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alexbthelibrarian 's review for:
Hummingbird Salamander
by Jeff VanderMeer
I received an eARC copy of this book through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
I’ll be honest, this review was going to be more like a 3 star until I sat and digested the novel for 24 hours. This one, as Troy would say, wrinkled my brain.
For the first 150 pages, I was so confused and lost as to why the narrator even cared about the mystery of Silvina. It was long and boring and I could not concentrate on the story because I wasn’t sure why I cared. The last half of the book, however, not only answered most of those questions, but made me aware of why I disliked the first half of the book so much!
With most books, authors create a main character or narrator the reader can relate to. In this book, however, I found myself disliking the narrator more and more as the story continued. When I hit the halfway point and more towards the end, I understood why. The author really pushed this book and this narrator I could not connect with, and created an interesting and still confusing story.
I found this to not be my favorite book by Jeff VanderMeer, however, still worth a read if you like mystery/thrillers and brutally honest scenarios.
I’ll be honest, this review was going to be more like a 3 star until I sat and digested the novel for 24 hours. This one, as Troy would say, wrinkled my brain.
For the first 150 pages, I was so confused and lost as to why the narrator even cared about the mystery of Silvina. It was long and boring and I could not concentrate on the story because I wasn’t sure why I cared. The last half of the book, however, not only answered most of those questions, but made me aware of why I disliked the first half of the book so much!
With most books, authors create a main character or narrator the reader can relate to. In this book, however, I found myself disliking the narrator more and more as the story continued. When I hit the halfway point and more towards the end, I understood why. The author really pushed this book and this narrator I could not connect with, and created an interesting and still confusing story.
I found this to not be my favorite book by Jeff VanderMeer, however, still worth a read if you like mystery/thrillers and brutally honest scenarios.