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A review by tresdem
Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
1.0
I usually don't count DNFs toward my goal, but I slogged through three hundred some pages waiting for it to get better and I feel I deserve it. It's odd in a way. The writing is fantastic, beautiful to read, and exactly my jam. This kind of prose will go far with me. The characters were well fleshed out and believable. There was a solid foundation for the ensemble slice of life that it was.
It just I hated everyone. It's just it's unrelenting misery where no one is happy and everyone hates everyone else because of various reasons. It's petty and irritating and there is no light at the end of the tunnel because even trains don't bother to come around. It's not that I'm against downer endings or books. There's a place even for misery. But when everyone is a shit heel or a doormat (or both) it's just too much-- and 700 pages of too much.
I'd recommend it only to see how you'd like it. In this instance the DNF was just a sort of purely personal thing. It's just not worth my time and attention. (Especially these days)
It just I hated everyone. It's just it's unrelenting misery where no one is happy and everyone hates everyone else because of various reasons. It's petty and irritating and there is no light at the end of the tunnel because even trains don't bother to come around. It's not that I'm against downer endings or books. There's a place even for misery. But when everyone is a shit heel or a doormat (or both) it's just too much-- and 700 pages of too much.
I'd recommend it only to see how you'd like it. In this instance the DNF was just a sort of purely personal thing. It's just not worth my time and attention. (Especially these days)