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A review by missnicolerose
Blow-up, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar
3.0
With a story and a half left, I'm giving up on this one.
While a few stories were particularly intriguing (House Taken Over, Bestiary, Continuity of Parks, Letter to a Young Lady in Paris), I just couldn't embrace Cortazar's writing style. Probably half of the stories were worth the read, while the rest I could have done without. Maybe I just don't "get" Cortazar, and I think I'm okay with that.
My favorite story, "Continuity of Parks", was the shortest but I felt most intriguing. I admire the writer who can create something so memorable in so few words. Many of his other stories, I honestly forgot shortly after reading, so this one stood out to me.
"House Taken Over" was full of anxiety and anticipation. Wonderfully told and ambiguous in nature.
"Letter to a Young Lady in Paris" was funny and surreal -- a man who pukes up bunnies until the house he is watching becomes overrun with them.
"Bestiary" was likely my second favorite. The innocence of children playing on an estate juxtaposed with a tiger lurking around the home.
While a few stories were particularly intriguing (House Taken Over, Bestiary, Continuity of Parks, Letter to a Young Lady in Paris), I just couldn't embrace Cortazar's writing style. Probably half of the stories were worth the read, while the rest I could have done without. Maybe I just don't "get" Cortazar, and I think I'm okay with that.
My favorite story, "Continuity of Parks", was the shortest but I felt most intriguing. I admire the writer who can create something so memorable in so few words. Many of his other stories, I honestly forgot shortly after reading, so this one stood out to me.
"House Taken Over" was full of anxiety and anticipation. Wonderfully told and ambiguous in nature.
"Letter to a Young Lady in Paris" was funny and surreal -- a man who pukes up bunnies until the house he is watching becomes overrun with them.
"Bestiary" was likely my second favorite. The innocence of children playing on an estate juxtaposed with a tiger lurking around the home.