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A review by futurememory
Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
4.0
Woah.
Probably 4.5 stars, as it began to drag right in the middle, but radically picked up in the second half.
What a super complex, odd, intriguing novel, and pretty amazing for a debut. I don't even know how to go into details without spoiling the entire thing, but it's a love story of humanity. I absolutely loved all the repetitions here, all the cyclical occurrences that became more and more powerful as the novel went along.
If you love puzzle box narratives, where you're piecing together a narrative blind, and watching the full picture come into view over hundreds of pages, this is for you.
Probably 4.5 stars, as it began to drag right in the middle, but radically picked up in the second half.
What a super complex, odd, intriguing novel, and pretty amazing for a debut. I don't even know how to go into details without spoiling the entire thing, but it's a love story of humanity. I absolutely loved all the repetitions here, all the cyclical occurrences that became more and more powerful as the novel went along.
If you love puzzle box narratives, where you're piecing together a narrative blind, and watching the full picture come into view over hundreds of pages, this is for you.