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A review by bergamint
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
5.0
This book was a hard read.
Hard because it was not well written, no it was beautifully written and lyrical.
Hard because the story did not interest me, no I was fully immersed after the first chapter.
This story was a hard read for me because it touched me in so many ways; alcoholism which runs in my family; being uprooted from Scotland and going to Canada (where I lived for 20 years.); Ontario, descriptions of places I have been and lived. For me this book is a masterpiece that resonated with me, the lyricism of the speech was poignant and I could hear the characters talking in the accents. This is a book I will never forget and intend to read again. For someone who doesn't have as many parallels to the book in their life they may not 'hear' the accents or the manner of speech but I would highly recommend this book as even when read only as a story it is wonderful.
Hard because it was not well written, no it was beautifully written and lyrical.
Hard because the story did not interest me, no I was fully immersed after the first chapter.
This story was a hard read for me because it touched me in so many ways; alcoholism which runs in my family; being uprooted from Scotland and going to Canada (where I lived for 20 years.); Ontario, descriptions of places I have been and lived. For me this book is a masterpiece that resonated with me, the lyricism of the speech was poignant and I could hear the characters talking in the accents. This is a book I will never forget and intend to read again. For someone who doesn't have as many parallels to the book in their life they may not 'hear' the accents or the manner of speech but I would highly recommend this book as even when read only as a story it is wonderful.