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siennasophia_b 's review for:
Split Tooth
by Tanya Tagaq
This book is bizzare.
I loved the way it experimented with form, an eclectic mix of fiction and poetry merged into one. There isn't a clear narrative, the chapters are very short (making the pace quick and the abstract concepts a little more digestible) and the character is undefined. By this I mean, the narrating voice isn't named or described much at all, the only sense of her you have is her very unique world view, experiences and internal dialogue.
There are a lot of punchy lines and my copy is very highlighted. It felt like a series of memories, dreams and snapshots into someone's life and it was really interesting to explore the characters world in this form. It's split into time periods and shows the character growing up.
There was a point about halfway through the book where it became a five rather than four stars. I'm a sucker for a story that makes me cry.
This book is so odd it makes you feel like you don't understand, but then something intuitive/instinctive in you sort of gets it anyway? I don't know how the writer managed to make me simultaneously relate and be utterly baffled. But I enjoyed it.
It's powerful, it's blunt, it's raw and it's surreal and hits you where it hurts. I definitely recommend.
I loved the way it experimented with form, an eclectic mix of fiction and poetry merged into one. There isn't a clear narrative, the chapters are very short (making the pace quick and the abstract concepts a little more digestible) and the character is undefined. By this I mean, the narrating voice isn't named or described much at all, the only sense of her you have is her very unique world view, experiences and internal dialogue.
There are a lot of punchy lines and my copy is very highlighted. It felt like a series of memories, dreams and snapshots into someone's life and it was really interesting to explore the characters world in this form. It's split into time periods and shows the character growing up.
There was a point about halfway through the book where it became a five rather than four stars. I'm a sucker for a story that makes me cry.
This book is so odd it makes you feel like you don't understand, but then something intuitive/instinctive in you sort of gets it anyway? I don't know how the writer managed to make me simultaneously relate and be utterly baffled. But I enjoyed it.
It's powerful, it's blunt, it's raw and it's surreal and hits you where it hurts. I definitely recommend.