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A review by ariel937
The Other's Gold by Elizabeth Ames
5.0
it's kind of funny how wildly different different readers' interpretation of this books is. sometimes this book is beautiful, at times it's extremely disturbing. but it's always beautiful - the writing is some of the best i've ever read. it's absolutely incredible how Ames can describe an emotion or thought so perfectly. if you read this book for nothing else but for the writing, you will *not* be disappointed, i promise you. also i will now and forever read anything Elizabeth Ames writes, forever.
it's hard to describe exactly what this book is about. its kind of a campus novel, kind of a drama, and it feels like you dropped right in the middle of the story. or maybe the end? time is very fluid, and there are so many things alluded to in the beginning that don't make any sense until much later. tbh not restarting this book after immediately finishing it was hard (i mean, i did reread the first few chapters but i WAS *this* close to rereading it, so do i have some restraint).
it took a couple chapters to get used to Ame's writing style, but before you even realize it, you're sucked completely in and along for the ride. and believe me, some of the things that happen in this book is so shocking and heart breaking, it feels like a rollercoaster. the lives of these four girls from late teens in college to adults with families was told so perfectly. it really truly felt like they were whole, real people, not just characters written on a page. at times they were annoying, or brilliant, or funny. it was so hard to finish this book because it feels like their stories are never-ending. i'm definitely going to think about margaret, ji sun, alice, and lainey for a long, long time.
if i could convince to read this, i guess i could say: if you like gorgeously written character-driven stories about four girls' trauma, the bonds of friendship, and how that bond can be both supportive and suffocating, then please PLEASE read this. this is one of those books that's so, so hard to describe but is one of the best books i've read all year (and it came at a complete surprise). these sound v randomly put together, BUT - if you like Celeste Ng's "Everything I Never Told You," "Bunny" by Mona Awad, or even the tv show "Big Little Lies" (sorry i've never read the book lol) - then you will LOVE this.
this book was such a delightful surprise, and will def be one of my top 10 of the year.
it's hard to describe exactly what this book is about. its kind of a campus novel, kind of a drama, and it feels like you dropped right in the middle of the story. or maybe the end? time is very fluid, and there are so many things alluded to in the beginning that don't make any sense until much later. tbh not restarting this book after immediately finishing it was hard (i mean, i did reread the first few chapters but i WAS *this* close to rereading it, so do i have some restraint).
it took a couple chapters to get used to Ame's writing style, but before you even realize it, you're sucked completely in and along for the ride. and believe me, some of the things that happen in this book is so shocking and heart breaking, it feels like a rollercoaster. the lives of these four girls from late teens in college to adults with families was told so perfectly. it really truly felt like they were whole, real people, not just characters written on a page. at times they were annoying, or brilliant, or funny. it was so hard to finish this book because it feels like their stories are never-ending. i'm definitely going to think about margaret, ji sun, alice, and lainey for a long, long time.
if i could convince to read this, i guess i could say: if you like gorgeously written character-driven stories about four girls' trauma, the bonds of friendship, and how that bond can be both supportive and suffocating, then please PLEASE read this. this is one of those books that's so, so hard to describe but is one of the best books i've read all year (and it came at a complete surprise). these sound v randomly put together, BUT - if you like Celeste Ng's "Everything I Never Told You," "Bunny" by Mona Awad, or even the tv show "Big Little Lies" (sorry i've never read the book lol) - then you will LOVE this.
this book was such a delightful surprise, and will def be one of my top 10 of the year.