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A review by nathancunn
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
2.0
Ughh, this book really bugged me. I feel like I might've enjoyed it had it not been for how the book is written; this book is all one long sentence. Not one sentence in the sense that it's all one coherent idea, one sentence in the sense that there are no periods or question marks or basically any other form of punctuation. Here's an example line from the book, (quotation marks my own, because that's another thing this book doesn't believe in):
"You could have told me and what could you have done I should have known"
If that line makes no sense to you it's because that's actually dialogue between two people and you have to work out who's saying what. Why, exactly?
Yet this book seems to be receiving praise on the back of this 'innovation'. If you're into narrative-driven books with interesting plots, stay clear. On the other hand, if all you're looking for is a book which 'experiments with form' then this is probably the book for you.
"You could have told me and what could you have done I should have known"
If that line makes no sense to you it's because that's actually dialogue between two people and you have to work out who's saying what. Why, exactly?
Yet this book seems to be receiving praise on the back of this 'innovation'. If you're into narrative-driven books with interesting plots, stay clear. On the other hand, if all you're looking for is a book which 'experiments with form' then this is probably the book for you.