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susiesmith96 's review for:
The Department of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was an interesting read. Totally different structure than anything I’ve read before. You live inside the narrator’s thoughts - but there very little narration of what’s happening. Plus she’s a little unhinged. It was tense and sometimes the thoughts and emotions were so poignant that I questioned my own reality. I wish I got a little more traditional storytelling at parts. But I do think it highlighted how different and hard to understand an emotional experience can be, yet at the same time made it so universal? Interesting is the final word to use - even if it’s not a good one.