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The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt
If I'm expected to give an in depth review on this one, count me out. This has been read and reviewed by many, many folks who gladly went over the characters and the tale.
I'm just here to gush about it.
I could not put this book down. I loved the story. I loved Eli's narrative. I loved the characters, which is not to say I was required to like them or respect them or agree with their morals (or lack thereof) but what an interesting crew! This was fun and often dark humor funny but now and then, seemingly out of nowhere, Eli would have a thought that was so tender and true that it sent a little zing! through me.
'Our blood is the same, we just use it differently.'
What would the world be, I thought, without money hung around our necks, hung around our very souls?
I had heard the buzz about this book several years back but it just never peaked my interest enough to pick it up. SHAME ON ME.
'Most people are chained to their own fear and stupidity and haven't the sense to level a cold eye at just what is wrong with their lives. Most people will continue on, dissatisfied but never attempting to understand why, or how they might change things for the better, and they die with nothing in their hearts but dirt and old, thin blood - weak blood, diluted - and their memories aren't worth a goddamned thing, you will see what I mean.'
I mean...c'mon!
5 STARS
I'm just here to gush about it.
I could not put this book down. I loved the story. I loved Eli's narrative. I loved the characters, which is not to say I was required to like them or respect them or agree with their morals (or lack thereof) but what an interesting crew! This was fun and often dark humor funny but now and then, seemingly out of nowhere, Eli would have a thought that was so tender and true that it sent a little zing! through me.
'Our blood is the same, we just use it differently.'
What would the world be, I thought, without money hung around our necks, hung around our very souls?
I had heard the buzz about this book several years back but it just never peaked my interest enough to pick it up. SHAME ON ME.
'Most people are chained to their own fear and stupidity and haven't the sense to level a cold eye at just what is wrong with their lives. Most people will continue on, dissatisfied but never attempting to understand why, or how they might change things for the better, and they die with nothing in their hearts but dirt and old, thin blood - weak blood, diluted - and their memories aren't worth a goddamned thing, you will see what I mean.'
I mean...c'mon!
5 STARS