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paper_mache_reader's Reviews (253)
I thought this was better than the last unicorn in structure, but it's docked points for the random SA
This translation is engaging and entertaining. The authors note at the beginning let's readers understand what they're meant to be tracking while they read. What a ride
It was too emotional for me at this point in my life. I would love to revisit it once I have the room
I would happily recommend this book to any TJR fans. Dylan Read is a superstar who's high school best friend, Kelsey, went missing 15 years ago. When Kelsey's body turns up, we are launched into Dylan's introspection. Dylan revisits every major beat in her career while (finally) unpacking the loss of Kelsey with this new sense of closure. Our celebrity protagonist has defined herself in the avoidance of this loss. Will she be able to revisit how she experiences connection now that Kelsey can be laid to rest? This book was entertaining, tense, and read like a biography. What a ride.
It was great and I would love to revisit it when I have more time and mental capacity!
This book has no less than SEVEN different timelines to follow, with five completely different POVs. The narratives are all connected by one translated story by Diogenes, which we experience as readers in snippets throughout the book. The ambitious structure of the book leads to really interesting emotional payoff at the end, but the reader is tasked with leaving too many plates spinning for too long. Anna, Omeir, Seymour (before and after February 20th, 2020), Zeno (old and young), and Konstance are left shortchanged by their own lack of room. Doerr plays with dramatic irony in a way that doesn't have the emotional impact that he intended.
This book is, however, an excellent love letter to our dying Earth and books and libraries. How stories transcend their casings and what these things mean to us all. There were some lines of this that were breathtakingly written. I appreciate an ambitious project and I know that this story will stay with me for a long time.
This book is, however, an excellent love letter to our dying Earth and books and libraries. How stories transcend their casings and what these things mean to us all. There were some lines of this that were breathtakingly written. I appreciate an ambitious project and I know that this story will stay with me for a long time.