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torchlab's Reviews (130)
Faster paced and more readable than Erasure, but somewhat less satisfying. I do love and appreciate Everett's commitment to pissing people off.
I'll keep it simple: this is the best book about heterosexuality I have ever read and will probably ever read
Helen Garner is just a master of observation. Almost every page of this has some stunning detail that is so precisely phrased it leaps into your mind unbidden. I can't stop thinking of the moment where she describes someone who's just been asked an unexpected question as giving a reply that's "tuneful with surprise." Like yes! When someone is surprised their voice goes tuneful! Ughhh she's such a genius. Devastating and perfect book
Just superb. Masterfully written, rich with texture and insight and surprising details. A long sustaining gulp of a book
A ridiculously ambitious book that somehow manages to fulfill almost all of its aspirations. Very early 2000s. For certain readers will be extremely grating and outdated. For other readers (me) will be a reminder that taking big risks in a sprawling and earnest novel can, with proper execution, lead to big rewards
Still one of the greatest comic book achievements of all TIME!!!!!! Looney tunes + lord of the rings + moby dick…….. like of course it’s going to be a banger. Just as magical to reread as an adult as it was as a kid
What i want to know is how and when patroclus developed a feminist consciousness when everyone else in this book holds the period-accurate belief that women are chattel
The first half of the book is better than the movie, the second half of the movie is better than the book
