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liketheday's review against another edition
3.0
I picked this book up largely because it was the last available book on my OverDrive list for the Shirley Jackson awards and I wanted to give it some love, but also because that cover and because the description is tantalizingly vague.
It turns out that the whole book is kind of tantalizingly vague, with somehow a million details and no details all at the same time and an ending that wraps up almost nothing. It's weird from the start and it only gets weirder, but in a way that I liked even if I didn't understand it. I am definitely intrigued to read more from this author.
It turns out that the whole book is kind of tantalizingly vague, with somehow a million details and no details all at the same time and an ending that wraps up almost nothing. It's weird from the start and it only gets weirder, but in a way that I liked even if I didn't understand it. I am definitely intrigued to read more from this author.
sleger107's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
jackiescozyspace's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
chfugal's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Library ebook, I don't understand what I read.
ohainesva's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.25
I truly did not understand what was going on. I like that the author included a playlist at the end and I like the word taiga and the general atmosphere. Whole thing smacks of metaphore.
pearloz's review against another edition
4.0
Another breezy, cool but mostly weird literary mystery from this author. Loving the Mexican lit I’ve read lately—it’s like they’re writing for each other, they’re all so ethereal and dreamy and strange.
laurenboys's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
seashelly's review against another edition
5.0
I read this very slowly for how short it is -- but it was worth it. I found it effective in its construction, the focus on the report, and how short its sentences often were. How fragmented it felt did reflect fragmented truths, and overall I'd say it accomplished its aim remarkably well! I understand why the lack of concrete answers is a main thing in this, but personally I'd have appreciated a clearer narrative from *something* in this, even if it had been a bird, because despite how muddled people want it to be, there is one truth, in real life.
nica00's review against another edition
4.0
This is the strangest book I have ever read.
Read doesn’t seem like the right word. I deeply sensed this story rather than comprehended the words. The suggested playlist included with this book complimented the story’s atmosphere.
This story is a vague, poetic, horrible, surreal, metaphoric fairy tale hallucination that I immediately wanted to reread. I will have to sit with this experience for a while & see what sense I can make of it.
Read doesn’t seem like the right word. I deeply sensed this story rather than comprehended the words. The suggested playlist included with this book complimented the story’s atmosphere.
This story is a vague, poetic, horrible, surreal, metaphoric fairy tale hallucination that I immediately wanted to reread. I will have to sit with this experience for a while & see what sense I can make of it.