Scan barcode
A review by hollyway
A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? No
I'm quite conflicted on this one! It's well-written and I think it succeeds in doing what it set out to do, which is to make the reader reflect on the tragedy of Black Saturday. A few stories stood out as being very emotional and insightful. However, I found that despite the variation between first, second and third person POV, the narrative voice in almost every story was exactly the same. Such consistency would be commendable in a novel but here it did start to make the separate stories blend together and by the end it felt a bit repetitive. That said, though, the stories that did work for me will stick with me and overall I do think it's worth reading! Not everyone will notice or be bothered by the lack of differentiation between stories, and reading it at a slower pace than me would probably help too.