Sadly a DNF. I read 100 pages and just wasn't enjoying it. It reads too much like a film, characters are flat and uninteresting. But I'm sure I'll watSadly a DNF. I read 100 pages and just wasn't enjoying it. It reads too much like a film, characters are flat and uninteresting. But I'm sure I'll watch and enjoy the film once it is inevitably released (starring Keanu as Utunu of course)....more
Not God, but bats and a spider who is weaving my guilt, keep the rendezvous with me, and shame copulates with every September housefly. My room echoes
Not God, but bats and a spider who is weaving my guilt, keep the rendezvous with me, and shame copulates with every September housefly. My room echoes with the screams she never uttered, and under my floor the vines of remorse get ready to push up through the damp. The cricket drips remembrance unceasingly into my ear, lest I mislay any items of cruelty's fiendish inventory.
I like books with poetic and 'flowery' prose, but I guess not this much. It's beautifully written, but I didn't really understand a lot of it and nothing seemed to be happening - or maybe I just couldn't decipher it through the metaphors. Even though this is only a short book (this edition was 150 pages), I couldn't face slogging through it for an hour and a half, and gave up after finishing part 2. Just not for me....more
DNF. I read Part 1 and despite a few areas of beautiful prose, I felt no real connection with the characters, and it felt a bit too miserable. After lDNF. I read Part 1 and despite a few areas of beautiful prose, I felt no real connection with the characters, and it felt a bit too miserable. After looking at a couple of reviews it doesn't seem like it improves and will only get more depressing! I just have no real interest in finding out what happens....more
I picked this up because of the gorgeous cover (I absolutely love it!) but I got about halfway through and just couldn't get into it. The setting is vI picked this up because of the gorgeous cover (I absolutely love it!) but I got about halfway through and just couldn't get into it. The setting is very evocative, but I didn't like the main character and the story just didn't hook me. Maybe I'll come back to it again another time?...more
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