kathann's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
mowbs's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cakereads's review against another edition
3.0
i liked the way this reads more than [b:Autobiography of Red|61049|Autobiography of Red|Anne Carson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1403176248l/61049._SY75_.jpg|1396256] but the characters didn't stay with me as well as the first book ... it's a lot more ACTIVE, but it doesn't feel as tender somehow ...
lelex's review against another edition
3.0
Alright ladies once again I don't know if I'm just an idiot and stuff like this is way too over my head or if like....it doesn't make any sense. I liked parts of it a lot and I really liked the thin skinny column format but I just idk didn't get it. I have very vivid memories of reading Autobiography of Red and really liking it but this kind of missed the mark for me.
"he doesn't let the herd eat forsythia but knows they like to be amidst its blazing yellows"
"She is innocent and filled with mood like a very tough experimental baby."
"Ida means fatewise / Ida means idea / who told you that / Greek guy he says Ida is a verbal word for the way you see inside your mind / no shit /"
"So much human cruelty is simply incidental is simply brainless. Simply no common sense. You could take the entirety of the common sense of humans and put it in the palm of your hand and still have room for your dick."
"No tooth he breaks on an olive will ever again be unforeseen. He breaks it anyway."
" or am I talking outside of your experiential zipcode"
"I'm saying if the army is issuing your Luck in the form of Charms it's already gone."
"Late stars watch them."
"Do prophets vary in their amplitude of vision?"
"get real cucumber peel"
"he doesn't let the herd eat forsythia but knows they like to be amidst its blazing yellows"
"She is innocent and filled with mood like a very tough experimental baby."
"Ida means fatewise / Ida means idea / who told you that / Greek guy he says Ida is a verbal word for the way you see inside your mind / no shit /"
"So much human cruelty is simply incidental is simply brainless. Simply no common sense. You could take the entirety of the common sense of humans and put it in the palm of your hand and still have room for your dick."
"No tooth he breaks on an olive will ever again be unforeseen. He breaks it anyway."
" or am I talking outside of your experiential zipcode"
"I'm saying if the army is issuing your Luck in the form of Charms it's already gone."
"Late stars watch them."
"Do prophets vary in their amplitude of vision?"
"get real cucumber peel"
absalomabsalom's review against another edition
October 2019
in turns obscured and then clear and lurid as light sharping strong and bright through glass, more surreal and less stuck to life than autobiography of red, the sense of little near-real people moving around inside a glass insect box, which side they are nearing real on unsure, the introduction of a stolid third perspective, the introduction of the un-red outside world, animaled world - still with pronouns but with name rations only. rationed names, shape, words, space. in-between shadowed world between two bodied modes of being and very naked. being a lot of times is being seen. being known is being naked. maybe in the funnily psychedelic diamond mind of Io is only one vast being, ricocheting desperately between brutality and tenderness.
November 6 2021
Well not every day can be a masterpiece. This one sails out and out and out
in turns obscured and then clear and lurid as light sharping strong and bright through glass, more surreal and less stuck to life than autobiography of red, the sense of little near-real people moving around inside a glass insect box, which side they are nearing real on unsure, the introduction of a stolid third perspective, the introduction of the un-red outside world, animaled world - still with pronouns but with name rations only. rationed names, shape, words, space. in-between shadowed world between two bodied modes of being and very naked. being a lot of times is being seen. being known is being naked. maybe in the funnily psychedelic diamond mind of Io is only one vast being, ricocheting desperately between brutality and tenderness.
November 6 2021
Well not every day can be a masterpiece. This one sails out and out and out
darwinreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
littlephoenix's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
lisarisen's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
uniskorn's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I just ... I'm in love. Emotional devastation and gorgeous writing, 10/10.