polliam's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
ghosthardware's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
mollybrown's review
5.0
This may not be for everyone’s brain but golly is it for mine. It’s as if you are situated in a merry-go-round of time and thought and you are just desperate to know the person spinning your round.
A particularly gorgeous passage: “I will trail around the porticoes, clamber up the stairwells on and on, traipse back and forth across the small bridges, my hand scuffing the damn wall always, scuff-blackened by the steely centipedes, the ivy berries, the moss manes, the slanting fungi.”
A particularly gorgeous passage: “I will trail around the porticoes, clamber up the stairwells on and on, traipse back and forth across the small bridges, my hand scuffing the damn wall always, scuff-blackened by the steely centipedes, the ivy berries, the moss manes, the slanting fungi.”
liteateratue's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kaelynreads's review
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
krissymartini's review against another edition
3.75
I liked this book conceptually more than in execution. There was some truly stunning prose in here, but the sum of the parts was ultimately too disjointed for me. It reminded me of To The Lighthouse when it was at its best.