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xenalia's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
2.5
I liked the beginning of Cloris’ story then it kind of trailed off.
Why was the verbiage so weird? It’s set in 1986 not 1886
The weird sentence structure and simplicity of the words worked for Cloris’ small Texas town persona.
But for the weird writing to carry over into each of the characters. It irritated me to the point I almost stopped reading the book.
Examples: From the floor Lewis picked up the bottle of Merlot.
They ate hamburgers and watched from a window rain darken a leathery mendicant who waved roadside a sign of cardboard they could not read. -actual excerpts
I would put quotation marks around the quotes above, but this book doesn’t believe in quotation marks. It makes it really hard to know who or when someone is speaking
Can we stop the no quotation mark trend? Please! This is the second book I have read this year that doesn’t use them.
Why was the verbiage so weird? It’s set in 1986 not 1886
The weird sentence structure and simplicity of the words worked for Cloris’ small Texas town persona.
But for the weird writing to carry over into each of the characters. It irritated me to the point I almost stopped reading the book.
Examples: From the floor Lewis picked up the bottle of Merlot.
They ate hamburgers and watched from a window rain darken a leathery mendicant who waved roadside a sign of cardboard they could not read. -actual excerpts
I would put quotation marks around the quotes above, but this book doesn’t believe in quotation marks. It makes it really hard to know who or when someone is speaking
Can we stop the no quotation mark trend? Please! This is the second book I have read this year that doesn’t use them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Grief
Minor: Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Pedophilia
rachandnors's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Pedophilia
mbaublitz's review against another edition
1.0
Plot as described on the back was very compelling. I was intrigued by the survival story but of course the woman it was meant to be about is saved many times by a man. And a fucking pedophile at that. However the female characters don't really ring through as authentic characters but a gross male understanding of what he expects women to be like. Halfway through everything went down hill. The last third was downright disgusting including and DEFENDING pedophilic relationships. What the fuck Curtis? This offers nothing to the world but a defense of the very worst of us.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
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