sarapalooza's review against another edition
4.0
One doesn’t review The Gray House. It is best experienced.
800 pages later, I can’t quite critique this novel. Sure, there is not really a plot and it can feel… uneven… but somehow it works. The world Petrosyan creates is so immersive, the characters incredibly vivid. Roughly five characters trade off the duties of narration and there is not a reliable narrator to be found. It almost feels as if Joyce wrote Lord of the Flies.
This is not a novel for everyone, but it sure worked for me. It is more of a tone poem. A painting in prose.
I want more!
800 pages later, I can’t quite critique this novel. Sure, there is not really a plot and it can feel… uneven… but somehow it works. The world Petrosyan creates is so immersive, the characters incredibly vivid. Roughly five characters trade off the duties of narration and there is not a reliable narrator to be found. It almost feels as if Joyce wrote Lord of the Flies.
This is not a novel for everyone, but it sure worked for me. It is more of a tone poem. A painting in prose.
I want more!
rahrahsayah's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
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
2.0
7danut7's review against another edition
this is how I felt reading this book
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emilybnntt's review against another edition
5.0
I couldn’t tell you a thing that happened in this book, but im about to make it my personality for the next month.
br00k3a133n's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
4.5
What a wild ride from start to finish.
kyirrin's review against another edition
5.0
This was incredible. It was 700+ pages and I didn't want it to end - even at only 2/3 of the way through, I was saddened thinking about the approaching end. And then once I finished, I wanted to start again from the beginning... The lack of tension/obvious plot seems to be an issue for others, but the author (and props to the translator) executes the slice-of-life and slow-paced revealing of mysteries beautifully. The characters felt very real, like I would find myself just thinking about them, and the events of the book as whole, once I'd finished...
jasperreads's review against another edition
5.0
definitely not for everyone. but i read it on my friend's recommendation, and i absolutely loved it.
cragezy's review against another edition
5.0
Однозначно это была самая странная и непонятная книга в моей жизни. Могу сказать уверенно, что она мне не понравилась. Может из за ее непонятной странности, а может из за того что я мало что понял из описанного мира. Интересно, книга каким то непонятным образом унесла меня с собой и я во время чтения успел приблизитья к ней достаточно, чтобы считать ее нечто родным. Я себя чувствую приручённым этой книгой. Остались много вопросов после чтения, которые, по всей вероятности, не найдут своих ответов, может в этом и состоит красота и сила этого произведения. Моя оценка самая высшая, хотя сам не понимаю почему. Осталось впечатление чего то глубокого, грустного и очень живого. По крайней мере не жалею не одной минуты потраченной на чтение. Спасибо автору за незабываемое путешествие.
august_reads_slooowly's review against another edition
dark
emotional
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