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A review by imogenrose97
Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
I felt the Paradise looming in the background of each line, hulking raw as a wound, each description more gruesomely human. Fleshy, chunky and wet with decay. Hefty. Wholy disgusting. Each of the employees no more than stick figures or ants, scurrying about completing worthless tasks to be done again tomorrow against another grim grey day turned to dim night.
I couldn't escape the feeling that the Paradise was about to shift its weight, make it known that it is living and breathing and that it does not care for nor shelter those who take shelter in its moist rooms.
I wish it had not been so visceral. Take back the smell of sewage soaked popcorn. Erase the grease smudged glasses and the feeling you get when you leave the cinema to find it suddenly dark even though it feels like no time has passed. Hollow. Unreal. Like you've incorrectly loaded the wrong life, something is just a bit off.
I'm not sure I'll ever enter a cinema again without thinking of the Paradise and its Children, I'm not really very happy about it but I guess a fair price to pay for such an incredible book.
I couldn't escape the feeling that the Paradise was about to shift its weight, make it known that it is living and breathing and that it does not care for nor shelter those who take shelter in its moist rooms.
I wish it had not been so visceral. Take back the smell of sewage soaked popcorn. Erase the grease smudged glasses and the feeling you get when you leave the cinema to find it suddenly dark even though it feels like no time has passed. Hollow. Unreal. Like you've incorrectly loaded the wrong life, something is just a bit off.
I'm not sure I'll ever enter a cinema again without thinking of the Paradise and its Children, I'm not really very happy about it but I guess a fair price to pay for such an incredible book.