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A review by obscuredbyclouds
The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham
4.0
I'm on a mission to read all Cunningham novels now. Which should be easy, there aren't that many.
He clearly has his themes: brothers, drugs, New York City, child prodigies who grow up to be undecided (and possibly a disappointment), bitter thoughts about youth and early love. I really don't mind. He just writes so well. I'm kind of baffled at the 1 star reviews of this. Is it prententious and full of big words? Maybe sometimes and maybe a few, but nothing over the top. My only critique would be the end of the novel, which felt too much like the author trying to be profound and teach us something.
He clearly has his themes: brothers, drugs, New York City, child prodigies who grow up to be undecided (and possibly a disappointment), bitter thoughts about youth and early love. I really don't mind. He just writes so well. I'm kind of baffled at the 1 star reviews of this. Is it prententious and full of big words? Maybe sometimes and maybe a few, but nothing over the top. My only critique would be the end of the novel, which felt too much like the author trying to be profound and teach us something.