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A review by kizzia
Villager by Tom Cox
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
This is one of the most effectively psychedelic - as in suggestive or evocative of an altered or hallucinatory state of perception - novels I have had the pleasure of reading. The narrative is not linear, the main character (if we can call her that) is a patch of land, the rest of the indiviuals peopling the book are incredibly well written and also almost to a human uncertain about themselves and their surroundings, and yet by the end the threads are woven into a picture you could almost paint if you were that way inclined.
It was unreality created out of very real cloth and it sang with a vibrancy and melancholy that I have often experienced in old churches or at the tops of hilltops on long, peopleless walks. It was a reading experience that at once unmoored me and anchored me at the same time and I loved every single second.
The much mentioned songs of Californian musician RJ McKendree - songs that run through the book like tributaries run down hills to the main river - are not merely contained within the pages of Villager. You can find the album Wallflower on Bandcamp and I promise that listening to the album as you read the end of the book will exponentially enhance an already wonderful experience. You can also find it on apple music and spotify, if you prefer.
This is book I know I will return to again and again because one reading was not enough to absorb all the magic within.
It was unreality created out of very real cloth and it sang with a vibrancy and melancholy that I have often experienced in old churches or at the tops of hilltops on long, peopleless walks. It was a reading experience that at once unmoored me and anchored me at the same time and I loved every single second.
The much mentioned songs of Californian musician RJ McKendree - songs that run through the book like tributaries run down hills to the main river - are not merely contained within the pages of Villager. You can find the album Wallflower on Bandcamp and I promise that listening to the album as you read the end of the book will exponentially enhance an already wonderful experience. You can also find it on apple music and spotify, if you prefer.
This is book I know I will return to again and again because one reading was not enough to absorb all the magic within.