A review by missmeesh
VAS: An Opera in Flatland by Steve Tomasula
4.0
Okay. So when I first picked up this book, I figured I was going to hate it. It looked like an overly complicated monstrosity that would fly over my head, and I would never be able to get through it.
Oh, how wrong I was.
I loved this. It honestly was the most intriguing book that I've had yet to read for this class, and by far my favorite. The historical aspects, small tidbits thrown in here and there, almost in a connected and disjointed way at the same time made me fall in love. It speaks to pieces of history that have always intrigued me, and the history of language that I was surprised I was able to connect to due to my history of the English language class last semester.
It is a piece of art, a novel, and something to puzzle over. I haven't devoured a book like this for class in a very long time. The very fact that I felt like I understood so much of it without having to be walked through it certainly helped. But honestly, it is a stunning work. While not everybody would love it, I feel like with my appreciation for the history aspects that it imbues, the beauty of the language, and the modernity of the text itself, literally embodying itself was unique and quite the ride.
Oh, how wrong I was.
I loved this. It honestly was the most intriguing book that I've had yet to read for this class, and by far my favorite. The historical aspects, small tidbits thrown in here and there, almost in a connected and disjointed way at the same time made me fall in love. It speaks to pieces of history that have always intrigued me, and the history of language that I was surprised I was able to connect to due to my history of the English language class last semester.
It is a piece of art, a novel, and something to puzzle over. I haven't devoured a book like this for class in a very long time. The very fact that I felt like I understood so much of it without having to be walked through it certainly helped. But honestly, it is a stunning work. While not everybody would love it, I feel like with my appreciation for the history aspects that it imbues, the beauty of the language, and the modernity of the text itself, literally embodying itself was unique and quite the ride.