A review by gourireads
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
4.0
A beautifully written, almost poetic book. Though the story itself has not much going on, it was never boring and the first half of the book had my favourite writing so far this year.
I'll be looking for more books like this as I feel like a lot of contemporary or fiction novels in general that I have found so far have a stream of consciousness form of narration with a detached tone, Sally Rooney, Naoise Dolan etc. While I enjoyed those books, I also appreciate beautiful and emotive narration. The good old fashioned reader in me misses it a lot.
Really enjoyed this wonderful book, it discusses the narrator coming to terms with his sexuality with a country that is struggling to find an identity of its own in the background.
I'll be looking for more books like this as I feel like a lot of contemporary or fiction novels in general that I have found so far have a stream of consciousness form of narration with a detached tone, Sally Rooney, Naoise Dolan etc. While I enjoyed those books, I also appreciate beautiful and emotive narration. The good old fashioned reader in me misses it a lot.
Really enjoyed this wonderful book, it discusses the narrator coming to terms with his sexuality with a country that is struggling to find an identity of its own in the background.