A review by ottiedottie
Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch
4.0
This book, though it has rich and varied themes, the enormous scope of its universe, this unknowable time travel/magic system, leaning heavily into whimsy and fable-like prose, a cast of intriguing characters... it suffers from
1) a lack of cohesion or some type of exposition to make it clearer- to actually GROUND these events and not make it feel like thoughtless dreams in sequence
2) unearths a lot of interesting stuff for eg about anthropocentrism and the untold story of the masons who built the statue of liberty, immigration etc but just leaves them hanging in the air?
But I did enjoy it and appreciated its dreaminess. I had a similar feeling I think as back when I read The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan except that was way darker. Plus abstract stories like these are mostly meant to be Experienced. The same way I would watch Disney's Fantasia for example. Experiencing unnamable feelings that you cant even shape with thought much less write with words.
1) a lack of cohesion or some type of exposition to make it clearer- to actually GROUND these events and not make it feel like thoughtless dreams in sequence
2) unearths a lot of interesting stuff for eg about anthropocentrism and the untold story of the masons who built the statue of liberty, immigration etc but just leaves them hanging in the air?
But I did enjoy it and appreciated its dreaminess. I had a similar feeling I think as back when I read The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan except that was way darker. Plus abstract stories like these are mostly meant to be Experienced. The same way I would watch Disney's Fantasia for example. Experiencing unnamable feelings that you cant even shape with thought much less write with words.