A review by jayisreading
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti

reflective sad medium-paced

2.75

Well, this was a short and deceptively simplistic read. You don’t need to use overly complicated language to dive deep into philosophical themes, as Heti proves in Pure Colour. I think what was a miss for me, though, was I wasn’t quite sure what point she wanted to get across, or if there even was a point, considering that there isn’t really a plot (a lot of fragmented writing, which I don’t mind), nor was there much character development (which I kind of minded). It admittedly reached a point where everything felt superficial in the book’s attempt to be profound. And yet, I kept reading, in part because I found the language engaging.

One thing I can say with certainty is I was very weirded out by the incestuous nature of the narrator and her dead father’s relationship? I don’t know, but it was definitely not on my bingo card to read that his spirit ejaculated into her. 
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