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A review by elsieols
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
5.0
This was an INCREDIBLE book. Many parts of it hit so close to home that it was a bit upsetting to read at points, but it was an amazing book.
I read this for my class, “Major Texts in Critical Theory: Race, Gender, Class, Art.” It has a lot to say about gender, for sure, and it’s pretty bleak overall. This book can show readers the dark sides of how our society works and what kind of people it dismisses and pushes aside. I feel for the characters, James and Maria, because society has really chewed them up and spit them back out. And now they’re just expected to know what to do in a society that isn’t built for them.
The ending was extremely open, and maybe others would see it as abrupt, but I liked it. I think it would have been more strange to have a closed ending to this novel because the issues it shows aren’t things that you can just solve and be done with. These characters have to go through cycles and feel that sense of confusion and incompleteness over and over again, so it makes sense that the book doesn’t have a solid resolution. It’s a very clever choice for the novel.
I’d definitely recommend. HIGHLY.
I read this for my class, “Major Texts in Critical Theory: Race, Gender, Class, Art.” It has a lot to say about gender, for sure, and it’s pretty bleak overall. This book can show readers the dark sides of how our society works and what kind of people it dismisses and pushes aside. I feel for the characters, James and Maria, because society has really chewed them up and spit them back out. And now they’re just expected to know what to do in a society that isn’t built for them.
The ending was extremely open, and maybe others would see it as abrupt, but I liked it. I think it would have been more strange to have a closed ending to this novel because the issues it shows aren’t things that you can just solve and be done with. These characters have to go through cycles and feel that sense of confusion and incompleteness over and over again, so it makes sense that the book doesn’t have a solid resolution. It’s a very clever choice for the novel.
I’d definitely recommend. HIGHLY.