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A review by tinyautomaton
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
4.0
I wanted to read this book because of a review of it that I read on this website. The review itself was beautiful, and made this book sound like one I had to read.
So weeks after I initially searched for it at the library (it was out), my Dad got it, and I, in the middle of another book, didn't get a chance to start it until a few days before its due date (but right now is amnesty period, or whatever it's called when you don't pay fines, so it's all good).
It took my a few chapters to get into the style of the writing, but once I did, it was great. Sometimes Faulkner says "him" or "Them" and you have no idea who he's talking about, so you just accept it and appreciate the beauty of the writing. And it is beautiful. Sometimes you don't have a clue what's happening, but the way it's written is enchanting. No, not enchanting. I'm blanking out on the word...capturing. Captivating! That's it, captivating, it's captivating. And you get to know the characters really well. And not like you normally would, meaning you don't know their favorite color and other stuff that other books tell you to get to know the characters. You learn the way they think, and that brings you closer to them than favorite colors ever could.
I could talk about individual parts of the book - I think I could talk a while about Darl and Vardaman - but I'm going to choose not to.
This book is different. You are in the story and watching it, while in some other books it is just being told. You have to think to get this book, and you have to think all the time, and maybe reread certain passages. I plan to reread this book in a few years to get what I know that I have not gotten now.
So weeks after I initially searched for it at the library (it was out), my Dad got it, and I, in the middle of another book, didn't get a chance to start it until a few days before its due date (but right now is amnesty period, or whatever it's called when you don't pay fines, so it's all good).
It took my a few chapters to get into the style of the writing, but once I did, it was great. Sometimes Faulkner says "him" or "Them" and you have no idea who he's talking about, so you just accept it and appreciate the beauty of the writing. And it is beautiful. Sometimes you don't have a clue what's happening, but the way it's written is enchanting. No, not enchanting. I'm blanking out on the word...capturing. Captivating! That's it, captivating, it's captivating. And you get to know the characters really well. And not like you normally would, meaning you don't know their favorite color and other stuff that other books tell you to get to know the characters. You learn the way they think, and that brings you closer to them than favorite colors ever could.
I could talk about individual parts of the book - I think I could talk a while about Darl and Vardaman - but I'm going to choose not to.
This book is different. You are in the story and watching it, while in some other books it is just being told. You have to think to get this book, and you have to think all the time, and maybe reread certain passages. I plan to reread this book in a few years to get what I know that I have not gotten now.