A review by bethreadsandnaps
Long Division by Jane Berentson
3.0
Annie Harper's boyfriend leaves for the war in 2003. She decides to document her time without him in a memoir.
From my perspective, The Good: Set in Tacoma (where I live). The author uses a ramble-y, stream-of-consciousness writing style that I tend to take to. There's lots of detail that people like me enjoy reading. Engaging.
From my perspective, The Bad: A little TOO stream-of-consciousness. There's lots of footnotes with even more ramble. The main character is 24, but she seems about 12 years old emotionally. You can figure out what's going to happen from the first 50 pages.
It probably deserves 2.5 stars, but I really enjoyed the writing style so am rounding up to 3 stars.
From my perspective, The Good: Set in Tacoma (where I live). The author uses a ramble-y, stream-of-consciousness writing style that I tend to take to. There's lots of detail that people like me enjoy reading. Engaging.
From my perspective, The Bad: A little TOO stream-of-consciousness. There's lots of footnotes with even more ramble. The main character is 24, but she seems about 12 years old emotionally. You can figure out what's going to happen from the first 50 pages.
It probably deserves 2.5 stars, but I really enjoyed the writing style so am rounding up to 3 stars.