A review by dilan11
Florida, by Christine Schutt
4.0
Considering the high praise from such luminaries as John Ashbery, Lydia Davis, George Saunders, I am surprised that this novel, a novella really, didn't get more attention.
It is told from the child's pov with a child's inability to understand, to interpret so the reader feels lost too. It is told in vignettes, little scenes that are not in sequential order, again so the reader feels like it is disjointed memories spliced together.
Each detail is precise and beautifully written but very spare. It is minimalist to the extreme.
But certainly worth reading. It is very touching in the end. Loss again and again.
It is told from the child's pov with a child's inability to understand, to interpret so the reader feels lost too. It is told in vignettes, little scenes that are not in sequential order, again so the reader feels like it is disjointed memories spliced together.
Each detail is precise and beautifully written but very spare. It is minimalist to the extreme.
But certainly worth reading. It is very touching in the end. Loss again and again.