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A review by elenavarg
Owlish by Dorothy Tse
3.0
’Owlish’ is very well written and the underlying plot of Hong Kong’s relationship to mainland China and the rioting is very horrifying in its mix of reality and the fantastical.
Sadly, the core of the book, Professor Q and Aliss’s ”love” story did not grab me at all. I have never read any female author write about women the same way Murakami does, but Tse really managed to do that with both Aliss and Maria. I didn’t find the professor sympathetic at all and a story line about a ”good husband falling into an affair” really doesn’t hook me.
Fairly often I was very confused by both what’s happening or what sort of emotions the story was trying to convey to the reader. This might also be a me problem, I don’t know if criticizing a work of surrealism for being too confusing just exposes my disability to understand what I’m reading.
Sadly, the core of the book, Professor Q and Aliss’s ”love” story did not grab me at all. I have never read any female author write about women the same way Murakami does, but Tse really managed to do that with both Aliss and Maria. I didn’t find the professor sympathetic at all and a story line about a ”good husband falling into an affair” really doesn’t hook me.
Fairly often I was very confused by both what’s happening or what sort of emotions the story was trying to convey to the reader. This might also be a me problem, I don’t know if criticizing a work of surrealism for being too confusing just exposes my disability to understand what I’m reading.