A review by freddie
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

5.0

The matter-of-fact, conversational, somewhat comedic, occasionally sarcastic first-person omniscient narration is consistent throughout the whole novel, and yet it gives different effects when you compare the first half and the second half of the novel. The narration style, with the absence of the narrator's "I", makes the first half of the novel impersonal and emotionally distance; in contrast, the same narration style when used the in the novel's second half, where "I" is finally in the picture, makes the story more intimate. I don't find that contrast as a bad or good thing per se - just that it is fascinating.