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A review by flappermyrtle
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
3.0
Though the second half of The Stone Gods definitely had the poetic vibes of Winterson's other works (The Passion, The Power Book), the start lacked a certain quality of reality. Having read Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy, the first part of The Stone Gods felt like a rather crude sketch of a dystopic future society. The concepts of this society are not the problem; the utter abandonment of certain key human elements serve a purpose, but they also create a toofantastical feel for the book.
The different stories are beautifully interwoven,a reflection on the past,the future and the present (or the "now and the not-now"). Billie and Spike return, in many shapes, but always somehow the same - history repeating itself continually. Winterson asks questions of inevitability, fate, and humanity by setting her tales in different settings, all with an inescapable, depressing outcome after a short period of high hopes. It's a beautiful narrative, altogether, but it incidentally lacks the subtlety that make Winterson's other works excell.
The different stories are beautifully interwoven,a reflection on the past,the future and the present (or the "now and the not-now"). Billie and Spike return, in many shapes, but always somehow the same - history repeating itself continually. Winterson asks questions of inevitability, fate, and humanity by setting her tales in different settings, all with an inescapable, depressing outcome after a short period of high hopes. It's a beautiful narrative, altogether, but it incidentally lacks the subtlety that make Winterson's other works excell.