A review by adam_tries_books
Whiteout Conditions, by Tariq Shah
3.0
This is very much a character driven story, focusing mainly on Ant. Ant likes funerals, which I think we can all agree is a bit unusual but maybe there’s more to it than that.
Now this book focuses a lot of grief and lose, which is why I think it didn’t click for me. I’ve been fortunate in my life that I haven’t really lost anyone that close to me, so because of this I think I found it hard to relate and understand the emotions of the characters.
What I will say is I found the writing style really interesting. There are points where the book drifts between the present and the past, which I think works perfectly to convey how Ants mind is drifting through all of his old memories that have been brought up by the death of Ray and his return home!
I think Shah does a fantastic job of depicting how grief and lose can affect people in different ways. I think this is particularly highlighted in the last part of of book, where events take quite an unexpected turn.
Overall a read that didn’t quite click with me but I can appreciate that it is well written and I can understand why people will find this a great read.
Now this book focuses a lot of grief and lose, which is why I think it didn’t click for me. I’ve been fortunate in my life that I haven’t really lost anyone that close to me, so because of this I think I found it hard to relate and understand the emotions of the characters.
What I will say is I found the writing style really interesting. There are points where the book drifts between the present and the past, which I think works perfectly to convey how Ants mind is drifting through all of his old memories that have been brought up by the death of Ray and his return home!
I think Shah does a fantastic job of depicting how grief and lose can affect people in different ways. I think this is particularly highlighted in the last part of of book, where events take quite an unexpected turn.
Overall a read that didn’t quite click with me but I can appreciate that it is well written and I can understand why people will find this a great read.