elizagrant's reviews
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Dark Roots by Cate Kennedy
the elvis impersonator mentioned in one of these stories is a regular at the bookshop i work at
Talk by Linda Rosenkrantz
Some would say time capsule, some would say dated. It's definitely a little of both.
I think it was slow to start, and some of the earlier conversations are far less interesting. I guess this makes sense in a way, as we aren't familiar with the characters at all. That, and I was really slapped in the face by some of the language used by them. (Again, time capsule or dated?)
I found the transcript writing style compelling and was really impressed at the amount of setting and movement that was able to be described through dialogue only. I was really hoping to read this book and be able to see myself and my friends in the characters, and in some ways I was.
There were moments where I really disliked the discussion, and also the people doing it.
There were other moments that provoked that feeling of recognition that all the best books provoke.
I think it was slow to start, and some of the earlier conversations are far less interesting. I guess this makes sense in a way, as we aren't familiar with the characters at all. That, and I was really slapped in the face by some of the language used by them. (Again, time capsule or dated?)
I found the transcript writing style compelling and was really impressed at the amount of setting and movement that was able to be described through dialogue only. I was really hoping to read this book and be able to see myself and my friends in the characters, and in some ways I was.
There were moments where I really disliked the discussion, and also the people doing it.
There were other moments that provoked that feeling of recognition that all the best books provoke.
You know something, if we had money, we'd all be very good to each other.
All I did was qvetch about what a horrible person I emerged as on the tapes and how all the three of us talk about is sex and food and yet how I felt we were the only people who communicate in the world.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Not kidding when it says slow-paced. This book took me ages to get through, and some chapters truly dragged on, but I couldn't justify giving this lower than 4 stars. It was written with beautiful prose and had a lot of really compelling scenes and dialogues.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
3.0
inoffensive. cliche. beautiful. not for me.