There really isn’t an awful lot that I can say without telling you even more of the plot line that the blurb and goodreads description already do, but..
First off, this is an interesting storyline, with many many issues to be discussed, so perhaps a great book for a book club. For fun? Perhaps not.
It is quite enjoyable as far as the story goes, but I had a hard time reading it. Initially I found the style engaging, but it became hard work quickly, and i found myself not understanding what was going on and having to reread several times, part of this down to the style itself. I couldn’t get my head around what tense this book is aimed at being, it wasn’t exactly third person, but not first either.
That alone was frustrating at times, but I also found that the significant jump in time between the two halves meant i stopped engaging with the characters and the lack of resolution towards the end frustrated me immensely. For such a heavy book (figuratively as this is only relatively short) i expected more of a “questions answered” type of ending, instead I found myself wondering what had happened.
There are many issues which could be discussed about the book, such as alcoholism, gender roles, transgender, etc and the plot was quite clever and fun initially.
However.... this is not a book i would read again, and as i did not get on with the writing style, not an Author I would rush to revisit.
That being said, if you don’t mind a book that’s a bit of a challenge and gives you a lot to think about, definitely pick this up!
First off, this is an interesting storyline, with many many issues to be discussed, so perhaps a great book for a book club. For fun? Perhaps not.
It is quite enjoyable as far as the story goes, but I had a hard time reading it. Initially I found the style engaging, but it became hard work quickly, and i found myself not understanding what was going on and having to reread several times, part of this down to the style itself. I couldn’t get my head around what tense this book is aimed at being, it wasn’t exactly third person, but not first either.
That alone was frustrating at times, but I also found that the significant jump in time between the two halves meant i stopped engaging with the characters and the lack of resolution towards the end frustrated me immensely. For such a heavy book (figuratively as this is only relatively short) i expected more of a “questions answered” type of ending, instead I found myself wondering what had happened.
There are many issues which could be discussed about the book, such as alcoholism, gender roles, transgender, etc and the plot was quite clever and fun initially.
However.... this is not a book i would read again, and as i did not get on with the writing style, not an Author I would rush to revisit.
That being said, if you don’t mind a book that’s a bit of a challenge and gives you a lot to think about, definitely pick this up!