What is the last book you read, and your rating?
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Getting information only from characters who can't open their eyes is oddly interesting, and makes for some fun shocks!
I gave it a 3 out of 4, only because of a few things that seemed a bit off/unrealistic (even for a world where people can't look outside for fear of the creatures).
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I am glad to hear you enjoyed it. I liked the book.Gravy wrote: ↑15 Mar 2019, 05:24 I finished Bird Box and quite enjoyed it!
Getting information only from characters who can't open their eyes is oddly interesting, and makes for some fun shocks!
I gave it a 3 out of 4, only because of a few things that seemed a bit off/unrealistic (even for a world where people can't look outside for fear of the creatures).
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Ostensibly about the lives of three lesbians, Robin, Norah and Jenny, (although that word is not used and nor is there any evidence of sexual activity that might alarm the 1936 censors), it is mostly just a miserable tale of the woes of unrequited love.
There is also a weird cross-dressing doctor, who seems to think he should have been a woman, who delivers long-winded, rambling soliloquies in fruity and obscure language about the nature of love and life, but I don't think he makes anyone feel better except himself. He then proceeds to go off and get pissed - again!
The writing is quite unique, and I can appreciate that Barnes has taken extreme care to create poetic and romantic sentences, but it is too often obscure, turgid and excessively purple.
Perhaps this is meant to be art rather than story telling. But, if was a picture of the wall, I wouldn't look at it twice.
I gave it 3 stars out of 5, but perhaps that was generous.
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Rosoff manages to maintain the voice of a mildly rebellious teenager throughout the narrative, even in the darker moments, and there is no shortage of humour and pathos, regardless of the situation. I snorted and chuckled out loud on several occasions.
There was a genuine risk of the narrative become overly sentimental, given that it involves young people dealing with trauma and relationships of love that border on hero-worship at times, but Rosoff has kept a lid on it and created a poignant and heartfelt story that mostly manages to avoid the more obvious cliches.
Easy and enjoyable to read - 4 stars out of 5.
Secondly, The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt, first published in 1986, which deals with male homosexuality in New York from a couple of perspectives, at a time when fear of the AIDS virus was prominent.
I enjoyed the thoughtful, intelligent writing by Leavitt, and the way he handled a sensitive and controversial topic in a manner that could be appreciated by all readers, both gay and straight.
4.5 stars out of 5
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