Reviews

The Parabolist by Nicholas Ruddock

crabbygirl's review against another edition

3.0

i'm still trying to wrap my head around this book - there's a sense of danger (real or imagined) throughout the story; some of it 'light' - adultery, escaping a locked house, a collision with a moose - and some very dark - suicide, rape, and murder. figures of authority abandon their code of conduct - but not always with a negative result. medical students are elbow deep in the gore of anatomy and dissection, but are also elbow deep in the vulnerability of love and poetry

rachelini's review against another edition

3.0

Another 2011 Toronto Book Award nominee, about a group of medical students who become friends with a Mexican poet. I liked it, but I felt quite removed from the emotions of the characters, mostly (I think) because it was 3rd person with no quotes or dashes for dialogue. That often makes things feel quite muted to me. Interesting ending, though.