Reviews

Stanley Park by Timothy Taylor

goose_friends's review

emotional hopeful

3.0

strikingthirteen's review

3.0

I read this for my third year Contemporary Canadian Literature lecture course and I enjoyed reading it again in my spare time. I think the symbolism is a touch heavy handed. I'm all for making something clear to your audience but no one likes being beat over the head with anything. I enjoyed the journey of Jeremy from the Monkey's Paw Bistro, to Gerriamo's, to the Food Caboose. He is an idiot with his finances but that adds to the realism since who knows how many people fall into this trap every day. The Professor was interesting but I didn't really care so much about the Babes in the Wood narrative than I did the simple study of homeless people in the park.

It's a great 'light' read all in all and I really did enjoy it despite some of the problems I had with it.

whatcassiedid's review

3.0

This book was fine but I feel like it took too long to get going and never quite got to the point it was trying to make, but it was saved from being too disappointing by a decent ending.

danarama's review

3.0

Really good.

In the middle of the book, the author really starts to beat you over the head with the symbolism, with a gigantic neon sign that says "This is symbolism!!". But it doesn't ruin anything.

He also gets some technology stuff wrong. One of the minor characters is a software guy and he says some things that are slightly cringe-worthy.

The descriptions of cooking (the main character is a chef) and the action inside kitchens is fantastic.