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esther_habs's review
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
neveractuallyreading's review
It was a required book for class so it wasn't something I was personally interested in. I just found it boring and not my style so I just decided not to finish it.
mirandamacfar's review
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
likecymbeline's review against another edition
You know something-- There are very good reviews of this book on this site and elsewhere that will tell you more about it than I ever could. So I leave you with what Aritha van Herk said, taken from the copy on the back of the book:
"Here is the night landscape of writing and its translation: their un/read erotics. Brossard words desire as a wasteland/paradise motel of language and courage, textualization and difference. This traduction/translation/transportation refuses the familiar erosions of the mind/body question and arouses an aesthetic of expression/perception."
"Here is the night landscape of writing and its translation: their un/read erotics. Brossard words desire as a wasteland/paradise motel of language and courage, textualization and difference. This traduction/translation/transportation refuses the familiar erosions of the mind/body question and arouses an aesthetic of expression/perception."
cryingalot49's review
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
lene_kretzsch's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
deliriousofi's review
2.0
This is definitely experimental fiction. I enjoyed the first 1/3 of the book, but the author lost me pretty quickly after that; I just couldn't keep reading faithfully and skipped over pages at a time. I understand and (somewhat) appreciate what she was trying to do but after a while it just felt like an exercise in thesaurus word hunting.
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