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sometimesquiet's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
rleibrock's review against another edition
5.0
I love Eula Biss' layering of curiosity, stoicism, and reflections on parents and relationships here. I'm not even entirely sure that's what this book is about, but that hardly seems like the point.
balletbookworm's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting collection of interlinked microfiction (I keep seeing these referred to as prose poetry but that strikes me as not completely correct - it's more like vignettes).
kaileycool's review against another edition
5.0
Read this in the bathtub today. A moving meditation on how our relationships are and are not shaped by the relationships of our parents. Will the balloon make it all the way around the world? Are we using the tools properly? Will the kite fly away? A lot of metaphors that sometimes got jumbled up together, but I think that was the point.
zoeelisabeth's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.75
renatasnacks's review against another edition
4.0
Wowww. Eula Biss know what the fuck she is doing with words.
sabinereads's review against another edition
3.0
Anecdotes from the author's childhood interspersed with a compelling, terse memory of her own romance - intentionally disjointed but enjoyable.
milo_rose's review against another edition
5.0
The Balloonists is my kind of book--short, evocative, associative bits strung together into something captivating. I feel a lot when I read this. I am also maybe so invested because Biss went to my undergrad (before me) and this book at least started (I think) as her final (division iii) project there. Also: Eula Biss' writing always makes me want to write.