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4.0
I don't know how to review this book.
It took me over a year to read, not because I found it difficult to read or wasn't enjoying it, just because we never seemed to be in the same place at the same time. I did enjoy reading it though. I loved Helen, our heartbroken and dissatisfied narrator, how she was eminently human (read: selfish, indulgent, flawed), I loved the writing, the level of detail. And yet I felt somewhat let down by the magical realism strand of the story, I didn't feel like it paid off. I also expected the ending to be ... the other option of what's chosen and whilst I can see why the author played it off this way it felt a bit of a let down.
In short, beautifully written but lacking a punch.
It took me over a year to read, not because I found it difficult to read or wasn't enjoying it, just because we never seemed to be in the same place at the same time. I did enjoy reading it though. I loved Helen, our heartbroken and dissatisfied narrator, how she was eminently human (read: selfish, indulgent, flawed), I loved the writing, the level of detail. And yet I felt somewhat let down by the magical realism strand of the story, I didn't feel like it paid off. I also expected the ending to be ... the other option of what's chosen and whilst I can see why the author played it off this way it felt a bit of a let down.
In short, beautifully written but lacking a punch.
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