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tomstbr's review
4.0
Another great Viva winner. Jane's voice is strong and consistent with her first novel, A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists. This is just as whacky with its sense of displacement, and I loved how it pulled the various character threads together in a way that gradually made sense. Heartfelt is probably the best word to describe it, real yet totally surreal.
kasssidyy's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
So weird and bizarre but also good
rpapaluca's review
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Weird, wacky and drones on at times. But, a good read nonetheless.
esskay's review
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
basicbena's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
samantasas's review
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
waywardfancy's review
4.0
Dear Jane - firstly, this was on my "Currently reading" shelf for ages but that doesn't mean I took ages reading it - I kept lending it to other people! FINALLY I GOT TO READ IT!!!!
Jane Rawson's writing makes me miss my tram stop, makes me laugh out loud (guffaw even) and in the next paragraph will make my heart feel grazed with astute hurt and then soothed with tender insights. I know - that is no mean feat. She can somehow straddle emotion and mind freaking plots without being pretentious or over sentimental.
I can't recommend ANYTHING Jane Rawson writes highly enough. I find her concepts just delightful and her characters and internal emotion completely engrossing....and then there are laughs. In comparison, her bright contortionist mind reminds me of Atwood. Our own contemporary Australian sort of Atwood.
Best of all, Rawson invents a future that despite freaky slip stream brain-fryingly strange happenings, is underpinned with characters are hopelessly flawed and definitively human. It makes everything else in the narrative accessible.
What a brilliant, original, mind blowing, jam packed, delightful and utterly readable novella.
Jane Rawson's writing makes me miss my tram stop, makes me laugh out loud (guffaw even) and in the next paragraph will make my heart feel grazed with astute hurt and then soothed with tender insights. I know - that is no mean feat. She can somehow straddle emotion and mind freaking plots without being pretentious or over sentimental.
I can't recommend ANYTHING Jane Rawson writes highly enough. I find her concepts just delightful and her characters and internal emotion completely engrossing....and then there are laughs. In comparison, her bright contortionist mind reminds me of Atwood. Our own contemporary Australian sort of Atwood.
Best of all, Rawson invents a future that despite freaky slip stream brain-fryingly strange happenings, is underpinned with characters are hopelessly flawed and definitively human. It makes everything else in the narrative accessible.
What a brilliant, original, mind blowing, jam packed, delightful and utterly readable novella.