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caislekyle's review against another edition
2.0
i really wanted to like it bc stupid 23 y/o failed writer is so me core but the whole thing felt like a slog
candacesiegle_greedyreader's review against another edition
2.0
I'm giving "Memories of the Future" three stars and I'm not sure why--I was not able to plow through it. Maybe because of the writing, which is wonderful, but the plot? I could not stick with it. "The Blazing World" was glorious, but this is a disappointment.
It sounds so appealing--a complex plot mixing past and present presented through the discovery of a notebook the writer, called "Minnesota" here, wrote about her first years in New York City. Who doesn't love that "young person in the big new city" trope? But everything is so disjointed, and her growing obsession with her downstairs neighbor Lucy . . . I couldn't hang with it.
I'm giving this novel 2.5 stars because someday I may go back to it. There's that something about it that can't be explained. I still think about this novel but am not ready to more spend time in that cramped apartment in the 1970s with that girl from Minnesota.
It sounds so appealing--a complex plot mixing past and present presented through the discovery of a notebook the writer, called "Minnesota" here, wrote about her first years in New York City. Who doesn't love that "young person in the big new city" trope? But everything is so disjointed, and her growing obsession with her downstairs neighbor Lucy . . . I couldn't hang with it.
I'm giving this novel 2.5 stars because someday I may go back to it. There's that something about it that can't be explained. I still think about this novel but am not ready to more spend time in that cramped apartment in the 1970s with that girl from Minnesota.
julieh46's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
alisonjfields's review against another edition
3.0
Is there a tipping point for chatty, hyper-literate autobiographical novels about young writers in New York? Maybe. Have I personally reached it? Oh yeah.
I feel like so a novel with such a profile really has to take everything to the next level to register with me at this point. Hustvedt’s a talented writer. This book, however, is a bit of a snooze.
Points, though, for her illustrations, which are marvelous.
I feel like so a novel with such a profile really has to take everything to the next level to register with me at this point. Hustvedt’s a talented writer. This book, however, is a bit of a snooze.
Points, though, for her illustrations, which are marvelous.
fanqi1942's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I am a fan of Siri Hustvedt, (fiction and non-fiction) but this was not her best.
alecarrillogl's review against another edition
5.0
Me encantó. Siri hizo en esta novela un recorrido sentido sobre ser mujer en el entorno en el que ella se desarrolló. No es un recorrido inmóvil ni autobiográfico y de hecho —como la gran proeza del libro— viaja en el tiempo en las historias de otras mujeres que en ese contexto fueron silenciadas o privadas de su propia historia. Desde el robo de Duchamp a la baronesa Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven hasta una mujer maltratada dentro de su propia casa que encuentra en la hechicería la posibilidad de apropiarse de su odio, y una joven escritora que comienza a lidiar no solo con la infancia añorada en la que es incapaz de comunicarse con su padre y que vive un episodio de violencia que la marca.
Una novela feminista en toda regla con una historia que creo que a las lectoras les va a sanar un poco como a mí.
Una novela feminista en toda regla con una historia que creo que a las lectoras les va a sanar un poco como a mí.
krobart's review against another edition
3.0
See my review here:
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2021/03/19/review-1632-memories-of-the-future/
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2021/03/19/review-1632-memories-of-the-future/