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Tremor
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bookshelves: arc, authors-of-color, non-ya, literary-fiction, from-publisher-author, diverse, boston, 4-stars, recommend, reviewed, owned
Sep 19, 2023
bookshelves: arc, authors-of-color, non-ya, literary-fiction, from-publisher-author, diverse, boston, 4-stars, recommend, reviewed, owned
me and this book have the same birthday :)
and that's not the only pro!
on top of that gift from the universe, i found this to be so thoughtful and internal. i love the pleasant surprise of spending a couple of hundred pages inside the head of a protagonist i find clever and interesting. there is almost nothing i enjoy more than reading fictional thoughts and pausing occasionally to google the art that passes through them!
this does a weird thing with perspective, spends time switching POVs without warning or explanation for a couple paragraphs at a time, that i could have done without, but otherwise i had a great time.
bottom line: i predict more teju cole in my future.
(thanks to the publisher for the e-arc)
and that's not the only pro!
on top of that gift from the universe, i found this to be so thoughtful and internal. i love the pleasant surprise of spending a couple of hundred pages inside the head of a protagonist i find clever and interesting. there is almost nothing i enjoy more than reading fictional thoughts and pausing occasionally to google the art that passes through them!
this does a weird thing with perspective, spends time switching POVs without warning or explanation for a couple paragraphs at a time, that i could have done without, but otherwise i had a great time.
bottom line: i predict more teju cole in my future.
(thanks to the publisher for the e-arc)
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Sep 19, 2023 09:17AM
I enjoyed Open City. I am looking forward to this one! Happy reading.
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Not to nitpick (though I guess I am), but "me and this book have the same birthday"? This book and I have the same birthday or This book and I share the same birthday. I doubt that you'd say, Me has the same birthday as this book.
Again, apologies for being picky. The same sorts of things can no doubt be found in my reviews.
Great review! Happy belated birthday to you and book!
I came looking for comments specifically on the the change of POV in a new paragraph in the middle of the chapter. I am questioning, "who is you?"
I could have also done without his device of changing POV and adding characters with no context. I know it's a novel but I wondered what was based on historical fact vs pure fiction. Nevertheless, i thought it was both poetic and an interesting way to confront human perception and projection without being too judgy.
