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Goodbye Without Leaving
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bookshelves: non-ya, contemporary, 2-and-a-half-stars, unpopular-opinion, eh, reviewed
Mar 20, 2024
bookshelves: non-ya, contemporary, 2-and-a-half-stars, unpopular-opinion, eh, reviewed
like a reverse irish exit?
anyway.
the important thing to know about this is it's a bad book written by a good writer. the characters: flimsy. their relationships: inexplicable. the plot: filled with years-long gaps to the point of being incomprehensible.
but the writing itself? the dialogue? the little jokes? excellent.
the other thing to know is that it is very weird. it's a white woman who was once a backup singer in a Black group and can't get over it. that's not much to carry us through 250 pages and it never feels any more normal.
maybe it was a different time.
bottom line: sometimes books are forgotten for a reason.
2.5
anyway.
the important thing to know about this is it's a bad book written by a good writer. the characters: flimsy. their relationships: inexplicable. the plot: filled with years-long gaps to the point of being incomprehensible.
but the writing itself? the dialogue? the little jokes? excellent.
the other thing to know is that it is very weird. it's a white woman who was once a backup singer in a Black group and can't get over it. that's not much to carry us through 250 pages and it never feels any more normal.
maybe it was a different time.
bottom line: sometimes books are forgotten for a reason.
2.5
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May 14, 2024 04:45PM
reading this right now, and can echo everything you said. the writing, impeccable. i truly love colwin’s voice, but in my efforts to read through her entire discography, this one definitely falls into last place. “that’s not much to carry us through 250 pages and it never feels any more normal.” precisely how I’m feeling! I feel like this had the potential to be a very good book about motherhood and how it feels to be a young person with a child while also feeling directionless…and I’m finding those bits very insightful, but what is otherwise considered the whole “premise” is…well…just as you said it! weird.
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kenna wrote: "reading this right now, and can echo everything you said. the writing, impeccable. i truly love colwin’s voice, but in my efforts to read through her entire discography, this one definitely falls i..."i couldn't agree with you more! this was so well written and there were traces of topics that were so interesting in it...so frustrating that they were never the real focus!
