Feb 16, 2017bookycakes rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
There is a specific reader for this type of novel, and that reader is not me. (Ha. Another one. I need to figure these things out before I begin.)
This was almost purple in its prose, so many descriptions and metaphors- heck, maybe even symbolism!- that I could barely find the story underneath. This is literary fiction at its most confusing. Honestly, I would like to meet someone who votes this type of book best of the year. Clearly it's not my style.
Which is not to say I hated it. I didn't love the writing and I like more of a plot than a story built around a character arc, but there WAS a character arc and that (tinySPOILER) little bit of cultish stuff at the end? That's my cup of tea. I love cult books. So I thought that was an interesting turn of events. I won't be reading anything else by Watkins, but as a library worker it's nice to know who I can recommend this book to.
Recommended for people who like characters more than plots, lots of flowery descriptions, and points of view that swap often, though not in 1st person.
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