Rachel's review of The Keep
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Another audio book that I listened to while entering data. Very strange, kind of an attempt on Gothic style but never really making it. I'm still pondering what I think of it. Basically 2 cousins come together in a run down castle years after experiencing a catastrophic event during their childhood. The book is the story of the tragic events that follow this reunion.
This is a story within a story within a story...with even another separate 'story' at the end. Typically I like this style if done well (The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood is an incredible book written in the style of novels within a novel)...this author doesn't quite pull it together. There's some mystery surrounding who the narrator of the main story is, and how that narrator fits into the big picture which is unique. But I felt myself not interested in the story line until the very end when the author really switches gears and finishes it in the voice of a fairly minor character. This is where, in my opinion, it b...more
This is a story within a story within a story...with even another separate 'story' at the end. Typically I like this style if done well (The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood is an incredible book written in the style of novels within a novel)...this author doesn't quite pull it together. There's some mystery surrounding who the narrator of the main story is, and how that narrator fits into the big picture which is unique. But I felt myself not interested in the story line until the very end when the author really switches gears and finishes it in the voice of a fairly minor character. This is where, in my opinion, it b...more
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