Trevor's review
Black Swan Green: A Novel
by David Mitchell
Trevor's review
Black Swan Green: A Novel by David Mitchell
Trevor's review
rating:
Mitchell's books are always unique. Even this one, seemingly a simple coming of age story, is astonishing in its insight and in its technique.
This story is about a 13 year old boy in a small town in England. It begins in January and runs through the year to the next January. Each month is a chapter that, in a way, stands on its own, so you get thirteen vignettes. However, they are all tied together with some overarching themes.
Interestingly, each chapter is about something important in the life of a child: popularity, friends, bullying, music, etc. However, Mitchell entwines these vignettes with the overarching themes of family, divorce, growing up.
The book is brilliant for several reasons. First, each story stands on its own and tells about some incredibly impactful even in the narrator's life. In the next story, that event is seemingly dropped. However, it has not dropped from the conscious of the narrator. Readers can tell that these events cont...more
This story is about a 13 year old boy in a small town in England. It begins in January and runs through the year to the next January. Each month is a chapter that, in a way, stands on its own, so you get thirteen vignettes. However, they are all tied together with some overarching themes.
Interestingly, each chapter is about something important in the life of a child: popularity, friends, bullying, music, etc. However, Mitchell entwines these vignettes with the overarching themes of family, divorce, growing up.
The book is brilliant for several reasons. First, each story stands on its own and tells about some incredibly impactful even in the narrator's life. In the next story, that event is seemingly dropped. However, it has not dropped from the conscious of the narrator. Readers can tell that these events cont...more
