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Quite simply, marvelous. One of those books worth rereading for its insight and formidable command of language.
Oct 12, 2020
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Warning: contains explicit sexual content.
Books like this are what I like to call "great and dreadful." It reminds me of the kind of literature, film, and music I admired as a teenager and college student (e.g. J.D. Salinger, Wes Anderson) but without the endearing charm. The writing is not without skill and there is a lot to unpack, but it's so incredibly bleak and depressing that I'm not sure it's worth it. Salinger and Anderson at least have some beauty and hope enmeshed with the dysfunction ...more
Books like this are what I like to call "great and dreadful." It reminds me of the kind of literature, film, and music I admired as a teenager and college student (e.g. J.D. Salinger, Wes Anderson) but without the endearing charm. The writing is not without skill and there is a lot to unpack, but it's so incredibly bleak and depressing that I'm not sure it's worth it. Salinger and Anderson at least have some beauty and hope enmeshed with the dysfunction ...more
I wasn't expecting this to be such an epic love story . From the title, I figured it would be about a group of friends who sit around talking about what's normal and what's quirky, that sort of thing that's deep & meaningful when you're 20. But instead this is about two people who unexpectedly find a deep connection as teens, and then they (literally) fuck around and find out. Kind of like Catherine and Heathcliff, except Connell & Marianne are not completely psychotic assholes, they are more ..
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Nov 24, 2018
Damian
marked it as to-read
