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While very imaginatively written, lyrical even, my interest kept waning, hence my epic reader's block stretching to four-plus months. But the best thing about it was it was very easy to jump back into. Most parts seemed set to ramble on for pages, till the end of times, but that's where it gets its charm, I think. Or I could only be trying to justify the too-long time spent, or wasted, and seeing silver linings where there are none. Still, though: genuinely enjoyed the majority of the book, and
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Clever, Homeric at times, and well written if not occasionally bizarre.
What is most surprising is how vastly different Eugenide’s voice is compared to that of his first novel, The Virgin Suicides. What a difference nine years must make. What was not lost in those years, however, was the ease and accuracy in which he portrays his many female characters.
The urgency to keep turning the page was not entirely consistent throughout the novel - the book often hits patches that seem like paragraph aft ...more
What is most surprising is how vastly different Eugenide’s voice is compared to that of his first novel, The Virgin Suicides. What a difference nine years must make. What was not lost in those years, however, was the ease and accuracy in which he portrays his many female characters.
The urgency to keep turning the page was not entirely consistent throughout the novel - the book often hits patches that seem like paragraph aft ...more
This is the story of an immigrant Greek family over three generations with our narrator as the end product. It is important to understand that going into the book. I came for the spectacle of hermaphroditism only to realize that Cal is a person with a history and not a spectacle. He just so happens to have the added difficulty of intersex as part of that history.
Once I stopped expecting the book to be about a hermaphrodite, I really got a chance to enjoy the story. I appreciate that it is writte ...more
Once I stopped expecting the book to be about a hermaphrodite, I really got a chance to enjoy the story. I appreciate that it is writte ...more
With such intricate details, sympathetic study of history and science, and a very oddly paced plot, this book undoubtedly brought unwelcome speculation about its author. It just feels so incredibly real, like biographical details.
It's an award winning book, and possibly still relevant more than a decade later, as it tells a story about the issue of a person's body, gender, sex, etc. The story makes readers think about the unfair and strange rule that has made much of the world a monstrous place ...more
It's an award winning book, and possibly still relevant more than a decade later, as it tells a story about the issue of a person's body, gender, sex, etc. The story makes readers think about the unfair and strange rule that has made much of the world a monstrous place ...more
One of my favorite novels. Eugenides tells the story of an atypical character who you can still manage to relate to.
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