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floraelmcolone's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
jeanette winterson i love you i love you i love you
lenjamin's review against another edition
4.5
The ending of this is what really brought this together and elevated it for me. It's been a long time since I've wanted to reread a book immediately after finishing to study how things are woven together.
The fantastical narrative is so excellently grounded with wit and heart that once I got in to the rhythm of the writing I finished it all in a day.
The fantastical narrative is so excellently grounded with wit and heart that once I got in to the rhythm of the writing I finished it all in a day.
endaglivet's review against another edition
2.0
Hmm... Değişik bir kitap olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Olağan dışı bir işlenişi vardı. Hayal gücünü gerçekliği bükmek ve kendine serbest bir alan yaratmak için tüm kitap boyunca kullanmış. Eleştirileri ve sorgulamaları anlaşılmayacak türden değildi bence, yine de biraz olsun psikoloji, sosyoloji gibi alanlarla ilgilenmiyorsanız kitabın sizlik olmadığını önerisinde bulunmam yanlış olmaz sanırsam.
Açıkçası, pek sevmedim. Tıkanan bir kitaptı benim gözümde. Olduğu haliyle yeterli olduğunu düşünmüyorum, gereksiz bulduğum yerler vardı ve bunlar yazarın gözünde gerekli dahi olsa ben ciddi anlamda bunaltıcı buldum. Herkese hitap eden bir kalem olmadığını düşünüyorum.
Açıkçası, pek sevmedim. Tıkanan bir kitaptı benim gözümde. Olduğu haliyle yeterli olduğunu düşünmüyorum, gereksiz bulduğum yerler vardı ve bunlar yazarın gözünde gerekli dahi olsa ben ciddi anlamda bunaltıcı buldum. Herkese hitap eden bir kalem olmadığını düşünüyorum.
heatherslevin's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
isseyreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition
3.0
This is a strange book. I suppose post modern is what some would say. Historical fiction is what others would call it.
It’s about rivers and how rivers – the Thames, Delaware, Schuylkill, St. Laurent, Ole Man River - are time. How cities are time. How everywhere you step, you step into, out of, from the shadow of time.
Jordan is found in a river and named for a river. He travels like a river while his mother is the anchor, is the ship, is the mass of land at the end.
And then there are the princesses who he meets and who tell stories like Robert Browning wrote poems.
And that is the story.
It’s about rivers and how rivers – the Thames, Delaware, Schuylkill, St. Laurent, Ole Man River - are time. How cities are time. How everywhere you step, you step into, out of, from the shadow of time.
Jordan is found in a river and named for a river. He travels like a river while his mother is the anchor, is the ship, is the mass of land at the end.
And then there are the princesses who he meets and who tell stories like Robert Browning wrote poems.
And that is the story.
sarabearian's review against another edition
This gloriously surreal and imaginative book weaves a beautiful story of love, time, and adventure. Set in two different time periods and skipping between narrators, Winterson tells the story of the Dog Woman, a giant capable both of horrific brutality and unlimited love, and her adopted son, Jordan, in Elizabethan England and later, reincarnated, in the modern era. At the same time, the reader follows Jordan on his journeys through space and time, as he looks for excitement, himself, and "the dancing girl". Winterson's fantastical world sketches the lovely, the monstrous, and the unknown with the inspired touch of magic realism. Utterly fascinating, this book will bring you to question your own existence and the very fabric of time and reality.
-- Karen H. --
-- Karen H. --
judyboom's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
naledi's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.75