A review by mmcloe
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A bit divided on this one. Many of the reflections on the divine, aesthetics, and silence were all incredibly interesting and reminded me a lot of my experiences with Quakerism. I like the idea of a process-oriented God who we mimic by arguing and creating art. Heti's prose is also lovely and crisp and easy to read. 

Much of the novel's framing flew a little to close to self-help literature for my tastes, however. The division of people into three groups (aesthetically minded, structurally minded, interpersonally minded) didn't land for me and seems all too similar to Instagram-level spirituality classes.