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You Do Understand by Andrej Blatnik, Tamara M. Soban
3.5
This collection of short stories focus primarily on the broad idea of human connection. At the beginning this seems more focused on romantic connections and then later on it looks more broadly at the subject matter making it feel slightly directionless nearing the end.
Additionally, the stories are incredibly short, most of them don't exceed a page and some only last a few pages. At times I thought this was done effectively, managing to create an impactful story in such a short amount of time. However, at other times I felt that the shortness of the stories lacked impact.
Additionally, the stories are incredibly short, most of them don't exceed a page and some only last a few pages. At times I thought this was done effectively, managing to create an impactful story in such a short amount of time. However, at other times I felt that the shortness of the stories lacked impact.
The Yellow Kitchen by Margaux Vialleron
3.0
I didn't find that the writing or the story particularly compelling.
Don't Try This at Home by Angela Readman
3.0
This is a weird collection of stories - though very hit or miss.
One's Company by Ashley Hutson
4.0
This was interesting and weird book that explores themes of grief, escapism and mental illness.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
3.5
Just a good old bit of fun, innit? Wish the killing started earlier though.
Baby Schema by Isabel Galleymore
4.5
A beautiful poetry collection about how we need to care for nature.
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
5.0
This is more than just a memoir about the experience of being in an abusive relationship, it's a conversation about what stories are seen as the 'right' ones to be committed to the history books, the archives, and whose stories are told. Of which queer relationships, let alone abusive ones, are not included.
sometimes stories are destroyed, and sometimes they are never uttered in the first place; either way something very large is irrevocably missing from our collective histories... The word archive... comes from the ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον: arkheion, “the house of the ruler.”... I was taken with the use of house (a lover of haunted house stories, I’m a sucker for architecture metaphors), but it is the power, the authority, that is the most telling element. What is placed in or left out of the archive is a political act, dictated by the archivist and the political context in which she lives.
Jazz by Toni Morrison
4.5
This is a beautifully written novel that analyses people's lives and what they do and why they do it.
One of the things that I found most compelling about this novel is how Toni Morrison uses perspective. The way in which Violet cannot comprehend her actions so she creates a that Violet. In addition, the way that the novel is narrated by a nebulous who it's never quite clear who, or what, they are.
Another thing that I enjoyed was how Toni Morrison makes the city itself feel as though it is a person in its own right.
One of the things that I found most compelling about this novel is how Toni Morrison uses perspective. The way in which Violet cannot comprehend her actions so she creates a that Violet. In addition, the way that the novel is narrated by a nebulous who it's never quite clear who, or what, they are.
Another thing that I enjoyed was how Toni Morrison makes the city itself feel as though it is a person in its own right.