+PROS Mystery meets comedy of errors Absurdist literature Challenges the traditional narrative grounded in reason Plays with common literary discussion points: narrator reliability, cliches, etc. -CONS The fuzzy world-building may be a struggle for those who prefer concrete settings Not all questions are answered; a lot is left to interpretation or is never resolved *GREAT […]
Month: September 2020
Richard Powers’s The Overstory (2018), September 2020
+PROS Narration has an unrushed, wise tone that reflects a tree’s patience as it grows Beautifully constructed prose and painful truths that make the reader pause Focus on environmentalism and modern society’s disconnection with nature -CONS Some may struggle with the slow burn of this novel *GREAT GRAYS Compelling fiction that not only enthralls the […]
Leandra the TBR zero 