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Book #20 - "Son of a Witch," Gregory Maguire
I have a hard time writing a review when I just like a book, but I seem to have something to say if I have mixed feelings.
Powerful to the point it gave me even worse anxiety dreams than usual, and made me a bit depressed. Very real, with obscure happenings, meaningless violence done for tactical gain that all comes down to money, a meandering and inconclusive non-plot line, and inconsistent characters. Often lovely writing, but then he would get carried away with it and seem to forget that he had a story to tell. Points for bi and poly inclusiveness, although the poly was of the "don't blink or you'll miss it" variety.
What's with leaving the ending so weird and vague? NOTHING is actually resolved, and he doesn't know where his gilfriend and his boyfriend have got to. In ten years he accomplishes one good thing, keeps one promise, and makes one grand but meaningless gesture, starts to make himself a better person after his sins (which didn't make sense to me in the first place), but he ends up still alone, aside from a baby to take care of. Is he trying to generate fanfic?
I have a hard time writing a review when I just like a book, but I seem to have something to say if I have mixed feelings.
Powerful to the point it gave me even worse anxiety dreams than usual, and made me a bit depressed. Very real, with obscure happenings, meaningless violence done for tactical gain that all comes down to money, a meandering and inconclusive non-plot line, and inconsistent characters. Often lovely writing, but then he would get carried away with it and seem to forget that he had a story to tell. Points for bi and poly inclusiveness, although the poly was of the "don't blink or you'll miss it" variety.
What's with leaving the ending so weird and vague? NOTHING is actually resolved, and he doesn't know where his gilfriend and his boyfriend have got to. In ten years he accomplishes one good thing, keeps one promise, and makes one grand but meaningless gesture, starts to make himself a better person after his sins (which didn't make sense to me in the first place), but he ends up still alone, aside from a baby to take care of. Is he trying to generate fanfic?