kaceyymair's reviews
329 reviews

Humbert Humbert, you would LOVE Michel

The funny bits were great but the rest was a bit of a drag

A bit rambly and lacking in nuance but some interesting takes 

Flat, shock value for no reason, I’ve seen it done better and I’ve seen it done worse but I don’t want to read crap so had to put it down. The plot wasn’t exciting enough to make everything else worth it.

Did it live up to what I thought considering all the rave reviews and buzz especially after the New Yorker list? No. But did I still find it an interesting and sensitive look at girlhood and complicated female relationships and budding complex feelings? Yes. This was well done but not a favourite by any means

Poetic, teaching and had a super interesting take on generational trauma and the influence that has on culture. I also found his perspective on the American dream and how that influenced white American culture and its influence on infrastructure to push down people of colour very insightful.

This was soooo good!! dragged me out of a reading slump and Estelle made me cry fat juicy tears. I loved this so much - I officially get the hype 

Sensitive and quiet portrayal of girlhood, mother-daughter relationships, and colonial rule in Antigua. I found some parts of this quite moving, but for the most part I found the writing style so detached and simplistic I felt miles away from all the characters - which is weird because a lot of the reviews I saw deemed this book “intimate”. I didn’t really understand many of the characters, and the ending seemed really abrupt because the main character’s narrative voice didn’t develop as she got older - so when she was moving out, she still seemed to be some unknown age and not in her late teens, just because there were no implicit clues (imo) of her age

Margaret Atwood you’ve done it again!! Enjoyed this so much and it was a super interesting and complex historical fiction moment that I actually felt deserved a book as long as it was, and had enough to say without being slow.

Just the amnesia plot line with dr Jordan was so lazy and annoying lol

Everything was so descriptive - TOO DESCRIPTIVE. Like yeah sure the writing was good but after 230 pages had passed I felt like I’d read 1000. This just wasn’t enjoyable from that standpoint and I felt like this entire book could’ve been vastly better with an editor and a pair of scissors