indivisual2013

At first I thought this book was just too weird. Keeping the ages of the characters and different time periods straight was a lot of work. I eventually gave up on it and trying to understand the "sci-fi" aspect and just read the book. I did not like the writer's use of first person and setting out who was speaking by printing out the character's name, a colon, then the paragraph or chapter. It seemed too easy for me. I also thought the writing lacked a little emotion and authenticity. I liked the characters, but I didn't feel invested in them, if that makes any sense. All that said, I thought I was finishing the book just to see what was going to happen, how the author would pull all the strings together. Yet when it got to the final chapters, I found myself crying! Crying! It's a love story, an OK read, and strangely powerful in a quiet way. I probably won't read it again, but it was worth the time.

2020-09-07 16:30