by Roxane Gay
I previously wrote a small post about Roxane Gay's novel, "An Untamed State," here: http://carissagreen50.booklikes.com/post/1135645/reading-order-roxane-gay-edition. I find I have more to say about the book. I don't know if this post really needs a spoiler alert, because its subject is right in t...
Mirielle Duval Jameson's fairy tale life is shattered when, during a visit to Haiti with her American husband and their child, she is kidnapped. Her father, a self-made millionaire, refuses to pay the ransom; and so Mirielle's captors take their revenge - pushing her beyond what she previously thoug...
I'm sad at how bored I was reading this. I could see how 1st person narration would work with Mireille's chapters because she'd be talking to herself while in captivity. But with Michael's chapters, it continued and there was so much telling - overmuch. A distancing amount of telling me things.
I'm sad at how bored I was reading this. I could see how 1st person narration would work with Mireille's chapters because she'd be talking to herself while in captivity. But with Michael's chapters, it continued and there was so much telling - overmuch. A distancing amount of telling me things.
AN UNTAMED STATE, BY ROXANE GAYThis was, I think, a misunderstanding on my part. When I decided to do this challenge, I asked everybody I know who likes to read for recommendations. This recommendation came from a lovely girl who has bangs, wears sundresses and loves light-hearted, funny, very well-...
Wow. I don't know if I've ever had such a visceral reaction to a book before. I had to put it down and walk around several times to just absorb what was happening. It is a powerful, powerful book. It almost goes without saying that this would be an extremely difficult read for abuse survivors, but I...
One very well written difficult ride.
Great debut. I truly did not enjoy the first half. I was at the point of asking, "Where is this going?" Well, it finally got there. I can't wait to discuss this with my #BookClubGroupies
2/11/14 SA
2/11/14 SA
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