I actually had a review here but GR ate it.So in short: some nice stories, some nice quotes but a bit repetitious and the technology makes the novel feel dated even though it is just a decade old. I can't help thinking that Winterson is writing her story over and over, it's a good story but I like h...
"I like being on my own better than I like anything else, but I can't give up love Maybe it's the tension between longing and aloneness that I need." - 156
Contrived or not, Winterson's writing is poetic and fun to read.My favorite line: Meatspace still has some advantages for a carbon-based girl.
I'd read Oranges Are The Only Fruit before, and this book came as a severe disappointment. Winterson's lyricism works best in contrast with dreariness of Oranges' setting; lyricism on top of fantasy becomes pretty, empty noise.
15 years ago
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