Two and three quarters-Its difficult to really assess; at least with any clear accuracy. the writing was lush. I found myself in the Pit. Clutching to the red alligator, and walking the trails with the swamp man, sweat on my brow and the smell of decaying vegetation strong. The writing reminded me ...
I really liked this book. I liked the coming of age stories of Ava, Ossie, and Kiwi. I liked how this book meandered and stagnated in some parts. I liked the imagination of it all, as well as, the magical realism which added a unique point of view to the story you don't always get in main stream lit...
Slow. Stories about normal or semi-normal family life aren't my favorite thing usually. really interesting to learn about gators, gator wrestling, and the florida swamps.
A family circus you could say. Swamplandia! Alligator wrestling, swimming with them it takes a huge plunge when mom passes away. The oldest daughter becomes obsessed with a Quija Board and runs off with a ghost.That was all in beginning the story gets boring after that. I just could not stayed inte...
Kind of a Heart of Darkness with south Florida carnies. Ava Bigtree is probably the most fully realized adolescent female fictional character I've read about since Mattie Ross in True Grit. I think some of the negative reviews the book gets are from people who are upset by all the misery the autho...
This book is really good. Ava Bigtree is an amazing character, and it's wonderfully written. It shows how the Bigtree family members deal with the death of its matriarch, and how a summer can change people forever. It's an eccentric story but, in the end, is also a classically about people. I just w...
You know what? Life is just too short to slog through a book that isn't working for you.I've got a pile of books waiting and despite my initial enthusiasm for this highly recommended and much lauded novel, the actual reading felt like my brain and eyes were stuck in thick, clayey, swamp mud. I think...
The title and the blurbs kind of made me want to skip this one. It sounds a touch too quirky for me, maybe. But Karen Russell is an excellent writer. I love the way she shapes the language to the character, especially in Ava's voice. The atmosphere is so haunting, lovely and foreign. The story is or...
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