by Francesca Lia Block
edit: After so careful thought and reading a few other reviews I decided to drop my rating. There is just too much wrong with this book, and "pretty words" can't fix it. As on review stated very well: "fucking weird". The author wrote about college like she hadn't ever set foot on a campus. You don'...
The Elementals has a dreamlike aura that prevents close scrutiny. It is as if the story is a spell that weaves its way around a reader and ensnares one to its illusory plot. The prose is poetic, and the story is hypnotic, almost detrimentally so. A reader finds oneself incapable of doing anything ot...
I did 84 pages and then gave up. I feel sad because I love her but I just didn't feel it. Usually I feel it right from the very first page but nothing.....
I did 84 pages and then gave up. I feel sad because I love her but I just didn't feel it. Usually I feel it right from the very first page but nothing.....
While this is not my usual cup of tea, it was well-written and gripping. An emotional, magical realism coming of age story.Reviewed for Affaire de Coeur Magazine in the October issue. http://affairedecoeur.com.
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