I need to confess something.
I still haven't finished The Bone Cocks by David Mitchell.
I know, I know -I 've been working on it forever...
But trust me: the fault is not in the book but my hectic spring.
But now that I have been set free from school for the summer and won't need to limit my reading to only text books and such, I finally have both the time and energy to finish this masterpiece. Because that's what it is.
Anyway, I decided to immortalize some of my thoughts into the world of binary code.
- The Raw Shark Texts was not my first postmodern book (as I claimed in my previous post) after all. I started reading this book again after finishing The Raw Shark Texts and noticed familiar traits. I am thankful for Steven Hall's work since it has acted as a portal for me to properly understand the style of this novel as well.
- Horology was -and in fact still is- a completely bizarre term to me. But I now understand how to look at it -a mysterious and somewhat creepy dimension.
- The book's narration is extremely interesting. Every now and then the first person narrator will change leaving the reader penniless. Reading on, however, the often completely new character becomes more and more familiar. The only thing, well person, connecting these numerous protagonist prospects is a headstrong lady, Holly Sykes. First we meet her as a runaway teen telling her own story and as the plot unfolds itself it always brings the reader back to her in different moments of her life. I found this to be super intelligent and it is definitely the most mesmerising aspect of the novel.
- I have no idea what the final pages will throw at me. That is always a good sign in a book. Who would bother reading something that they can effortlessly forecast?
- The book begins from the past, yet it has already now advanced into the near future. Once again, a nice pinch of flavour. I also like how this adds a topical touch that connects the current news along and not-so-long-ago crises to the book's events.
- I can't deny the fact that the language in this book is beautiful. Every word is so intricately placed, chosen carefully from an abundance of synonyms. The text is like a colorful painting with unbelievable depth. Very #goals.
I'll let you take a guess.
-Anna
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