Books 26-27
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The Ancestors, a collection of three novellas by L.A. Banks, Tananarive Due, and Brandon Massey.
I was seriously underwhelmed by this collection. I couldn't even manage to finish the stories by Banks or Massey. ( Slightly spoilery review behind the cut. )
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz.
This one is definitely worth reading. It wasn't really what I expected, at all, and I confess that I would've been happier had the ending been more... a resolution of the central issue in the story... but I'm learning that that desire for tidy closure is very much a product of growing up on European fairy tales and their ilk, so I'm trying to outgrow it. The book is full of intriguing characters, really pushed me to the limits of my comprehension of Spanish (I spent a lot of time with my dictionary!), was both spare and lyrical at the same time somehow, and was absolutely memorable. I highly recommend it.
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I was seriously underwhelmed by this collection. I couldn't even manage to finish the stories by Banks or Massey. ( Slightly spoilery review behind the cut. )
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz.
This one is definitely worth reading. It wasn't really what I expected, at all, and I confess that I would've been happier had the ending been more... a resolution of the central issue in the story... but I'm learning that that desire for tidy closure is very much a product of growing up on European fairy tales and their ilk, so I'm trying to outgrow it. The book is full of intriguing characters, really pushed me to the limits of my comprehension of Spanish (I spent a lot of time with my dictionary!), was both spare and lyrical at the same time somehow, and was absolutely memorable. I highly recommend it.
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