the blind assassin by margaret atwood
this one’s a book, abo..
Published: November 23rd 2023, 7:30:02 pm
the blind assassin by margaret atwood
this one’s a book, about a book, in which there is a guy who tells stories. meta, but easy to follow. in typical atwood fashion there are like three “twists”, but atypical to atwood they are very predictable. they are probably meant to be predictable though, because they are heavily foreshadowed, and i know atwood can burry a lead very well, if she wants to. this woman (usually) knows how to work a red herring. didn’t love this one. i was waiting for more than half the book for the book(s) to start and then by page 400 i was like ,,, okay i guess this just IS the book then ??? it felt like reading a boring biography of someone i do not know about or care to know about. i’ll probably forget about it in a months time. i did love the writing, and some phrases might stick with me, nothing to do with plot though. reminds me of plaths journals, nothing too exciting happening, but beautifully written. my favorite parts were the stories inside the book inside the book, they reminded me of vonnegut, maybe because that’s the only sci-fi i read. can’t think of a single reason this needed to be so damn long. 10/10 writing, 2/10 plot, so i guess 6/10 book overall? painful to say, or type i guess.
