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A review by emilynied
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book felt like a spool of yarn that kept unraveling - when I reached the last page, it had reached the end. I read a review that said the reader paused many times to ponder words, phrases and even entire pages, and I totally agree. This wasn't a passive read, despite the long form poetry it kind of read like.
Between the almost uncertain mourning that our main character experiences (no, we never get her name, which is very interesting) and the grief of the dog, which despite him being a dog and not being able to communicate with words, was so so powerful. This is a great book.
Between the almost uncertain mourning that our main character experiences (no, we never get her name, which is very interesting) and the grief of the dog, which despite him being a dog and not being able to communicate with words, was so so powerful. This is a great book.