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This book is absolutely amazing. Winterson writes about love in a way that awakens the soul and reaches deep within the heart to touch places you didn't know could be stirred. The story is constantly moving and written in words the weave together as beautifully as vines up the side of an old Victorian house.
this is the second book i've read by jeanette winterson, and wowza!
let me start with the good...this is probably the most beautiful book i have ever read. the language was so descriptive so it flowed like melted butter. i couldnt put it down just because of how beautifully it was written. if i could write like winterson, i'd be happy with all in life.
i could relate to the key relationship in so many ways and many of the passages just hit home. such a realistic story. it was a beautifully tragic love story that i think so many of us go through.
the way winterson described the feelings of the addictive relationship- that high you get which isn't going to last..she was en pointe.
the not so good- honestly, if i had not read the back of the book or some sort of plot summary, id have no freaking clue what the some of the key points of this story were! the main character is ali, but at the beginning of the book ali is a male character, so i was completely confused because it's a lesbian love story.
i would never have guessed that ali is writing stories for people- i had a hard time figuring out which part of her life i was in- is this a story she's writing or is this her real life romance? i gave up after a while and just got caught up in the romance ad the language.
some of my favorite passages-
loving you is like lifting a heavy stone. it would be easier not to do it andi am not quite sure why i am doing it. it takes all my strength and all my determination, and i said i wouldn't love someone again like this. is there any sense in loving someone you can only wake up to by chance?
love wounds. there is no love that does not pierce the hands and feet. love's exquisite happiness is also love's exquisite pain. ..it is not easy, this love, but only th impossible is worth the effort.
i can't wait to read more of her stuff!!
let me start with the good...this is probably the most beautiful book i have ever read. the language was so descriptive so it flowed like melted butter. i couldnt put it down just because of how beautifully it was written. if i could write like winterson, i'd be happy with all in life.
i could relate to the key relationship in so many ways and many of the passages just hit home. such a realistic story. it was a beautifully tragic love story that i think so many of us go through.
the way winterson described the feelings of the addictive relationship- that high you get which isn't going to last..she was en pointe.
the not so good- honestly, if i had not read the back of the book or some sort of plot summary, id have no freaking clue what the some of the key points of this story were! the main character is ali, but at the beginning of the book ali is a male character, so i was completely confused because it's a lesbian love story.
i would never have guessed that ali is writing stories for people- i had a hard time figuring out which part of her life i was in- is this a story she's writing or is this her real life romance? i gave up after a while and just got caught up in the romance ad the language.
some of my favorite passages-
loving you is like lifting a heavy stone. it would be easier not to do it andi am not quite sure why i am doing it. it takes all my strength and all my determination, and i said i wouldn't love someone again like this. is there any sense in loving someone you can only wake up to by chance?
love wounds. there is no love that does not pierce the hands and feet. love's exquisite happiness is also love's exquisite pain. ..it is not easy, this love, but only th impossible is worth the effort.
i can't wait to read more of her stuff!!
