(Read for my "Intro to 21st Century Literature" class.)

1.5 stars

I'm sure this has High Literary Merit, but I just had too much trouble suspending disbelief to get invested in the story. It doesn't help that there's a sameness — one might even say monotony — about the narrative: the minimal punctuation (no quotation marks around dialogue); the lack of chapters or "time stamps"; the long, winding sentences; the overwhelming focus on nature as a whole, the passage of time, rather than on characters or plot; et cetera.

Basically I was hoping for more of a cohesive story than I got, so I was disappointed.

content warnings:

Spoiler

major character death(s), grief, hunting (for food), blood

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CONVERSION: 4.5 / 15 = 1.5 stars

Prose: 2 / 10
Characters & Relationships: 1 / 10
Emotional Impact: 1 / 10
Development / Flow: 3 / 10
Setting: 7 / 10

Diversity & Social Themes: N/A
Intellectual Engagement: 2 / 5
Originality / Trope Execution: 1 / 5
Rereadability: N/A
Memorability: 2 / 5