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roadtripreader 's review for:
We Travel the Spaceways
by Victor LaValle
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This one slipped through the clutches of my adoration fast. - I suppose I'm still hearing the echo of The Ballad of Black Tom and the writing there was gripping.
Maybe the writing is meant to be stilted and almost cluttered to mirror Grimace's mind and grasp on UY Scuty and New York? If so it was a success but it tilted just shy of great for me and has settled into my realm of that's nice.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
See there'll be one eternal question evertime I think of this book.
Was Grimace just hallucinating until he was killed if he was even killed?
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters: -2⭐
Uhm... his trashcans in the garbage bag are women (except for Cherry Coke who seems to be the male voice of action, offering tangible ways in and not talking a whole lot - as in the females yap yap yap whilst the male bottle is relied upon when actually needed?) I don't think I like how I feel about that even though they were keeping him going (well technically he was talking to a garbage bag full of trashed cans so he appears insane).🤷🏻♀️
Is it on purpose? Would Grimace be a genius albeit a raging mysoginist if he had power (and money) and wasn't slumming it on the streets or is it a subconscious thing the author let slip into his work? I'm rooting for the former please please because I just starting falling into the LaValle rabbithole of intense storytelling.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene:
This was painful: Grimace at McDonalds
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “My mind was awake, but my body hadn’t quite caught up. Oh, sleep paralysis, my old friend, you are always fucking with me.” (Hey Don't even joke, my sleep paralysis demon has been MIA)
🖤 “The crowds parted for us.
They were scared. Or disgusted. No matter the reason, we strolled with the air of emperors”(Grimace and Kim, homeless and hooker and judged for it every where)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Signalman
■ Pathfinders
■ Dying Star
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025
Maybe the writing is meant to be stilted and almost cluttered to mirror Grimace's mind and grasp on UY Scuty and New York? If so it was a success but it tilted just shy of great for me and has settled into my realm of that's nice.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
See there'll be one eternal question evertime I think of this book.
Was Grimace just hallucinating until he was killed if he was even killed?
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters: -2⭐
Uhm... his trashcans in the garbage bag are women (except for Cherry Coke who seems to be the male voice of action, offering tangible ways in and not talking a whole lot - as in the females yap yap yap whilst the male bottle is relied upon when actually needed?) I don't think I like how I feel about that even though they were keeping him going (well technically he was talking to a garbage bag full of trashed cans so he appears insane).🤷🏻♀️
Is it on purpose? Would Grimace be a genius albeit a raging mysoginist if he had power (and money) and wasn't slumming it on the streets or is it a subconscious thing the author let slip into his work? I'm rooting for the former please please because I just starting falling into the LaValle rabbithole of intense storytelling.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene:
This was painful: Grimace at McDonalds
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “My mind was awake, but my body hadn’t quite caught up. Oh, sleep paralysis, my old friend, you are always fucking with me.” (Hey Don't even joke, my sleep paralysis demon has been MIA)
🖤 “The crowds parted for us.
They were scared. Or disgusted. No matter the reason, we strolled with the air of emperors”(Grimace and Kim, homeless and hooker and judged for it every where)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Signalman
■ Pathfinders
■ Dying Star
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025