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One Woman Show
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bookshelves: non-ya, literary-fiction, from-publisher-author, historical, eh, 2-and-a-half-stars, unpopular-opinion, reviewed
Oct 17, 2023
bookshelves: non-ya, literary-fiction, from-publisher-author, historical, eh, 2-and-a-half-stars, unpopular-opinion, reviewed
a book told through museum wall labels??? this sounds like a dream...
but unfortunately the format was the coolest part.
this book's medium outshone its story. it is a very cool idea to talk about the concept of a wealthy 20th century woman as a glowing object, intended to be owned and to look pretty and nothing else, through museum labels, emphasizing the concept of the object.
but i wish it were only done partially: perhaps each chapter begins with the label, but in some way there is character development or relationship dynamics or themes of any kind. in other words, that there were something preventing this book from being dry and literal and repetitive. but alas.
i will follow this author though!
bottom line: sounded too good to be true, and was.
(2.5 / thanks to the publisher for the copy)
but unfortunately the format was the coolest part.
this book's medium outshone its story. it is a very cool idea to talk about the concept of a wealthy 20th century woman as a glowing object, intended to be owned and to look pretty and nothing else, through museum labels, emphasizing the concept of the object.
but i wish it were only done partially: perhaps each chapter begins with the label, but in some way there is character development or relationship dynamics or themes of any kind. in other words, that there were something preventing this book from being dry and literal and repetitive. but alas.
i will follow this author though!
bottom line: sounded too good to be true, and was.
(2.5 / thanks to the publisher for the copy)
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Théo d'Or
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Oct 23, 2023 03:34PM
No, it isn't.
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It’s been 26 days where’s the review!!
Unfortunately this book is a rip-off of a much better book published by a small press in 2019. I’m appalled that they got away with this.
Corvin wrote: "Unfortunately this book is a rip-off of a much better book published by a small press in 2019. I’m appalled that they got away with this."is it really!
Sarah!! wrote: "It’s been 26 days where’s the review!!"damn it's here!
Théo d'Or wrote: "No, it isn't."what
Me refreshing the comments to get the name of the small press version
