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hollysf's review against another edition
4.0
This story was a trip. Wow. Also, check out how many songs have been inspired by it:
Klaxons - "Forgotten Works"
https://youtu.be/cMsKHvc7fmo
Neko Case - "Margaret Versus Pauline"
https://youtu.be/cU3xh55g5yY
Goodbye Kumiko - “The Tigers”
https://youtu.be/R1xC8mKe0wo
Harry Styles - “Watermelon Sugar”
https://youtu.be/E07s5ZYygMg
Klaxons - "Forgotten Works"
https://youtu.be/cMsKHvc7fmo
Neko Case - "Margaret Versus Pauline"
https://youtu.be/cU3xh55g5yY
Goodbye Kumiko - “The Tigers”
https://youtu.be/R1xC8mKe0wo
Harry Styles - “Watermelon Sugar”
https://youtu.be/E07s5ZYygMg
black_matilda's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
sukhneetk's review against another edition
4.0
A dazzling, bizarre and surreal book. Can you imagine a world where the sun shines a different colour everyday? If you don't, read this masterpiece. People here live gentle lives, they have their own traditions.
I liked this book so I'm giving it a four
I liked this book so I'm giving it a four
servane_m's review against another edition
4.0
Now that was something, unsettling, soft, hard and funny, disconcerting and all those things at once.
lunatheshibainu's review against another edition
2.0
Açıkçası çok büyük bir beklentiyle başlamıştım. Okuduğum ilk kitabı ve benim için hayal kırıklığı oldu, yine de diğer kitaplarını da okumak istiyorum hevesimi tamamen kaybettiğimi söyleyemem.
rcluff44's review against another edition
3.0
I can see the appeal in this writing style but overall it wasn’t for me.
kurumipanda's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
apaneto28's review against another edition
3.0
A disjointed story of what seems a dystopian community bent on forgetting the "forgotten things". I liked the short snippets of dialogue between the protagonist which holds no name - apparently you have to name it from your experience - and the other characters.
To me, I enjoyed the color coded day element as it provided an interesting take on what happened/happens in each day. For example, Thursday is black, soundless watermelons. Watermelon sugar being the thing that "life" is made up of.
So at the end, Margaret-the ex-lover of the protagonist hangs herself because of a broken heart or maybe because that is what InBoil and his comrades did after hanging about in the forgotten things and getting drunk on whiskey. They decided to self-mutilate themselves and they slowly bleed to death.
Overall, an interesting story that I get the sense is a commentary on the authors life with a deep meaning that maybe a select few will be able to embody.
To me, I enjoyed the color coded day element as it provided an interesting take on what happened/happens in each day. For example, Thursday is black, soundless watermelons. Watermelon sugar being the thing that "life" is made up of.
So at the end, Margaret-the ex-lover of the protagonist hangs herself because of a broken heart or maybe because that is what InBoil and his comrades did after hanging about in the forgotten things and getting drunk on whiskey. They decided to self-mutilate themselves and they slowly bleed to death.
Overall, an interesting story that I get the sense is a commentary on the authors life with a deep meaning that maybe a select few will be able to embody.