Private Rites
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Beschreibung
From the BELOVED, AWARD-WINNING author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world
"One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years." -Jeff VanderMeer, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Annihilation
It's been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and old rituals and religions are creeping back into practice. Sisters Isla, Irene, and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their father, an architect as cruel as he was revered, dies. His death offers an opportunity for the sisters to come together in a new way. In the grand glass house they grew up in, their father's most famous creation, the sisters sort through the secrets and memories he left behind, until their fragile bond is shattered by a revelation in his will.
The sisters are more estranged than ever, and their lives spin out of control: Irene's relationship is straining at the seams, Isla's ex-wife keeps calling, and cynical Agnes is falling in love for the first time. But something even more sinister might be unfolding, something related to their mother's long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always seemed unusually interested in the sisters' lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperiled world.
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Loved it, not as much as Our Wives Under The Sea, but it definitely was equally as haunting. I adore her writing style, period. She's so clever and confident in her prose. I admit it was a bit slow at times, and 3 POVs + even "city's", Jude's and Stephanie's POVs at times were a bit too much for me, although it flowed really well. I adored the sense of impending doom hahaha. It wasn't a nice book, it was never meant to be. Loved all the character's faults, their selfish thoughts, their traumas. Not a fan of the ending per se, feel like less would have been more in some way. But for now I'm just glad that it doesn't rain 24/7 and hope humanity gets its shit together.
Mehr erwartet
Ich komme nicht umhin zu mögen, wie Armfield schreibt. Den zwischenmenschlichen Horror beschreibt sie mit so viel Geschick, dass ich jedesmal verschlungen werde, aber schlussendlich einfach mehr erwarte! Noch 20 Seiten übrig und dann ein Knall-auf-Fall-Ende?! Auch der Schreibstil am Ende wirkte plötzlich fahrig, als hätte sie eine Deadline treffen müssen. Dass die Autorin offensichtlich besessen ist von Wasser macht sie nur kreativer, bin gespannt was ihr als nächstes einfällt. Aber, dass alle unbedingt lesbisch sein müssen wirkt nur noch plump, gestellt, nimmt der Dynamik zwischen den Schwestern und ihren Partnern die Natürlichkeit, dem Familientrauma die Naturgewalt.
“Private Rites” by Julia Armfield is a seamless blend of: - A very nuanced family drama highlighting how the personalities of people sharing trauma can clash despite their good (or at least not malignant) intentions - A hypothetical exploration of climate change and its consequences on society, architecture, social rules, religion, and much more - And how mental health adapts or tries to cope with “the end times”. How do you live knowing it will just keep getting worse? How do you focus on relationships and a job knowing it is most likely all for nothing? How do you live knowing you have it bad but countless others have it even worse? And this blend works so very well, the book had me gripped from beginning to end. The rising paranoia throughout the novel is palpable. I also loved the prose.
Beschreibung
From the BELOVED, AWARD-WINNING author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world
"One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years." -Jeff VanderMeer, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Annihilation
It's been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and old rituals and religions are creeping back into practice. Sisters Isla, Irene, and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their father, an architect as cruel as he was revered, dies. His death offers an opportunity for the sisters to come together in a new way. In the grand glass house they grew up in, their father's most famous creation, the sisters sort through the secrets and memories he left behind, until their fragile bond is shattered by a revelation in his will.
The sisters are more estranged than ever, and their lives spin out of control: Irene's relationship is straining at the seams, Isla's ex-wife keeps calling, and cynical Agnes is falling in love for the first time. But something even more sinister might be unfolding, something related to their mother's long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always seemed unusually interested in the sisters' lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperiled world.
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Beiträge
Loved it, not as much as Our Wives Under The Sea, but it definitely was equally as haunting. I adore her writing style, period. She's so clever and confident in her prose. I admit it was a bit slow at times, and 3 POVs + even "city's", Jude's and Stephanie's POVs at times were a bit too much for me, although it flowed really well. I adored the sense of impending doom hahaha. It wasn't a nice book, it was never meant to be. Loved all the character's faults, their selfish thoughts, their traumas. Not a fan of the ending per se, feel like less would have been more in some way. But for now I'm just glad that it doesn't rain 24/7 and hope humanity gets its shit together.
Mehr erwartet
Ich komme nicht umhin zu mögen, wie Armfield schreibt. Den zwischenmenschlichen Horror beschreibt sie mit so viel Geschick, dass ich jedesmal verschlungen werde, aber schlussendlich einfach mehr erwarte! Noch 20 Seiten übrig und dann ein Knall-auf-Fall-Ende?! Auch der Schreibstil am Ende wirkte plötzlich fahrig, als hätte sie eine Deadline treffen müssen. Dass die Autorin offensichtlich besessen ist von Wasser macht sie nur kreativer, bin gespannt was ihr als nächstes einfällt. Aber, dass alle unbedingt lesbisch sein müssen wirkt nur noch plump, gestellt, nimmt der Dynamik zwischen den Schwestern und ihren Partnern die Natürlichkeit, dem Familientrauma die Naturgewalt.
“Private Rites” by Julia Armfield is a seamless blend of: - A very nuanced family drama highlighting how the personalities of people sharing trauma can clash despite their good (or at least not malignant) intentions - A hypothetical exploration of climate change and its consequences on society, architecture, social rules, religion, and much more - And how mental health adapts or tries to cope with “the end times”. How do you live knowing it will just keep getting worse? How do you focus on relationships and a job knowing it is most likely all for nothing? How do you live knowing you have it bad but countless others have it even worse? And this blend works so very well, the book had me gripped from beginning to end. The rising paranoia throughout the novel is palpable. I also loved the prose.