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Kea Wilson

Autor/a de We Eat Our Own: A Novel

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We Eat Our Own: A Novel (2016) 152 exemplars

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Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
St Louis, Missouri, USA
Educació
Washington University in St. Louis (MFA)
Professions
bookseller
author

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Geoff: Is that book any good?

Me: I'll bet you a million dollars she has an MFA.

Geoff: How can you tell that?

Me (looks in the About the author section): Yep! MFA!

Geoff: That doesn't answer my question.

Me: What question?

Geoff: Is it any good?

So is it? Parts sure -- the chapter set in the city with the rebels was so tautly written and great to read. But that whole thing reads exactly like my idea of a stereotypical I have an MFA and this is my first novel novel (I have no idea if my opinion is justified, since, perhaps, I read tonnes of novels with those two qualifications and don't even realize it). What do I mean?


  1. Every chapter is about/from the perspective of a different character.

  2. Chapters change the point of view constantly (i.e. some chapters are second person singular (you), some chapters are third person singular (she), etc.

  3. While each chapter is interlinked, they all have a stand-alone feel to them.

  4. Catharsis is somewhat muted.



And so, it ends up being more like a bunch of short stories about a fictionalized account of the filming of Cannibal Holocaust. I'm not saying that this is bad, but it isn't the most wonderful book I've ever read either. I think it was marketed as horror. I'm jaded, so I wasn't that horrified. But, maybe I was supposed to be horrified. I don't know. I need a new POV chapter/character to tell me what I'm supposed to feel.

We At Our Own by Kea Wilson went on sale September 6, 2016.

I received a copy free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
… (més)
 
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reluctantm | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Aug 14, 2018 |
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .
I received a copy of this book as a free advance review audiobook and have chosen of my own free will to post a review. I found this book to be very boring and a waste of my time to listen to. The author skips around a great deal. The story doesn’t make sense and is very hard to follow.
 
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iadam | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Jun 11, 2017 |
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .
This book is an absolute mess. Did not like it at all. It was hard to keep plots and subplots straight. The frequent change of tense and POV was jolting. It wasn't until after the completion of the audiobook that I learned that the story was based on fact. I don't think that knowledge would have helped. Even the competent and talented narrator couldn't save this one for me.

Thanks for LT's Early Reviewers program for the audiobook. Unfortunately, they can't all be winners.
 
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enemyanniemae | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Feb 8, 2017 |
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .
This book just was not interesting enough. I kept stopping and trying to go back and finish but was unable to.
 
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Lainie911 | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Jan 26, 2017 |

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Obres
1
Membres
152
Popularitat
#137,198
Valoració
2.9
Ressenyes
17
ISBN
5

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