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Il Dolce Sollievo Della Scomparsa (2000)

by Sarah Braunstein(Favorite Author)

2.96 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8896538319 (ISBN13: 9788896538319)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

66th and 2nd

review 1: A series of semi-connected vignettes, a la Olive Kitteridge, except not in chronological order, and sometimes figuring which chapter belongs to which character was confusing. Very dark in tone at times, it is certainly thought-provoking but I don't think I was in the right place to read this book at this time & appreciate it. It's 2.5 stars, but I didn't want to give it the 3rd - while it was a quick read, it left me feeling...restless. And I wasn't really in the mood to be thinking of themes and questioning character's motivations etc.
review 2: This book was written in a cold detached style, which rendered the multitude of characters rather weak and listless. I often like the style of storytelling in which several different story lines are presented independ... moreently and eventually integrated together in cathartic unity. The author aimed for this style, but several of her characters were superfluous and inessential to the narrative. Fairly early on, I became overwhelmed by the ever increasing quantity of listless characters, all of whom were either terribly dull or terribly weird (weird-yuck, not weird-charming). It was like, “Oh for crying out loud, here come another couple of listless dull/weird characters who seemingly have no connection to any of the other listless dull/weird characters that have already been introduced.” The only thing all the characters discernibly had in common was some sort of unfortunate tie to the stink hole town called Beetle, NY. As if to embody their town’s name, its inhabitants indeed were creepy little souls. As noted by one of them, they “put the PU in Upstate New York.” The sole character for whom I felt empathy (herself not from Beetle) met a gruesome early end, which was a little disappointing; but alas not much. less

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