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Nobody Is Ever MissingIntroduction of the ebook: Nobody Is Ever Missing
Đánh giá : 3.27 /5 (sao)
Without telling her family, Elyria takes a one-way flight to New Zealand, abruptly leaving her stable but unfulfilling life in Manhattan. As her husband scrambles to figure out what happened to her, Elyria hurtles into the unknown, testing fate by hitchhiking, tacitly being swept into the lives of strangers, and sleeping in fields, forests, and public parks.
Her risky and Without telling her family, Elyria takes a one-way flight to New Zealand, abruptly leaving her stable but unfulfilling life in Manhattan. As her husband scrambles to figure out what happened to her, Elyria hurtles into the unknown, testing fate by hitchhiking, tacitly being swept into the lives of strangers, and sleeping in fields, forests, and public parks.
Her risky and often surreal encounters with the people and wildlife of New Zealand propel Elyria deeper into her deteriorating mind. Haunted by her sister’s death and consumed by an inner violence, her growing rage remains so expertly concealed that those who meet her sense nothing unwell. This discord between her inner and outer reality leads her to another obsession: If her truest self is invisible and unknowable to others, is she even alive?
The risks Elyria takes on her journey are paralleled by the risks Catherine Lacey takes on the page. In urgent, spiraling prose she whittles away at the rage within Elyria and exposes the very real, very knowable anxiety of the human condition. And yet somehow Lacey manages to poke fun at her unrelenting self-consciousness, her high-stakes search for the dark heart of the self. In the spirit of Haruki Murakami and Amelia Gray, Nobody Is Ever Missing is full of mordant humor and uncanny insights, as Elyria waffles between obsession and numbness in the face of love, loss, danger, and self-knowledge. …more
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I wish I could remember how I heard about this book. It must have been from a blog, or…some list on goodreads, but I can’t remember why on earth I thought I’d like it, besides the gorgeous cover art.
It’s more depressing than The Bell Jar.
I’ll say this, Catherine Lacey’s debut novel went boldly into the spiral that is depression…I mean, really REALLY went there. The whole thing is very stream-of-consciousness – just like the mental verbal vomit that comes along with having a breakdown. In a I wish I could remember how I heard about this book. It must have been from a blog, or…some list on goodreads, but I can’t remember why on earth I thought I’d like it, besides the gorgeous cover art.
It’s more depressing than The Bell Jar.
I’ll say this, Catherine Lacey’s debut novel went boldly into the spiral that is depression…I mean, really REALLY went there. The whole thing is very stream-of-consciousness – just like the mental verbal vomit that comes along with having a breakdown. In a literary sense, it’s an interesting choice. I’ll admit, there was some beautiful language, and some thought-provoking points. But for me, it was just too dark. I longed for the protagonist Elyria to buoy herself, to bounce up for air. I kept reading and hoping against hope.
I’m frustrated (and surprised) that I made it through the whole book. Good thing it was short. I personally just didn’t enjoy it. It was definitely poignant, and written in a unique (although sometimes offputting)style – so for that, and its honesty, I’ll give it 2 stars. If you’re dealing with a relentless depression, it’s the kind of book that might make you feel like you’re not alone, but it also might just send you over the edge.
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