starshift18

** spoiler alert ** This book took me time to get through, but in the end I was happy to have taken time with the book. In fact I think it is a book that should be read slowly. The vignette of stories are a sort of urban mix of gritty humanity and serendipitous moments. I wasn't as moved by some of the stories as others and it took a little bit of time for the stories to all work with each other, but once they did, I realized what a master McCann is at weaving such a complex story. Some people have a gift of words that truly is artistic. The prose were beautiful and at times moves the reader along in waves of lyricim. In the end when I finally realized - when the characters and the story came full circle, that we are all walking a tightrope through life, we are all dancing on a wire, trying to do tricks, trying not to fall off, I coudn't help but feel all of the emotion that he had built up within the book, yet wasn't aware of his doing so at the time. He is a brilliant writer and I will be looking to read more from him.

2022-08-31 23:19