book log 003
title: The Grip of It, Jac Jemc
started: 5/26/21
ended: 5/29/21
thoughts:
(5/27/21)
- already love the structure: short chapters, (about 2-4 pages long) with POV alternating each chapter--alternating POV is hit or miss in my experience, often it feels sloppy or confusing, but here it's easy to follow and leads to a lot of interesting emotional juxtaposition between the two main characters.
- reading this after House of Leaves is interesting because they share some broad similarities in plot and theme (a haunted/living house, the unreliability of memory, how we never fully understand the people we love the most and if that matters) but in structure they are polar opposites. it is really striking at how much Jac Jemc reveals by being straightfoward and brief.
started: 5/26/21
ended: 5/29/21
thoughts:
(5/27/21)
- already love the structure: short chapters, (about 2-4 pages long) with POV alternating each chapter--alternating POV is hit or miss in my experience, often it feels sloppy or confusing, but here it's easy to follow and leads to a lot of interesting emotional juxtaposition between the two main characters.
- reading this after House of Leaves is interesting because they share some broad similarities in plot and theme (a haunted/living house, the unreliability of memory, how we never fully understand the people we love the most and if that matters) but in structure they are polar opposites. it is really striking at how much Jac Jemc reveals by being straightfoward and brief.