I’ve often irritated my friends unintentionally by poking at them about things they like that I don’t. It’s often mistaken for an attempt to persuade them the things they like aren’t great, when in reality the reverse is true; I want to see the thing I’m missing in the work, to be persuaded of its greatness. If I can just talk it out enough, maybe I’ll see more “Hush” in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and less “Beer Bad;” if we have a long enough discussion […]
The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht
“Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories: the story of the tiger’s wife, and the story of the deathless man.” I received The Tiger’s Wife in a big collection of books handed down to me by a friend with good literary taste. I hadn’t heard much about it prior to that. After reading it, I read a couple reviews of it on Cannonball Read because honestly, I couldn’t think of how to go about reviewing it, and I was curious to see how […]
The Tiger’s Wife
I finished The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht a few weeks ago, but I’ve been so bogged down trying to finish up my book club’s April selection (stay tuned for review) that I haven’t had a chance to write it up yet. What does that mean for you lucky Cannonballers? You’ll be able to read my review in a quick glance, because I’ll have no choice but to be brief. I’ve already forgotten most of my thoughts on the book. Oops. Ostensibly, The Tiger’s Wife […]