Review: Owls Do Cry

Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I cheat-read this book. I read enough of it to follow what was happening and to feel the mood, but I skipped over significant portions of it. I feel a bit guilty about this for a review, but I am going to review it anyway. The book is masterful - in language, in structure, in characterization, but it is also too much, for me at least. It is the kind of writing that people who actually know something about literature really love: evocative, deep, metaphorical. But I, unfortunately, am much more plebeian. I prefer a good story, with some depth, but not this much. Still, if you are literarily inclined, I would highly recommend it.

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