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Title: Sexing the CherryAuthor: Jeanette Winterson
Published: 1989
Language: English
Pages: 192
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
Set in 17th century London, a giant woman finds a child in the Thames and raises him; the story is about them and their journeys.
Review:
This book went right over my head.
Sexing the Cherry is my first Jeanette Winterson and maybe I started with the wrong book, but I just... I didn't really get this one. The writing had some beautiful parts, but overall felt a little disjointed and I think the whole thing just got a bit too abstract for me.
This is clearly a very creative and imaginative story, but I think it's maybe just my personal preference to have things be more concrete and more solid. This story is very fluid in the way it deals with characters, setting and time and I honestly just felt really confused most of the time.
It's probably a fantastic book for the right reader, but I don't think that reader is me. I'd like to try something else by this author though, because I think if I could find a story that worked better for me, I'd really love it. This though... I don't even know what this was.
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