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In In and Down, Michael and Stephen are young brothers growing up with no female influence in their lives. Through their father's emotional absence and abuse, they come to believe women do not truly exist. One of the boys draws into himself, looking for answers to the confusion in his life, and throughout this descent, he experiences his past as though through a distorted carnival mirror. When he emerges from his inner journey, he is forced to confront a secret that has been buried deep inside for over thirty years. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I rode this novel like a rollercoaster. I truly enjoyed the first half, even though it felt much like a good portion of it was dream sequence (a writing trick I despise). Then, the dream sequence part seemed to take over and I found I wasn't enjoying the story as much, even though I realized it was less dream and more Alice in Wonderland, albeit through the twisted mind of the author.
In fact, after going through a series of scenes--with more to come--where it seemed the protagonist was more of a pinball pinging from place to place, meeting different people for no apparent reason, there was a quote that I flagged from the book that, at that particular moment, seemed to echo my state of mind:
Michael doesn't have the patience for these kinds of conversations anymore.
However, within a few pages of that quote, the novel seemed to course correct and I enjoyed it again. I didn't think the revelations at the end were earth-shattering, but they were logical and I saw the work the author put into building to these points.
I guess sometimes you just need to see the whole to appreciate the parts along the way. There's a part of me that still believes this might have been better as a shorter novella, but overall, with the Alice in Wonderland overtones and the David Lynchian undertones, it's absolutely worth the read. ( )