Polar Book Club True Confession: Winter's Tale Freeze-Out
I tried. In fact, I am still trying to read it, a few sideways glances at a time.
It is perhaps the least enjoyable book I have encountered this year.
It was weird, which I normally do not mind (and, truth be told, tend to prefer).
It was tedious reading, scattered, unfocused storytelling.
It also put children in adult situations. Okay, let's not be coy: a pre-teen boy was having all the sex he could muster. I cannot tolerate gratuitous sexualization of children in books, and since the story ambled along in a scattershot way, I did not see the value in that portrayal of a child.
Finally, it was not the story I expected to read. I thought I was getting a love story that stretched across time. Instead, I managed to get quite a ways into the story without a glimmer of such romance (but plenty of sex).
It was tedious reading, scattered, unfocused storytelling.
It also put children in adult situations. Okay, let's not be coy: a pre-teen boy was having all the sex he could muster. I cannot tolerate gratuitous sexualization of children in books, and since the story ambled along in a scattershot way, I did not see the value in that portrayal of a child.
Finally, it was not the story I expected to read. I thought I was getting a love story that stretched across time. Instead, I managed to get quite a ways into the story without a glimmer of such romance (but plenty of sex).
I read a few pages every once in a while, hoping it gets somewhere good. However, I think I am formally and publicly surrendering. It's not the book I want to read, so I won't.
Have you read it? Have you tried? Let me know!
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