Crackpots: A Novel
I really enjoyed most of this book. It is chock full of some of the best similes I have ever read. If you do not know what a simile is you should upon finishing this book.
Highly readable, funny and tragic, it did lose me in the end. Nov 20, Tana Wood rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: I really enjoyed the prose style of this author. She writes with a lyrical, poetic style that resounds with allusions and literary references. As a psueo-memoir, it was relevant and quirky enough to keep me reading. Aug 03, Ginger Marcinkowski rated it it was amazing.
Pritchard really knows how to make the ordinary, extraordinary! Jan 09, Agnes Muscoreil rated it really liked it. This was a fun romp through the life of a lady, with lots of laughter, sadness and everything in between! Kept my head spinning, I loved Ruby. Jun 25, Patricia rated it it was amazing Shelves: Sara Pritchard's alternatively sweet and snarky, high-pitched delivery completely disarmed me as she read an anecdote about a date who took her surfing only to find that she was terrified of water and could not swim. Crackpots, a novel which I can only assume is based on the author's experiences, is similarly filled with vivid, off-beat characters.
The protagonist is Ruby, whom we meet as a small child in red cowboy boots and hat and holsters. Her father is a demolitions expert and her mother is a piano teacher, and snatches of music from those days and the grand piano itself anchor the dreamlike sequences and manic occurrences.
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Ruby's family is described by observers as a "bunch of crackpots," and as she makes her timid, vivid way through childhood, schooling, and three marriages, she remains childlike and impulsive, often retreating beneath beds, pianos, and tables. Her prose is witty and bright, with sudden detours into sensuality or fascinating details, before whisking away into self-destruction or escapism.
It's a quirky piece of fiction, but it rings true. May 12, Bonnie rated it really liked it. Lovely writing, a little unusual always good a little off kilter, breathtaking at times, achingly real. I look forward to more books from this author.
LOVED the front cover, how could you not buy that book Now that this book had me awake half the night thinking and processing it, I thought I'd add: I love how many "writing rules" she broke writing this book. She would not receive a "good" grade from most professors but then there is that question, "can you teach writing?
She changes POV which I like to do in a story but in a writing class it gets your knuckles injured. I don't mind a change of POV once in a while, as long as it's a new chapter, I'm smart enough to figure out who's speaking given a few clues. If I wrote a story about myself, it would be interesting to have my mother say a few words. This book is truely haunting, it's made up of flashes of light, moments in time. It doesn't go into great detail, we are left to "get the picture" more than once. It just proves a book doesn't have to go on for pages to get to a point and I love brevity in writing, especially good writing.
Thanks for a great book. Feb 08, Susan rated it liked it. Objectively speaking, this was a very well-written novel. Still, though I found Ruby Reese to be a very fascinating and likable character, I got a little depressed endlessly wallowing in the melancholy details of her life, what with the string of doomed romantic relationships and personal losses. What IS cool is the way she presents the story as if looking down on a time-line of her life, and the time-line is a jigsaw puzzle that is being pu Objectively speaking, this was a very well-written novel.
I'm not sure the Bakeless Award was given fairly. Sara Pritchard writes the words that you think but don't always record or say while you're experiencing your life.
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She still sees a five- or six-year-old's simple and sometimes erroneous comprehension of things adults don't explain to children, and brings Ruby into adulthood and midlife with the same complex thoughts we all have during the harsh realities of life. I found this book to be simultaneously provoking and enlightening, and couldn't put it down until I finished reading it.
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She has an odd but engaging view of things. I liked this book a lot. See all 10 reviews. Most recent customer reviews. Published on July 7, Published on March 24, Published on March 26, Published on October 29, Published on May 10, Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers.
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Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. I'm not sure the Bakeless Award was given fairly. Jane Williams rated it liked it Mar 23, When Harry Houdini Came to Dinner. Don't know that I wuld recommend to anyone.
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