Tim Smith’s Reviews > Beginning Middle End > Status Update

About 80 pages left and the book is sadly becoming less interesting. When the author is writing in a prose style on themes, mythology, philosophy it’s very interesting but the story and dialogue itself just isn’t. It’s a really strong set up and ideas but theres not a very strong character or story.

This book is basically about a divorced mother attempting to write the very book im reading. I had to ask Chat how to describe this and it found this French term: “Mise en abyme — a more precise literary term for a work containing a representation of itself. Your example is very close to this: the book you are reading is about the protagonist writing the very book you are reading.”

This is one of those books that is either really deep and poetic or sloppy and all over the place. I can’t say I’m loving it so far, but I am fascinated by if this is leading to something or not.