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sarahogxxx's review against another edition
4.0
Because I want this here, for me. I picked up this book a week after a break up and the opening of the introduction was, “The first time I read Good Morning, Midnight, I was twenty-two years old and deeply committed to a life of volcanic feeling: doomed love affairs, vaulting ambition, epic sadness. No one captured epic sadness as well as Jean Rhys…”
I knew I was meant to read this book, being young and dumb and twenty-two and just getting out of a relationship which epitomized these things. I think this is a book which rewards really careful reading and that’s not what I did. Nevertheless, when this book was ‘on’ I could not look away. Sasha’s memory, alienation, love, loss and rhythms of life looped like any depressed person’s internal monologue. And it was so fantastically done. I felt like I saw something, I experienced something, which is so difficult to capture, but she did. It was my favorite kind of ending which I cannot explain to you but which I loved. Reading this was sometimes a painful (and tedious) experience but beyond it being worth it I’m happy that something good in the way this is good exists.
A+ intro from Leslie Jamison, beautiful book
I knew I was meant to read this book, being young and dumb and twenty-two and just getting out of a relationship which epitomized these things. I think this is a book which rewards really careful reading and that’s not what I did. Nevertheless, when this book was ‘on’ I could not look away. Sasha’s memory, alienation, love, loss and rhythms of life looped like any depressed person’s internal monologue. And it was so fantastically done. I felt like I saw something, I experienced something, which is so difficult to capture, but she did. It was my favorite kind of ending which I cannot explain to you but which I loved. Reading this was sometimes a painful (and tedious) experience but beyond it being worth it I’m happy that something good in the way this is good exists.
A+ intro from Leslie Jamison, beautiful book
maurice6300's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
smtornio's review against another edition
5.0
It’s all the minute insights that make this so enjoyable. And unlike some other firmly modernist novels, it doesn’t push ellipsis so far as to to leave you wondering what happened.
miiii's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
luca4417's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
beauconstantine's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
amerynth's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoy Jean Rhys' work, depressing as it as, and "Good Morning, Midnight" was no exception.
In the book, which is apparently semi-autobiographical, a depressed narrator wanders Paris, looking for her next Pernod and wallowing in her problems in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way. I found this incredibly entertaining... (and it frequently reminded me of Malcolm Lowry's "Dark as the Grave Wherein my Friend is Laid" as he basically does the same thing but wandering around Mexico instead.)
Overall, this was an interesting and quick read.
In the book, which is apparently semi-autobiographical, a depressed narrator wanders Paris, looking for her next Pernod and wallowing in her problems in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way. I found this incredibly entertaining... (and it frequently reminded me of Malcolm Lowry's "Dark as the Grave Wherein my Friend is Laid" as he basically does the same thing but wandering around Mexico instead.)
Overall, this was an interesting and quick read.