Review of Ironing
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 21:55
[Following is a volunteer review of "Ironing" by Navajo.]
Ironing is an Experimental Fiction novel written by Navajo. The novel focuses on the story of three girls traveling to a dog racing club via public bus. Intermingled with this story are vignettes of both loosely related and unrelated characters. All of the stories are emotionally impactful and thought provoking although not necessarily connected to each other.
Interestingly, the beginning of the book contains a note about a punctuation style choice throughout the novel and then a hyperlink to a book review that describes Experimental Fiction and provides a glowingly positive critique. I would suggest either reading the review the author provided or researching Experimental Fiction independently. Otherwise, frustration and confusion are likely to result.
I struggled with the heavy use of slang in this novel. I feel that it is necessary for the authenticity of the conversations and connection to the environment however; it broke the flow of the story when I either ignored the phrases or paused in reading to look them up.
I enjoyed the quicker pace of the stories. The author avoided extensive background information through narration and focused on dialogue instead. Although this method can sometimes make the conversation seem stilted, I found it genuine and smoothly flowing.
I would suggest reading this novel in one sitting. I originally tried to read this novel over the course of a few days and ended up confused. I tried to make connections between the multitude of characters and life events and thought I was missing something vital when I couldn’t. When I just started it again from the beginning and read it the whole way through, it was a much more enjoyable experience.
I would recommend this novel for adults only. While the profanity and the sensitive situations described in the book may be appropriate for some young adults, the overall despondency that results from the frequency of these components make it unsuitable for this audience.
This novel is well edited. In the beginning of the book, the author specifically addresses a punctuation error that occurs throughout the novel with the reasoning behind this deliberate writing style choice.
I rank this novel with three out of four stars. Although I cannot say that I enjoyed with Experimental Fiction writing style of the novel, I can acknowledge that the theme and flow of the novel was consistent. In my opinion, the intermingled vignettes were reminiscent of disrupting television commercials during an entertaining program. However, I appreciated the author’s good writing. The characters were interesting, the dialogue and setting were consistent and appropriate to the environment, and the descriptions of events and behaviors were compelling.
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Ironing
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Ironing is an Experimental Fiction novel written by Navajo. The novel focuses on the story of three girls traveling to a dog racing club via public bus. Intermingled with this story are vignettes of both loosely related and unrelated characters. All of the stories are emotionally impactful and thought provoking although not necessarily connected to each other.
Interestingly, the beginning of the book contains a note about a punctuation style choice throughout the novel and then a hyperlink to a book review that describes Experimental Fiction and provides a glowingly positive critique. I would suggest either reading the review the author provided or researching Experimental Fiction independently. Otherwise, frustration and confusion are likely to result.
I struggled with the heavy use of slang in this novel. I feel that it is necessary for the authenticity of the conversations and connection to the environment however; it broke the flow of the story when I either ignored the phrases or paused in reading to look them up.
I enjoyed the quicker pace of the stories. The author avoided extensive background information through narration and focused on dialogue instead. Although this method can sometimes make the conversation seem stilted, I found it genuine and smoothly flowing.
I would suggest reading this novel in one sitting. I originally tried to read this novel over the course of a few days and ended up confused. I tried to make connections between the multitude of characters and life events and thought I was missing something vital when I couldn’t. When I just started it again from the beginning and read it the whole way through, it was a much more enjoyable experience.
I would recommend this novel for adults only. While the profanity and the sensitive situations described in the book may be appropriate for some young adults, the overall despondency that results from the frequency of these components make it unsuitable for this audience.
This novel is well edited. In the beginning of the book, the author specifically addresses a punctuation error that occurs throughout the novel with the reasoning behind this deliberate writing style choice.
I rank this novel with three out of four stars. Although I cannot say that I enjoyed with Experimental Fiction writing style of the novel, I can acknowledge that the theme and flow of the novel was consistent. In my opinion, the intermingled vignettes were reminiscent of disrupting television commercials during an entertaining program. However, I appreciated the author’s good writing. The characters were interesting, the dialogue and setting were consistent and appropriate to the environment, and the descriptions of events and behaviors were compelling.
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Ironing
View: on Bookshelves