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Review by konnapap -- The Nobel Prize by Mois benarroch
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1 out of 4 stars
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The Nobel Prize was a quick read, just 72 pages long. But what really picked my interest was its premise. The idea of a writer having such a mental illness and winning the prestigious Nobel Prize could lead into something wonderful. Unfortunately, the actual book didn’t meet my expectations, leaving me disappointed.
The protagonist of The Nobel Prize is a writer who struggles to make ends meet. One day, he discovers that one of his old acquaintances is in a psychiatric clinic due to a mental illness. This man, who is a fellow writer, becomes one of the numerous characters of his novels. This is such a special condition that not even the doctors can identify it with precision. This shakes the main character, who becomes obsessed with this old friend. He frequently visits him, uncovers his many books, and ultimately finds out that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
As I’ve already said, the idea of this book was intriguing. The writing was easy to follow, and sometimes it was light and fun. I can’t help thinking if the main character is based on the author himself. The descriptions of the struggles, both creative and financial, seemed too real to be fictional. The mental illness on the other hand was one that could only work in a fictional work. The lines of the fellow writer felt scripted, like he was reciting the back-story and motives that he had created for his characters while writing his novels. I loved it so much that I would love to read another story based on this illness.
Apart from all those things, there were many others that fell short. The female characters, for example, were useless to the whole story. I couldn’t figure out the use of the sexual intercourse with the alien Lextra, not even why there should be flirting with the nurse, Eva. Moreover, I felt that we were thrown various elements that didn’t offer anything to the story. There is no particular reason why the author is Hispanic. And the most surprising thing of all is that ultimately the Nobel Prize didn’t matter, even though the whole book is named after it. Finally, halfway through the book I noticed that the author’s writing had many meta elements, like mentioning the word count up to that point and questioning his own plot devices. This didn’t work for me.
The Nobel Prize for me was a novel about the writing process. It described the difficulties of writing while having financial problems and conquering the infamous writer’s block. I would give 1 out of 4 stars to The Nobel Prize, because although it had an interesting premise I couldn’t really get into the story. I would recommend it reluctantly to those who want to read something different and don’t mind a story that things happen without an apparent reason.
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1 out of 4 stars
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The Nobel Prize was a quick read, just 72 pages long. But what really picked my interest was its premise. The idea of a writer having such a mental illness and winning the prestigious Nobel Prize could lead into something wonderful. Unfortunately, the actual book didn’t meet my expectations, leaving me disappointed.
The protagonist of The Nobel Prize is a writer who struggles to make ends meet. One day, he discovers that one of his old acquaintances is in a psychiatric clinic due to a mental illness. This man, who is a fellow writer, becomes one of the numerous characters of his novels. This is such a special condition that not even the doctors can identify it with precision. This shakes the main character, who becomes obsessed with this old friend. He frequently visits him, uncovers his many books, and ultimately finds out that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
As I’ve already said, the idea of this book was intriguing. The writing was easy to follow, and sometimes it was light and fun. I can’t help thinking if the main character is based on the author himself. The descriptions of the struggles, both creative and financial, seemed too real to be fictional. The mental illness on the other hand was one that could only work in a fictional work. The lines of the fellow writer felt scripted, like he was reciting the back-story and motives that he had created for his characters while writing his novels. I loved it so much that I would love to read another story based on this illness.
Apart from all those things, there were many others that fell short. The female characters, for example, were useless to the whole story. I couldn’t figure out the use of the sexual intercourse with the alien Lextra, not even why there should be flirting with the nurse, Eva. Moreover, I felt that we were thrown various elements that didn’t offer anything to the story. There is no particular reason why the author is Hispanic. And the most surprising thing of all is that ultimately the Nobel Prize didn’t matter, even though the whole book is named after it. Finally, halfway through the book I noticed that the author’s writing had many meta elements, like mentioning the word count up to that point and questioning his own plot devices. This didn’t work for me.
The Nobel Prize for me was a novel about the writing process. It described the difficulties of writing while having financial problems and conquering the infamous writer’s block. I would give 1 out of 4 stars to The Nobel Prize, because although it had an interesting premise I couldn’t really get into the story. I would recommend it reluctantly to those who want to read something different and don’t mind a story that things happen without an apparent reason.
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