Sunday, September 8, 2013
Chapter Forty-One: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Now that I've finally had time to join the Boston Public Library, I've been making good use of my local branch to check out some new books. I was intrigued by the title of this novel by Aimee Bender--what would make lemon cake sad?--and then I was drawn in by the original premise for this story: when she eats food, the protagonist can taste in it the emotions of the person who prepared it. This book reads quickly, and a feeling of mystery that pervades the plot makes it hard to put this book down until the very end. The only aspect that I disliked is Bender's proclivity for peppering her otherwise pleasant prose with sentence fragments; this rubbed me the wrong way. However, overall I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone looking for an interesting read.
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That sounds like an intriguing plot, I'll look for that the next time I'm at the library.
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Hi Mom,
ReplyDeleteI did find it to be a really intriguing premise for a novel--especially because, as you find out early on in the book, this special ability really torments the main character. I hope you enjoy reading it!
Love, Steph
Well, it was an interesting book, but I can't really say that I enjoyed reading it. I found it to be somewhat dark and depressing actually. And although I was not bothered by sentence fragments as you were, I was distracted and annoyed by her refusal to use quotation marks throughout the book. Clearly a case for the grammar police!
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