Reviewed by Joséphine on
Initial thoughts: When it comes down to it, I neither hated nor particularly like Fans of the Impossible Life. Mira, Sebby & Jeremy were interesting enough. However, their narratives were disjoin ting with the use of first, third and even second(!) persons points-of-views. That made it especially disjointed while listening to an audiobook.
Was Sebby's second person perspective a one-sided conversation? When he first surfaced, I got confused and thought this was a postmodern book and the reader was supposed to imagine themselves as a character. Had the entire book been a second person narrative, perhaps I would've gotten the intertwining stories much sooner.
Plot-wise, I'm not entirely sold either. There were some touching as well as other shocking moments which gave me pause. However, they also felt strung up rather than woven together. On the diversity scale, I'd say Fans of the Impossible Life scored high, especially because of the sensitive portrayal of minority groups.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 25 March, 2016: Finished reading
- 25 March, 2016: Reviewed