5/21/2023 0 Comments Fever dream by samanta schweblinThroughout the book, an inner conscience is urging the protagonist to focus upon essential events because there isn’t much time and most of the things it asks the protagonist to focus upon aren’t the highlights but the detail. To me, it could have been the story of the protagonist’s seven-second flashback before death, where she remembers everything that had happened in her life, leading her to that point. Since the most exciting thing about this book was its characters and narratives, I had one understanding of how this book could have been written. As such, it created the premise of an unsafe poisonous environment and a paranoid mother. To me, the book was about pesticides and dangerous chemicals, making their way into our everyday lives, slowly turning everything toxic. This is one book whose theme itself is open for interpretation. The end did give me an idea about what the book could be abutting, but then again, for different readers, it could mean different things. I thought I knew what it was about, but I couldn’t be sure. There were elements of dark horror as well and so, even by the end of it, I couldn’t quite place my finger on a theme. The pace was that of a mystery thriller, and I kept waiting for new twists and turns after every chapter. The writing was that of literary fiction as if it was going to leave me with many thoughts to ponder upon. Throughout the book, I kept trying to put it into a genre but was unable to.
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