13 July 2014
Book: "The Jigsaw Woman"
I was born in a cross fire of hurricanes. Or electrons, electrodes. Something. I don't remember much about the beginning. Fuzzies. Flashes of stainless steel and white light. Was I at a butcher's shop or a hospital?
The Jigsaw Woman (by Kim Antieau) begins as a retelling of the story of Frankenstein's monster, with the creation of a beautiful woman from the body parts of three separate women. Rather quickly, however, it veers off into a completely different story. The first half of the book is at a breakneck pace, caroming all over the place. I enjoyed the unpredictability of it.
But the in the second half of the book the plot slowed down considerably, as the main character jumped into different past-lives and lived in each for a little while. I did enjoy seeing the various characters and how they showed up in each past life.
Overall it seemed like watered down Joanna Russ. It was more coherent, but less profound, than The Female Man.
In summary: interesting enough to finish, but not enjoyable enough to re-read.
The Jigsaw Woman (by Kim Antieau) begins as a retelling of the story of Frankenstein's monster, with the creation of a beautiful woman from the body parts of three separate women. Rather quickly, however, it veers off into a completely different story. The first half of the book is at a breakneck pace, caroming all over the place. I enjoyed the unpredictability of it.
But the in the second half of the book the plot slowed down considerably, as the main character jumped into different past-lives and lived in each for a little while. I did enjoy seeing the various characters and how they showed up in each past life.
Overall it seemed like watered down Joanna Russ. It was more coherent, but less profound, than The Female Man.
In summary: interesting enough to finish, but not enjoyable enough to re-read.
Labels: review: book, scifi/fantasy
# posted by mamurd @ 12:25 PM 
