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Time of the Child
Niall Williams
Publication Date: November 19th, 2024
Bloomsbury Publishing
304 Pages
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Genres: Historical Fiction | Christmas | Irish Literature | Literary FIction
This book was just okay for me. As much as I enjoyed the lyrical writing the child of the title didn’t show up until the 40% mark and that was a disappointment, it was more about getting to know the residents of Faha. The story is very slow and not very exciting. I would say this book is for a lover of words more than that of plot or characters. The plot does start to pick up once the child arrives and I did like the poetic writing but it made it a drag. This story takes place in December of 1962 but seems further in the past to me because they’re just getting televisions, phones and some even electricity. The writing is very verbose and very descriptive. I usually like that but with this one, it lost my attention along the way and I could only read a little bit at a time.
I understand the high rating. It’s a brilliant book but far too dry and slow for my taste. I found it very contemplative, like reading a diary and being inside the minds of Ronnie and Dr. Jude. This is my first book by the author, and I think I’m too stupid to appreciate it so I won’t be reading any more of his other works.
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