Reviews for Evolutionary wars

The average rating for Evolutionary wars based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-10-31 00:00:00 carol Clemente I'm sure you all know the drill by now: I have difficulty with Jeanette Winterson. I'm pretty resigned to that now, though. I buy her books knowing that I'm going to love the words and have difficulty chasing the meanings; this time in particular I just sat back and let the prose-poetry wash over me, the images sometimes slapping me into paying that bit more attention, getting me with sharp edges by surprise. Jeanette Winterson's collection of short stories is very characteristically her writing, and more so, distilled. If you find it hard to get a grip on her novels, it'll be harder to get a hold on these -- but then you might be able to approach them better as poetry.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-11-22 00:00:00 Jerry Parent You read a Jeanette Winterson story and immediately grasp its every word, its every angst, its every quirk. At one point you sympathize with a character or see yourself suddenly living in her magically-woven world. You taste intimacy in her prose. You get spellbound by the vividness of her wild imaginings'whether it's about wanting a dog you will not adopt, a man and a woman on a cruise, a world where sleep is prohibited, an island king who wears a crown made of coal, or a pet tortoise named Psalms that drowns in the sea. You don't know how you've managed to interpret her language; you just do. You can understand her forever, but cannot translate her to others. *** My thoughts on this book? Humorous. Insightful. Eccentric. In that order. Three words I can't even rationalize. But if you love Jeanette Winterson like I do, then perhaps you'll understand why.