by Patrick Ness
"The extraordinary happens every day...
One night, George Duncan - decent man, a good man - is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed.
The next day, a kind but enigmatic woman walks into George's shop. Suddenly a new world opens up for George, and one night she starts to tell him the most extraordinary story.
Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The Crane Wife is a hymn to the creative imagination and a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love."
I went into The Crane Wife not knowing what to expect. A new author, and a story with a synopsis which I did not read. It's been a while since I've done something like that, and the uncertainty of it was exciting.
I found this book to contain a lot of magical realism, and it was based on a Japanese folk tale. I was unfamiliar with the original tale, which didn't help my understanding of the unraveling of events, and at times I was confused as to how the main storyline and this alternating, mythical one coincided.
On the other hand, Patrick Ness's narration really captivated me. Though I was not particularly enjoying the storyline, I still looked forward to reading this book whenever I picked it up, and I believe a lot of it is in merit of its writing style.
Overall, I found The Crane Wife to be unexpected, quite strange and difficult to grasp, and yet intriguing. Just as Amanda was stupefied in finding Rachel at the scene of George's burning home, I am left confused with the distinction between the realistic elements to this story and the mythical ones. It is as if the lines between the two have blurred, and yet they have failed to become one in my understanding.
I found this book to contain a lot of magical realism, and it was based on a Japanese folk tale. I was unfamiliar with the original tale, which didn't help my understanding of the unraveling of events, and at times I was confused as to how the main storyline and this alternating, mythical one coincided.
On the other hand, Patrick Ness's narration really captivated me. Though I was not particularly enjoying the storyline, I still looked forward to reading this book whenever I picked it up, and I believe a lot of it is in merit of its writing style.
Overall, I found The Crane Wife to be unexpected, quite strange and difficult to grasp, and yet intriguing. Just as Amanda was stupefied in finding Rachel at the scene of George's burning home, I am left confused with the distinction between the realistic elements to this story and the mythical ones. It is as if the lines between the two have blurred, and yet they have failed to become one in my understanding.
3/5 stars.
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