The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride, Faber & Faber, 2016

I read Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing when it was published a couple of years ago. It was a book I struggled with throughout reading, but found it a rewarding experience by the end, becoming affected by McBride’s stream of consciousness prose that pulls and sucks you into the mind of the novel’s protagonist. I was curious to read her new book, mainly because I wondered what form it would take: would it be written in a similar style to Girl? If so, would it be different enough? Or, would the novel take a completely different experimental form altogether?

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Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

Grief if the Thing with Feathers – Max Porter
Faber & Faber, 2015

I was still struggling through a reading slump when I read about Grief is the Thing with Feathers online. Something about the title drew me in, and reading the synopsis pulled me in even further. At the time the book hadn’t been published, but I bought it soon after its release.

Review: A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing – Eimear McBride

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing – Eimear McBride
First published by Galley Beggar Press, 2013
This edition, Faber & Faber, 2014

Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing is a book completely unlike anything I’ve read recently. The book was challenging, but worth the struggle I had with it while reading.