crabbygirl reviewed The solitude of prime numbers by Paolo Giordano
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4 stars
both a sad and beautiful book. two deeply wounded people recognize acceptance in each other but never truly abandon themselves to it.
this book was different in the way the story was told: chronologically, in short-story type vignettes, until the main novel begins. it makes for the very different perspective: usually character memories are told in flashback but we never lose sight of the present day protagonist. this way, its a fully formed scene, and your reaction is not coloured by who the people ultimately become.... it's much for realistic this way: the past experience has a lasting shadow, and yet is so far away that there is confusion as a reader at first. is this the same character years later? we turn back a few chapters, and yes - these are the same people, grown up.
