5/26/2023 0 Comments Cherry flavor![]() Being unlikeable does not, however, make her unsympathetic. Throughout the narrative, she fluctuates between appearing vapid and slyly witty while perpetually coming across as shallow. Lisa Nova is, for the most part, not a likable character. Consider it a page from the Bret Easton Ellis playbook, metafictional and intentionally subverting the expectation of the readers. I feel almost as though the lack of gratification or fulfillment was an intentional stroke by the author. My comment on wasted potential is not to suggest I didn't enjoy the story because it was surprisingly enjoyable. There's a potential within this story, a barely suppressed tension and horror seething just below the surface, that sadly never quite reaches fruition. Surreal and Interesting, But Still Disappointingīrand New Cherry Flavor is a book packed with originality and uniqueness. My dad, who is an avid fan of horror/noir stories, would probably give up on this one before the half-way point. It is definitely worth the read/listen, but I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone. As a huge fan of writers like Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor, Faulkner, etc., I was disappointed in how the story was told. If you can get past the seemingly needless, and constant sexual content, it really is a solid story. Overall, a decent story that has some significant flaws in my opinion. She's certainly not the worst narrator, but definitely not one of the best, either. This isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but after listening for about 13 hours worth, I decided to play that audio at 1.5 speed to get through the last couple of hours. The narrator was fine, but I found her characters a bit annoying. Also, I felt like the author spent way too much time describing things that I still cannot figure out exactly why he felt the need to explain in such detail. I get why it was in there, but I felt that it wasn't needed to the extent that it was such a frequent and reoccurring event throughout the story. The story itself is entertaining, but I feel like the book was needlessly filled with sex and other subject matter than neither added to, or developed the story. It didn't take long to realize that the book was not going to be what I expected after watching the first 2.5 episodes of the netflix show. Because I like to try and read the book before watching a movie or show based on a book, I stopped watching and got this book. After getting through the first 2.5 episodes, I finally realized that the show was based on a book. I originally learned of this after I began watching "Brand New Cherry Flavor" on netflix. Such a waste of time.įirst, the story is definitely entertaining. ![]() Unfortunately it never arrived at a cohesive story, or made you care about any of the characters in the process. It appears someone clipped pieces of this good idea and created the Netflix drama because it could have been something good. ![]() Marguerite Gavin is probably doing her best here, but her cadence and articulation are like listening to the voiceover at an airport terminal ( I keep hearing her say "The white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only"). The tale of Lisa Nova is lost in too many characters, a wandering storyline, excessive descriptions (that lean misogynistic and bigoted for a 20s audience) and gratuitous sex and violence that loose their punch in the voice of the narrator. It's a wide pendulum swing of layered stories, connected vaguely to the main character, the writing reminiscent of popular nighttime dramas of the 80s, like Dynasty. The prose is awful, a narrative written woefully in passive voice, leaving it boring and hard to follow. Imagine yourself immersed in the late 80s early 90s, watching runaway hits like Twin Peaks or Lost Highway, thinking you could write this stuff? Welcome to Brand New Cherry Flavor, a good idea plagued by its own outline and no breaks from the disjointed plotlines to become the story it wants to be. ![]()
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