November 9, 2015 - 12:55
The switch from Ruth Ozeki's fictional novel to Elizabeth Kolbert's nonfiction is one that took a while to adjust. It might just be that I am suffering from what some people call a 'book hangover'- the inability to start a new book because the old one is still fresh in your mind. Although I found Kolbert's book interesting, I was still longing for the element of relationships and family that was in All Over Creation. Had we first read Kolbert's book think I would have been able to enjoy it more than having read Ozeki's first.
I do find Kolbert's book interesting, but more in a "ah let me skim this to get some cool facts to tell my family over thanksgiving dinner" way. I do not think this is saying Ozeki is a better writer than Kolbert, I just think that Ozeki's writing style is more akin to what I like to read.