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Michele Paul michelepaul — Winner of awards, but not much there. This is basically A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True but in post-war Balkans (unnamed land, but apparently Belgrade) instead of WWII Poland. Obreht has talent at turning a nice phrase, but she looooves her details. She’s long on description, short on character and plot. Like, the main girl, what is her story? She’s close to her grandpa, likes being a doctor, seems to be a little arrogant and a little selfish (case in point – lies to her best friend about getting candy to instead spend several hours pursuing her grandpa’s belongings – as if it had to be done just that second and at no other time – thus leaving her supposed best friend all alone to cope with a gaggle of kids she’s trying to vaccinate and has run out of candy to bribe. Great friendship, main girl!). But…that’s about as much as we get out of her. And her grandpa – good man, principled, believes in the rational but is also kinda-friends with a deathless man. Which sounds like a lot but comes off as flat. Of course, we also get chapter-long backstories on random characters like the butcher. The butcher is terrible and does not deserve a backstory. His story is that he just beats his deaf-mute wife because he feels frustrated and trapped! Because the girl he loved ran away and instead he had to be wed her younger sister, a deaf-mute child bride! And he is a butcher instead of the musician he wanted to be! I would like to point out that the butcher's wife - who is also the titular tiger's wife - does not get a backstory. She remains an enigma and is nothing more than a stock character abused spouse - she has no sense of personality or individual drive. How is she not FUCKING ANGRY that her sister ran away and left her with an abusive rapist??? I mean, sure he was a sensitive musician when her sister left, but this sister never once checks up on the little sis she left behind? Maybe the butcher/tiger's wife has hidden depths and is actually a quietly strong/brave girl in a terrible situation but we'll never know because we never got her backstory or really much of her story at all besides what pertained to the butcher or tiger. Nice going, Obreht But, oh yeah, we do get a looong backstory about the Bear Hunter who is a bit player and his story is: he hunts bears. Fails to kill the tiger. Why does he get a backstory but the “tiger’s wife” remains a one-note character? I did like the idea of the Deathless Man (the nephew of death who manages to piss him off) and he was fun whenever he showed up but that alone did not save the story.

Trees Fleming mysstrees6030 — I gave this too a couple of members of my book club to read and they didn't finish it. I have read it 3 times. I guess if you cant imagine being a bird or any reason why you might want to, and you weren't a weird kid, then you might not get anything out of it. I love this book.