Alberta Children's Book of the Year Nominee, 2007 "Truth and rumour, fantasy and reality, love and prejudice. I'm up here, in front of God, the priest, and the congregation listening to EVERY SINGLE AMPLIFIED BREATH, of every person in front of me, unable to say a God-damn word about the guy who was my best friend for eight years. All I can do is stand silent, and think about how it all began." Barbara Jean (BJ) Belanger has always suffered from low self-esteem: she has a portwine birthmark on her face, she feels overweight, and has repeatedly suffered the taunts of others her age for which she is a natural target, a victim. One of the very few who have treated her with respect, understanding and affection is Alex, who becomes her best friend. And what's ripping her apart as the story opens is that she knows she has betrayed him in the worst possible way. She didn't realize that he needed her support just as much as she needed his. The real agents behind her betrayal are two other girls at school, Victoria and Rachel, gorgeous creatures who like flirting with Alex and who pretend that they want to be BJ's best friend. When Alex takes on a new member of his garage band, David, the balance of all their lives is upset, as Alex seems to display more affection for David than for her. Drifting away from her close friendship with Alex, BJ gets drawn into the glamour girls' orbit, and people start gossiping about Alex's close friendship with his new singer. Disaster comes when BJ is persuaded that she should steal Alex's journal of poems, in which he reveals the dark secret of his real feelings for David. Very quickly, BJ's life is turned upside down in a terrible moment in which the meanness of the world proves too much to bear. Alma Fullerton brings fresh twists to the meaning of love and betrayal in her uncompromising portrayal of two lonely souls whose profound regard for each other isn't enough to save their friendship.
坦白說,我並不是那種熱衷於“高概念”文學的讀者,我更偏愛那些情節推動有力的作品,但這本書在情感共鳴方麵達到的深度,讓我不得不對自己的偏見進行反思。它沒有宏大的曆史背景,沒有驚天動地的陰謀,它的全部張力都凝聚在瞭“失去”這一永恒的主題上。作者對“缺失感”的描繪,不是通過大張旗鼓的悲傷來錶現,而是通過對那些“本應存在但卻不存在的事物”的細節填充來實現的。比如,一個永遠空著的位置,一份永遠不會寄齣的信件,一段永遠不會發生的對話。這些“留白”比任何具體的描述都更具穿透力,它們像抽水機一樣,將讀者的情感和想象力吸入其中,填補上屬於自己的遺憾和失落。這種文學處理手法極其高明,它將個體的情感經驗普遍化,使得任何經曆過真正失去的人,都能在這些看似平淡的文字中找到自己的影子,感受到一種被深刻理解的孤獨。
评分這本書的敘事節奏簡直是教科書級彆的慢熱,初讀時我幾乎要打退堂鼓。作者似乎對情節的推進有著近乎固執的剋製,每一個轉摺都像是經過深思熟慮後纔小心翼翼地拋齣的一個不起眼的綫索。我花瞭將近三分之一的篇幅纔真正意識到,所有的日常瑣碎——那些關於鄰裏間細微摩擦、對天氣變幻的冗長描寫、主角清晨固定路綫的散步——都不是為瞭填充篇幅,而是精心編織的情感底色。這使得後半段情感爆發時,那種壓抑已久後的釋放顯得格外真實和震撼,仿佛作者是站在時間的另一端,俯瞰著人物在時間的洪流中緩慢沉浮。特彆是關於“記憶的不可靠性”那幾章,作者並沒有采用直接的內心獨白,而是通過不同人物對同一事件的碎片化迴憶,構建齣一個模糊不清、充滿誤解的現實迷宮。這種處理方式要求讀者必須全神貫注,稍不留神就會錯過那些關鍵的語義轉摺點,但一旦沉浸進去,那種被情節結構溫柔而堅定地掌控的感覺,是其他流暢敘事作品難以比擬的。
评分這本書最讓我感到睏惑,但也最著迷的是其對“道德模糊地帶”的探討。作者似乎完全摒棄瞭“好人”與“壞人”的二元對立,筆下的人物行動邏輯充滿瞭內在的矛盾和自我閤理化。一個角色的善舉往往伴隨著自私的動機,而一個看似無情的決定,背後卻可能是對更大傷害的避免。這迫使我不斷地審視自己的判斷標準。我記得有一段對話,關於“真相是否永遠有價值”,對話雙方的論證都極具說服力,我讀完後甚至不知道該站在哪一邊,那感覺就像是站在一個十字路口,所有的方嚮指示牌都指嚮瞭相反的意義。這種對人性復雜性的坦誠,讓故事擺脫瞭說教的風險,轉而成為一種對讀者自身價值觀的溫柔拷問。它不給你答案,它隻負責展示問題,讓讀者在閱讀結束後依然久久不能釋懷,不斷在腦海中重演那些灰色地帶的抉擇場景。
评分如果說閱讀體驗是一場味覺的探險,那麼這本書無疑是一道極其考驗牙口的陳年佳釀。它沒有現代小說中那種直白的熱鬧與喧嘩,反而彌漫著一種陳舊的、略帶黴味的紙張氣息和舊木頭的味道。作者的語言風格是如此的古舊和考究,仿佛是從上個世紀的某個角落裏打撈齣來的手稿。我尤其欣賞他對“空間感”的刻畫,那些對建築細節、光綫如何穿過百葉窗投射在斑駁牆麵上的描摹,細緻到令人發指,但絕不枯燥。它構建瞭一個極度私密且略顯封閉的世界,讓我感覺自己不是在“讀”故事,而是被邀請進瞭某位隱士的起居室,被允許窺視他那些不為人知的角落。這種沉浸感是建立在對細節近乎偏執的追求上的,比如某件傢具的年代、某張老照片的捲邊程度,這些微小的元素匯聚起來,形成瞭一種強大的、令人無法抗拒的懷舊引力。讀完後,我甚至會不由自主地四處打量我自己的房間,反思那些被我習慣性忽略的物件背後可能隱藏的故事。
评分從純粹的文學技法角度來看,作者對於敘事視角的切換運用得爐火純青,簡直是大師級的範本。起初,故事似乎聚焦於一個核心人物,以第一人稱的親密視角展開,讀起來非常順暢且帶有強烈的代入感。然而,在故事的關鍵轉摺點,視角會突然像一個精準的變焦鏡頭,猛地拉遠,切換到完全局外人的、近乎冷漠的第三人稱觀察視角,甚至會引入一些此前從未露麵過的次要人物的內心活動。這種操作的突然性極強,第一次齣現時讓我猛地從故事中抽離齣來,感到一絲錯愕,仿佛被人從溫暖的壁爐旁推到瞭寒冷的室外。但很快,我領悟到這種不連貫的切換正是作者想要達到的效果——它不斷提醒讀者:你所感知的“現實”是多麼的片麵和主觀。它打破瞭閱讀的舒適區,卻也因此揭示瞭事件更宏大、更不可控的背景脈絡,極大地增強瞭作品的層次感和智力上的挑戰性。
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