For readers afraid Sturgeon allows the novel toīecome a textbook affair, fear absolutely not. Household name today precisely for the number of psychological nails (indirect) Freud, but it’s just as easy to say Freud remains a Perennial elements which remain relevant. On the whole, however, Sturgeon clings tighter to the While there he gets some discipline, but upon release Smith discovers there is still an itch needing scratching.īeing psychotherapy, there are moments in the novel that haven’tĪged well. Taking an unfortunateĭirection in life after his mother’s death, he ultimately enters Born into a poor, abusive family, hisĬonsolations in early life are the joy he finds in nature, becoming a Part other forms of writing, the novel offers multiple perspectives Part flashback, partĪutobiography, part document samples, part therapist’s notes, and Never letting the narrative come anywhere close to routine, SomeĮquivalent of a well-edited movie. Steak-knife prose, Theodore Sturgeon’s Some Otherwise, for readers who enjoy the unravelling of a mind in If the idea of a psychological character study of disturbing and empathetic proportions, all written in dynamic, tangential style, and with an undercurrent as to the story’sīroader relativity does not seem interesting, look elsewhere.
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