Hex
A Novel
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Narrateur(s):
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Jenny Slate
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Auteur(s):
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Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
À propos de cet audio
One of Vanity Fair's 21 Best Books of 2020 (So Far)
A Vulture, LitHub, and PureWow Most Anticipated Book of 2020
"As precise as any scientific observation and far more tantalizing." (Vogue)
"A sophisticated, surprising take on the campus novel (with a welcome dose of witchery). Knight's writing feels a little wild and charged, as if you're constantly on the edge of discovering something new with her." (Goop)
"Hex is some dark and joyous witchery." (Lauren Groff, author of Florida)
"A beautiful, spooky spell." (Jenny Slate, actress and author of Little Weirds)
A breathtaking and hypnotic novel about poison, antidotes, and obsessive love
Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in biological science, is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote, working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor, Dr. Joan Kallas, is the hero of Nell's heart. Nell frequently finds herself standing in the doorway to Joan's office despite herself, mesmerized by Joan's elegance, success, and spiritual force.
Surrounded by Nell's ex, her best friend, her best friend's boyfriend, and Joan's buffoonish husband, the two scientists are tangled together at the center of a web of illicit relationships, grudges, and obsessions. All six are burdened by desire and ambition, and as they collide on the university campus, their attractions set in motion a domino effect of affairs and heartbreak.
Meanwhile, Nell slowly fills her empty apartment with poisonous plants to study, and she begins to keep a series of notebooks, all dedicated to Joan. She logs her research and how she spends her days, but the notebooks ultimately become a painstaking map of love. In a dazzling and unforgettable voice, Rebecca Dinerstein Knight has written a spellbinding novel of emotional and intellectual intensity.
©2020 Rebecca Dinerstein Knight (P)2020 Penguin AudioCe que les critiques en disent
"[An] arresting novel of obsession.... Nell’s intensity and the hypnotic, second-person prose convincingly render the protagonist’s bewitched, self-destructive state. Readers who liked I Love Dick and want something more lurid will appreciate this." (Publishers Weekly)
"Knight writes in a distinctive, addictive, and poetic style in which every sentence provokes and nothing is predictable." (Booklist)
Ce que les auditeurs disent de Hex
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Au global2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Erin D.
- 2021-08-14
congested, whiny reader obscured the story
I couldn't get past the nasal voice which came across as whiny and made the character seem unlikable. the story seems alright but I can't get through this die to the reader's voice
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Au global3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Chelsea Patterson
- 2022-10-06
Noxious story, bad actor and editing
Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Is noxious.
Specifically this reader was horrible and sounded sick and congested for most of it. That combined with the cadence and accent made it barely bearable! I think I disliked Nell more given this reader’s voice and the directors styling choice. There were also lots of repeat or over looped editing issues.
Everything about this book is malefic and also forgettable. Nell the main character is essentially non-existent in her own story. There is more action and interest in the other 6 characters, one of whom is dead before the book starts, than in her own life. And she is largely unnecessary in their lives. A watcher with no purpose, one has the feeling that Nell could not be present at any part of this novel and it would all happen just the same way.
It’s a very strange way of being, and even more strange to write about a character so inconsequential. The writing is itself lovely, lyrical and rough at the same time. Just like diaries it is raw and entirely self reflective but there are parts of literary finesse, especially when the writing turns to plants, and obsession.
The novel itself was entertaining mostly if not entirely because of all the poisonous plants, and the obsessive, twisted and non-character of Nell. Anything could happen, the unreliable narrator of Nell given her state of mind and the fact that she is literally shrinking out of her own story. It’s curious the way it all just ends, without endings.
This novel is for anyone that enjoys entertaining introspective writing about academia, societies obsession and desire, as well as poisonous plants.
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