A quick return to James Kelman, for his latest one this time. Like Kelman's other books, Mo said she was quirky features a Glaswegian character's stream of consciousness, but this time it's a woman and she is living in London. Helen lives with her six-year-old daughter and her Pakistani boyfriend in a tiny run-down apartment. The book takes place over a single day.
Mo said she was quirky falls short of other Kelman books in two related ways. First, it lacks the colorful Scottish dialect that makes his sentences fun to read. Secondly, Helen's observations don't have the specificity to make them really come alive. Some of the place descriptions are vivid, but Helen's thoughts tend to be rather vague.
Mo said she was quirky falls short of other Kelman books in two related ways. First, it lacks the colorful Scottish dialect that makes his sentences fun to read. Secondly, Helen's observations don't have the specificity to make them really come alive. Some of the place descriptions are vivid, but Helen's thoughts tend to be rather vague.
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