After reading Vampires in Lemon Grove and reading articles in which Karen Russell is interviewed about her writing style and choices, I have grown to love her writing style and thought pattern. Learning about her background and simple love of looking at typical things in new ways is extremely appealing to me! Her imagination shows through in the world she builds in Swamplandia!, which is a very descriptive Pulitzer finalist story about a family running a threadbare alligator theme park in the Everglades.
Karen’s voice surrounds taking the ordinary, or know, and making normal situations remarkable or surreal. She writes with a clear voice, describing each environment and situation with great detail and an excellent use of smilies that are unexpected and fantastic. She has a great way of pulling the audience into her world and immersing the reader entirely. She doesn’t beat around the bush with her stories, but instead is completely straightforward in her storytelling, with a poignant quality that reflects the issues facing the human race.
Though they are not necessarily her own personal reflections, Karen is able to project a variety of tones through her characters in her stories. After reading multiple interviews, she made it clear that her stories don’t necessarily reflect her own memories or experiences, but rather that something sounded interesting to write about, so she did! Simple as that. In these stories, her tone is very relatable as she does not just stick to one overarching theme or tone in her writing. She has an incredible ability to make a completely new situation feel completely relatable because of the characters clearly written feelings. When reading her character’s thoughts, it almost feels like you’re reading their diary or having an intimate conversation, which completely immerses the reader. In turn, it also feels like we’re having a conversation with the author herself.
I found Karen Russell’s writing completely enjoyable and entertaining to read and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future!
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