Well this one's difficult for me, I honestly had a hard time reading this at first because of the way it is written, I don't think it's something I can get over as most of the writing is in fragments, the over use of words that don't belong in the sentence, and just that the writing style felt it was trying too hard to be deep or complex when I was shouting "Just be real." There's no need for complicated explanations that go for a few paragraphs that at the end I don't understand what she was even trying to say, just be real.
The style in which Quicksand is written is not what I'm use to and I felt it did alienate me from the story but getting past that it follows Helga Crane who is not satisfied with her life so she tries to move away, there are complications and it was difficult for me to relate to her, as she seemed a cold person, she didn't seem to like anyone, she never opened up to others at the school and she seemed to consider everyone else as fools.
It was difficult for me to feel sympathetic for Helga as she just didn't fit the role of a heroine fighting for what she believes in, it seemed she had the most severe case of depression and had the mind set of never being happy, she does try to be happy by moving from place to place and meeting people who she has relationships with and marrying, but even so she never finds the element to make her feel complete, I can admit myself that sometimes I wish things in my life were a little better, but I know that my life could be a lot worse and she rarely has that thought.
I suppose I'm not a fan of negative thinking in a story like this, most of the details felt depressing as Helga never found true peace, she had freedom but she didn't seem to care about it, at least not enough to be happy.
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