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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
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bookshelves: 2022, sri-lanka, a-dada-review-is-the-best-i-can-do, amazingly-disturbing-5-star-reads
Dec 20, 2022
bookshelves: 2022, sri-lanka, a-dada-review-is-the-best-i-can-do, amazingly-disturbing-5-star-reads
Given my strongly unhappy reaction to this book I plan to read it again soon because anything that bothers me this much is probably not done with me yet.
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December 19, 2022
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December 19, 2022
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December 19, 2022
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December 19, 2022
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"I’m surprised that the 2022 booker winner begins with a comically bureaucratic afterlife, a setup that seems played out to me by now with the same theme used very recently in a Pixar movie, a popular American sitcom, and let us not forget all those Beetlejuice revivals, and on and on into the past for as long as there have been bureaucracies. A tired setup sets the bar very high for me re: writing and story."
December 20, 2022
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Dec 21, 2022 03:58AM
Oh, no - and here I’ve just gone and bought it for my spouse for Christmas! Maybe a backup book is in order…
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I am kinda surprised you feel this way about this book. Not because you disliked it which bothers me not even a little, but your reasoning surprises me. It felt so unique to me, i saw your earlier comment about bureaucratic afterlife and while that was not wholly original, it shifted very quickly away from this setting in my opinion. I am curious the books you feels its so similar to because i would love to check them out.
Kip wrote: "I am kinda surprised you feel this way about this book. Not because you disliked it which bothers me not even a little, but your reasoning surprises me. It felt so unique to me, i saw your earlier ..."Kip, every sentence made me irritable. To tell the truth sometimes when I have such a strong negative reaction it just means I need to try again now that I’ve familiarized myself with a given author’s way of communicating. I’m going to delete my gut-reaction review and try again. Probably not right away.
Ha! I certainly understand that feeling completely.
I've been following your reading of this! I'm actually really enjoying it even though the premise isn't original.
