My first read of 2024 and my first 5 star read. It doesn't always go like that but I enjoyed this book so much! My first read of 2024 and my first 5 star read. It doesn't always go like that but I enjoyed this book so much! ...more
I want to read everything of Melissa Broder’s that I can get my hands on. So when I got the ARC for this I was beyond excited! It was everything I couI want to read everything of Melissa Broder’s that I can get my hands on. So when I got the ARC for this I was beyond excited! It was everything I could have wanted and more and I ended up reading it in less than a day.
I love the way she writes, it’s not complicated but it’s raw, honest and self aware . She is one of those writers who write things I think and feel but i haven’t been able to put into words myself or express yet.
‘This absence of rejection felt like an embrace’...more
I found this book when aimlessly browsing for available books on my library app. I’m so glad I did and added it to my favourite list straight after reI found this book when aimlessly browsing for available books on my library app. I’m so glad I did and added it to my favourite list straight after reading.
I loved so much about it including the subject matter and the length. It felt unique, fresh and mature.
Although there is no real explanation of events, which would normally drive me mad, I still enjoyed it immensely. This may be due to reading the introduction which was somewhat revealing and prepared me to not expect any explanation of the characters predicament....more
So much to love! Yes I was expecting more than the scripts from the TV show and it was mainly jEmotional, touching, funny, honest, awkward, original.
So much to love! Yes I was expecting more than the scripts from the TV show and it was mainly just those but those are perfection so I can’t rate it any less....more
I found the first part of this novel difficult as I could not really differentiate between the female characters that were narrating alternatively. HoI found the first part of this novel difficult as I could not really differentiate between the female characters that were narrating alternatively. However by the second part only one character was narrating and things seemed a little clearer. By this time I was hooked.
The ambiguity wasn’t frustrating for me as it has been in other reads and I loved the strangeness. Something about Lia’s loneliness and longing really resonated with me and I found it both heartbreaking and beautiful.
This is a novel that will be on my mind for a while and I would reread in the future...more
I listened to the audiobook of this and although it is not narrated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, I could easily imagine her reading it by the way it wI listened to the audiobook of this and although it is not narrated by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, I could easily imagine her reading it by the way it was written. Her way of writing and discussing feminism is so accessible and powerful. I would recommend this book everyone...more
I found the unseen world to be pretty faultless hence the five star rating.
Firstly I loved the relationships within the book and how they changed thrI found the unseen world to be pretty faultless hence the five star rating.
Firstly I loved the relationships within the book and how they changed throughout, specially Ada’s relationship with her father.
I found the story as a whole to be captivating and liked that different parts of the book were set in a different time of Ada’s life and how they each revealed something new about the story. I’ve read a few books that deal with memory loss however I liked that this was so much more than that.
‘If a machine can convincingly imitate humanity—can persuade a human being of its kinship—then what makes it inhuman? What, after all, is human thought but a series of electrical impulses?’...more
I stumbled on this collection of short stories on a communal bookshelf at work and without much thinking I started reading it. I didn’t enjoy the firsI stumbled on this collection of short stories on a communal bookshelf at work and without much thinking I started reading it. I didn’t enjoy the first story much at all however I pretty much adored the rest!
Each story was just so real and relatable. I felt like I could have been any one of the protagonists, having the thoughts they were having.
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