I just finished this book and was thirsting for great commentary on this story. Found it! I really appreciate your insight. You gave me even more points to ponder.

just finished reading this one and immediately rushed to search for reviews. so glad i found yours, you've charmed your way into my subscriptions within seconds! also what. a. book. wow

this book is amazing, i just finished reading it and was so happy to find your review, because i wanted to hear someone else’s thoughts too! so thank you i also loved it and will definitely be rereading it in a few years. if you happen to get your hands on Harpman’s other book, i would love another review.

I only just finished reading this amazing book. So many questions and so few answers. This short book has me thinking about so much. Appreciate your review, Alana.

This book was insane. So underrated, it was an amazing read.

I really enjoy your review! Love how passionate and articulate you are when talking about books 💗

I just finished reading this book and all I can say is I am staring at nothing ever since. During the middle pages I started to tear up so I thought I would be wailing towards the end but I found myself simply sitting and staring, at NOTHING.

I read this amazing novel two months ago and it absolutely blew my mind! Someone on booksta who has also read it shared your video with me, and I'm so glad she did! I did review it on my booksta, but I somehow missed the whole discussion around cultural heritage and memory. I think it's such a crucial point! I was very moved by the existential questions our girl Jacqueline (love your pronunciation 👌) asked, it was so profound and made me so grateful for the human connections I do have in my life and all the ressources we have at the tips of our fingers. My husband worries about our move to Europe because he fears he won't be able to find a job and I told him "do you realize we live in the best era ever to communicate with people all around the world?!" We have so many options! What you discussed in that video makes me think you would love Rima Elkouri's autobiographical novel "Manam" (which means "dream" in Arabic). It was also originally written in French and it deals with the consequences of the Armenian genocide (intergenerational trauma), collective memory, grief (after she lost her grandmother), etc. It's been translated into English not so long ago and it's one of those books I wanted to reread immediately after finishing it. I felt compelled to share, so here you go. ☺️

I would love to hear you talk about this without worrying about spoilers. Like fulllllll analysis! Loved this book and am having a hard time finding analysis

I love this book so much. I read it in December and ended up reading it again two weeks later. I feel like it’s endlessly rereadable and you will get something new from it every time. It is deeply thought-provoking and gorgeously written.

Im so happy I found you. That pronunciation of Jacqueline is …. You’re my new favourite ❤️❤️🫶

Around 9 minutes, one thing that unites those three authors: Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Dostoevsky, is that they use insane heroes to move their stories forward. Of course, Rashkolnikov is cured eventually but not Don Quixote, nor any of WS' tragic heroes. Obviously I can't speculate if this feature was intentional on Harpman's part tho I suspect it was, because as you pointed out there are many stories featuring sane characters, such as Mr. Darcy in P & P. Food for thought, thx. Right, A-aron?

I just finihed this book and found your review, please continue with you reviews, you gave me such good 'quotes' on how to summarize the themes of the book!

Absolutely amazing book, and it should be widely read

Stumbled upon this book on thrift books and added it to my wish list.. there wasn't much reviews so I got curious and came looking lol thankful to find you're channel 💜 adding this to my cart RIGHT NOW!

Can’t stop thinking about her!!! Easily one of my favorites

Wonderful review, you are so well spoken!

First of all, I love your hair back! Secondly, ... "In April 2014, 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a government secondary school in Chibok, a town in Borno State. Some of the girls escaped captivity on their own, while others were later released following intense campaigning efforts by civil society organizations and negotiations by the government." This sh-t happens. I was deeply disturbed when I heard this news. Also, Room ( a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue) was based on a true story in Austria. Reality is sometimes unbelievable. I'm looking forward to reading this. Thank you. Foucault talked about never being able to really know history.

I need this book now. Thank you !!!

You got me curious. I'm going to check into that novel.

This book is so simple that it's complicated. It's an exercise in nihilism which leaves the reader questioning the meaning of their own existence. It's a book that constantly teases you, making you hope something positive will happen, but it doesn't. It's not a plot driven book, but one that concentrates on the character of the protagonist. Is it a good book? The jury is still out for me.

Hi, I have read the book but I am really struggling to find the appeal/why people enjoyed reading this, all I took away from this was an incredibly depressing and boring plot which felt very repetitive devoid of any closure or satisfaction, I found the protagonist rather frustrating, dry and found her decisions to become quite infuriating in this uninteresting world, Please help me understand as I fail to comprehend why this is so provocative for some people and didn't find that it answered any deep questions.

Can you recommend some books for me,a teenage girl to read in the next year?

FIRST COMMENT! WOOO!

So in this book the narrator and other's are always eating frozen food, and even after escaping the food is good for 47 years, does frozen food really keep this well? And also without no other people around, how is it the electricity and air conditioning is still working for so many damn years?

A A-Ron..

Is this a kind of feminist book?