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A slow start, but started to pick up interest about 1/3 of the way in. Overall I liked the concept, but I felt a little let down by the ending. I enjoyed the book though, and am interested in checking out some of Emily’s other books.
read this for the president of my colleges book club so i can eat fancy food at his mansion while talking about books. i thought this was a cool book, there were some cool twists, i started to predict them as time went on just because the set up was “overly set-up” if you will. something that will stay with me from this book is the quote:
“if definitive proof emerges that we’re living in a simulation, the correct response to that news will be ‘so what.’ A life lived in a simulation is still a lif ...more
“if definitive proof emerges that we’re living in a simulation, the correct response to that news will be ‘so what.’ A life lived in a simulation is still a lif ...more
This is a great book. The ah-ha moment had me rereading a few chapters to make it all make sense, which made my librarian-self very happy. This is a book that easily makes you want to discuss what happened and how you interpreted it.
Appeal terms: parallel narratives, time slip, pandemic apocalypse, sweeping, intricately plotted, compelling
Appeal terms: parallel narratives, time slip, pandemic apocalypse, sweeping, intricately plotted, compelling
Another beautiful, sometimes haunting, fascinating novel from Mandel. Highly recommend!
I recommend reading The Glass Hotel first. It can be read without it, but it will add to your enjoyment.
I recommend reading The Glass Hotel first. It can be read without it, but it will add to your enjoyment.
I can’t explain what it is about it, but I loved this book. It was so clever and so concise. I wasn’t sure what the ending was even going to bring until it was there. I just felt like there should have been a little more in the middle?
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