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Popsugar 2024 Reading Challenge: A book with an unreliable narrator.
The concept behind the book is interesting but the execution was not for me at all.
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The concept behind the book is interesting but the execution was not for me at all.
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"Like" is the wrong word to use for my experience of this book. It was heartbreaking, uncomfortable, frustrating and ultimately rewarding to read, but I don't know if I would have finished if it hadn't been for the discipline of the book club. I thought about the fact that this isn't a story just for the three main characters. We all have such a short time in which we are alive. And bargaining for more is part of the human condition. I also wondered why no one tried to escape. I guess the donors
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I started listening to this on audiobook on a Thursday, just during my commute. By Saturday, I'd gone to the library to get a book version, so I wouldn't have to burn gas just to know what happened next. I devoured the book that weekend.
The author is a master if flashbacks and jump-forwards - so much so that I kind of want to sit down with the events of the story and put them on a timeline to make everything clear. Despite all the jumping around in time, his transitions are excellent point of re ...more
The author is a master if flashbacks and jump-forwards - so much so that I kind of want to sit down with the events of the story and put them on a timeline to make everything clear. Despite all the jumping around in time, his transitions are excellent point of re ...more
The main idea explored in this book--which I will not describe, to avoid spoiling it for you-- is utterly fascinating. The writing wasn't quite as strong as I wish it had been-- thus the low number of stars for this fascinating story.
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Part of me wonders why Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth are so resigned to their fates. But in real life, there are many terrible things that societies have become resigned to over time I suppose. Which may be the point of the novel.
Very strange, interesting and surprising. I really enjoyed this and read through it quickly as I couldn't wait to find out what came next. A low key book with a sci-fi twist, unusual and satisfying.
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Aug 11, 2013
Julie
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This book took me foreverrrrr to actually finish. Just not my taste at all. I think I abandoned it like twice before coming back and reading the rest just because I'm waiting for other stuff from the library.
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May 11, 2009
Kayte
marked it as to-read
Dec 09, 2009
shannon
marked it as to-read
May 02, 2016
Mary
marked it as to-read
Aug 14, 2016
Val
marked it as to-read
