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This was interesting until it turned out to be going nowhere.
There is a point where two characters are talking through a funnel and she states that it takes a second to transfer from the ear to the mouth which makes the conversation seem very profound. Which is a lot like the writing in this novel. Short simple sentences make things seem deep and intelligent but it isn't always the case.
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There is a point where two characters are talking through a funnel and she states that it takes a second to transfer from the ear to the mouth which makes the conversation seem very profound. Which is a lot like the writing in this novel. Short simple sentences make things seem deep and intelligent but it isn't always the case.
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Both quaint and horrifying. The novel within a novel complemented the book well.
I don't have the best memory so this hit me harder than usual. ...more
I don't have the best memory so this hit me harder than usual. ...more
This was a really weird book. It feels clear to me that Ogawa was heavily influenced by Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four, but she takes it so much farther. The world she's created is so depressing, but the people living in it just shrug and accept their situation. The citizens on this island are aware of things disappearing and being forgotten, but they do not fight against it. If everyone around you forgets the same thing, then no one experiences any sense of loss. But eventually, life gets really
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This is a haunting, beautiful book, and since I read the Indonesian translation, I can confirm that the translation is really good. I love the dictions, the little things mentioned in this book about forgotten pasts, without being boring or too long.
But true, the plot itself is very vague and unclear, and of course the atmosphere is very gloomy. This will be suitable for fans of Kazuo Ishiguro, but with more feminine approach. There's also a book inside the book element here, that fits nicely in ...more
But true, the plot itself is very vague and unclear, and of course the atmosphere is very gloomy. This will be suitable for fans of Kazuo Ishiguro, but with more feminine approach. There's also a book inside the book element here, that fits nicely in ...more
This books takes place on an unnamed island where things have inexplicitly begun to disappear. At first it is mostly random objects and while the objects themselves don't immediately disappear, people's ability to know what they are gradually fades. There are some people on the island who somehow retain the ability to remember these disappeared objects. The story follows a novelist as she navigates this reality.
I was really intrigued by this book the whole time I was reading it and I finished i ...more
I was really intrigued by this book the whole time I was reading it and I finished i ...more
