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This is stunning at the word and sentence level. I listened to the audio, which I recommend since Ocean is a poet, and poetry is meant to be heard out loud.
I cried during the last few pages of this. It is incredibly moving and gorgeous.
It doesn't have a conventional fiction narrative, but instead it feels more like personal poetic essays about the narrator's mother, war and colonization, and his first love. ...more
I cried during the last few pages of this. It is incredibly moving and gorgeous.
It doesn't have a conventional fiction narrative, but instead it feels more like personal poetic essays about the narrator's mother, war and colonization, and his first love. ...more
He’s a poet alright, and I enjoy a good turn of phrase, but I like more plot in a novel.
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