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This is the novel of a poet. The best part of the book also proved to be the most problematic to me, namely, the insight into another country's neurosis. On universal pain points I could relate, but I was always left with a nagging sense that the emotional response I was supposed to have wasn't quite up to snuff. Maybe gender and country gaps combined are too hard to transcend.
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I feel bad that I didn't like this book with what is happening in the Ukraine at the present time, because I feel so bad for those people whose country is in turmoil. With regard to this book, t author has a gift for description, which is good, but I just don't like books that have a lot of existential angst and whining as the main part of the plots, as this one did.
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Mar 28, 2022
Nina ( picturetalk321 )
marked it as irgendwann-zu-lesen
Oct 16, 2023
Tracyene
marked it as to-read
