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Sam
Nov 17, 2024 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: contemporary-fiction, humour, feminism, philosophy, shorts, language, proper-books, drama, trekking
This is an absolutely superb book that intertwines the lives of 12 different women, all at different points in their colourful and rich lives, that demonstrates the breadth of experience that women in the UK and elsewhere can have, and not all of it good, or even neutral. The style of writing is a little odd as there is very little in the way of punctuation but for me this worked as I tend to be a pretty fast reader and often ignore it anyway. It also allows the reader to add their own emphasis, ...more
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Marie (UK)
Dec 21, 2019 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2019-reading-challenge
I received a copy of this book via net galley and Penguin books. It is lauded as a novel of togetherness but is in actual fact almost entirely about the black population and heavily laden with LGBT characters. I didn't feel as if it was about me or mine at all and this isn't to do with the ethnicity or social mores . I found it really difficult to read with a lack of connection to the characters and indeed any linkage between the characters was hard to keep in order as the narrator changes const ...more
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Minttu
Dec 10, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Ruth Ferguson
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Ashley
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Mandy
Feb 04, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Vigdis
Aug 12, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own-to-read
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Mar 16, 2020 rated it really liked it
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Jan 03, 2021 rated it really liked it
Booknblues
Jan 25, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: booker-prize
Eden
Jul 08, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Sep 26, 2022 marked it as to-read
Carls
Dec 30, 2022 rated it really liked it
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Teddie
Nov 19, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: short-stories, booker
Nancy
Jan 28, 2024 marked it as to-read
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Feb 07, 2024 marked it as to-read
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