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You read a book written in the 2nd person POV about a woman who travels to Morocco and promptly has her passport and credit cards stolen. You watch her make a series of bizarre and nonsensical choices which you eventually (sort of) come to understand, but the whole thing really doesn‘t work and probably should have been reworked. You wonder if you‘ll ever read the author again (you probably won‘t).

I didn‘t enjoy this book at all. Set in #Morocco it is full of prejudices which highly irritates me. And then that storyline, or better, lack of. I think the author made quite a mess of what she was trying to say and I didn‘t get the point. Okay so your passport is stolen, what‘s the big deal? A loss of identity? Get a grip.

#ReadingAfrica2022 🇲🇦 #19822022 #2015 #pop22 #AboutSomeoneLeadingADoubleLife #52BooksIn52weeks #SecondPersonNarrative

I raced through this book @BarbaraBB switching to audio for the last 40%🎧 Im not sure how I feel about this odd little story. So much didn‘t ring true yet I was compelled to keep reading. Parts were super funny, others super bizarre ( Patti Smith, the Russian oligarch) but her ultimate reason for disappearing bugged me most. Not as satisfying as I would have liked. #MoreMehThanYeah

I‘m taking a page from @BarbaraBB and diving into this slim book which has an interesting premise. Single woman, traveling alone in #Morocco loses her backpack with all of her identity cards & travel necessities. (Total travel nightmare)

I don't understand what such a completely, deadeningly incurious white american is doing in MOROCCO. Why not just take yourself to Palm Beach again, Karen? Or better yet, just stay at a hotel in your own town?

This is on my TBR and I am pretty sure I will like it a lot. A story of lost and found identity, takes place in Morocco 🇲🇦.

#LitsySpringBreak North Africa

#WondrousWednesday
(1) Count Vronsky is the first that comes to mind, probably because I watched an Anna Karenina adaptation last weekend.
(2) The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty. It wasn't a very comfortable reading experience but it was definitely memorable, and it had a very open ending.
(3) Maybe once a month. More when I have the time to read through each post in detail.
Thanks for the tag @Eggs and @Mavey 💕
Would you like to play @Mrs_B @Arvena ?

#3books #thatmademeuncomfortable
(1) The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty, a 2nd person narrator which felt strange at some points
(2) The Piano Teacher, weird and violent sexual acts
(3) Extreme makeover, a scene with a person stuck in a pig's body, otherwise a great read
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

What a funny and intriguing book. Kinda insane. The author‘s writing style is interesting and unique. Can‘t wait to get back stateside and check out another of her books.

Expected a lot more from this book.... Too simple story with no deepthness. I really believed in the reviews and they were not so accurate. But the title is wonderful. #TheDiversClothesLieEmpty #VendelaVida #book #bookaholic #booklovers #ler #leitura #leitora #reading #instabook #instaread #instabooks #bookstagram #litsy #booklover #readingabook #amreading #books #Sha2019 #

I'm really confused about how I missed this when it came out. I've read all of Vendela Vida's other novels and am a huge fan. I'm about halfway through this one and it's not letting me down.

This is the second book of this author that I have read, this one is set in Morocco. The main character is in Casablanca and the reason you only learn towards the end of the novel. She gets her personal belongings stolen and gets a job in a movie company. It is definitely an interesting book! Plus this cover is rather cool! #books #bookcovers #bluebooks #lovetoread #bookmad #bookworm #bookcrazy

What would you do if you were traveling alone in a foreign country and your passport and credit cards were stolen? This was an intriguing read. Suspenseful, heartbreaking and empowering all in one.

#TBRtemptation post 4! A woman travels to Casablanca on mysterious business. At her motel, she's robbed and her identification's stolen. There seems to be complicity between the police and hotel staff. Stripped of her identity, she feels liberated to take up a new identity. A chance encounter with a film crew leads to her being the body-double for a reclusive celebrity. A lush novel exploring identity, freedom, & power. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

#itsmylife and maybe under the right circumstances if I lost my ID and money in a foreign country and had the chance I would opt to become someone else too. Or not...fun to think about though. #rockinmay @Cinfhen

#rainbowstack #whereareallthepurplebooks #riotgrams Anyone else tempted to arrange their books by color after this prompt?

I raced through this short novel and so wish there was more. I am not one for thrillers, but Vida's talent is palpable in the control she is able to maintain over her story while moving at a compulsively page turning pace. The neurotic unraveling of identity and the heartbreaking reveal of the inciting incident that lead the protagonist to Casablanca place this as a strong recommendation for me.

Fascinating story about who we are, how mutable the idea of self is... And perhaps how close insanity lies...

I completely agree with whoever wrote this in the back of my library copy - a strange little book, indeed! Still, it was a fast and intriguing read. Even if it wasn't as "deep" as I longed for it to be, I still enjoyed it.

#libraryproblems When all your holds come in at the same time, what do you read next??!?

4🌟 I had forgotten the heartbreaking reason behind her trip to Morocco. Great book written entirely in the second person. Props to Vida! Losing all your documents is every traveler's worst nightmare, and Vida handles it in such an interesting way. Glad I chose this for unreliable narrators week!

This is part of throwback/unreliable narrators week. I seem to remember it fitting the bill. The more obvious choice would be Delicious Foods, but I don't know if I can have my heart broken that badly right now! 😓

Prepping for my book clubs! #Thedivers clotheslieempty. #Theaccidentalalchemist

Super fun!! Finished it in about a day.

In this slim read-in-one-sitting gem, you (the story is told in second person, which the author does very well) find yourself alone.Your passport and wallet are gone. Who are you?Who were you?What are you going to do next?Luck, good & bad, questions of identity and self, chance and choice=great read

It's like most piers at night - there's a strange mix of efficiency and menace, as though someone's being deposited in the ocean, but will be first wrapped carefully in white sheets.