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This was not what I expected and I enjoyed that. You are sort of thrown in and gradually shown the shape of the world. I also was really interested in the world that was created.

A dystopia novella about a woman researching the hygiene habits of a neighboring commune called Amatka, where words and language are an integral part of maintaining societal structure and misuse of it is therefore considered a subversive act. Slowly over the course of the story we begin to peel back the layers and understand a bit of whats going on. Really eerie and compelling.

TW for suicide

1. Set my Heart to Five, Cloud Cuckoo Land, Lore Olympus, and Amatka

2. Sweet potato casserole

3. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

#WeekendReads

#27

This month's #bookclub pick! I'm enjoying it so far, though I think it's one of those books that sets out to intentionally unbalance the reader.

I was honestly surprised to read mention of jewelry in this otherwise seemingly utilitarian society!

This was pretty awesome. For a dystopian novel very short and also not part of a series.

This works if you are looking for a book to complete #RHC translated book by a woman.

First full book of #24in48 done! This was a weird one. The dialogue was sometimes a little clunky (which may have been the translation), but the rest of the prose was sparse and hard and beautiful. A queer dystopian book where naming things makes them real. Four hours done; 20 to go!

1.5 hours of Amatka to kick off #24in48! It‘s slowish going—I‘m guessing because it‘s a work in translation, maybe? Regardless, interesting so far. But bedtime for me!

Karin Tidbeck covers a lot of ground in 213 pages and does it with an understated elegance. This was deceptively quick read and I found myself ruminating upon Tidbeck's novel for a few days after I'd finished it. With each reflection, there's something new to unpack. If weird, strange or speculative fiction is your thing then "Amatka" beckons.

Someone blurbed this as, essentially, without being named, things disappear + queer + REVOLUTION, so I am in.

Really intriguing concept for the future. The ending was a little vague, but I like the direction it was headed. Easy to let your imagination take up where it left off.

Just started this one and I'm already hooked.

Weird and compelling! I really loved this!

I had no idea how I'd be rating it until the very end. It's completely readable and thought provoking, but with a story like this, so much depends on how it all comes together.

It's a fascinating premise, and it maintained the right amount of obscurity throughout to keep me needing to know more. But the payoff just wasn't enough. I'm more than okay with ambiguity in novels—often I even prefer it—but I needed more than what Amatka delivered.

Afternoon reading. 📚

This is a rather strange read... definitely one I wish I'd read with a book club or something! Has a great build-up that's full of dystopian fun, but the end fizzles quite a bit... #afterlife #junetunz

First of all I really loved how the world of Amatka was constructed in the book, the atmosphere, the tension. Only for that I feel this book deserves being a pick. However the last 25 pages were not at all consistent with the previous chapters. Instead of finding closure this great story just vanishes in chaos and that for me is a great loss because until that point I was enjoying it a lot. A min of silence for what should have been a pick 3.5/5🌟

I finished this book 20 min ago. I'm not really sure of what happenned during the last 15 pages nor if I like the ending🙈. The rest of the book was so good though... I think I need couple of days to make up my mind (yeah it def is one of those books 😅)

Loving it so far! Also, how pretty is this cover? 💓