More Than I Love My Life

More Than I Love My Life: A Novel | David Grossman

so-so

⭐️⭐️unpopular opinion coming. I thought this book was poorly written, too many abrupt jumps. I didn‘t care for any of the characters and wanted to feel something g emotional connection but could not. I think I‘d rather read about the true woman this happened to, Eva Panic Nahir.

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Leftcoastzen

More Than I Love My Life: A Novel | David Grossman

#TemptingTitles #WithLife another one on the
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 2y

BarbaraBB Is this a new one? The man writes so fast I can‘t keep up! 2y

Leftcoastzen @BarbaraBB No, it‘s about a year old . Another one I just had to have that I haven‘t got around to reading yet .😁🙄 2y

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thereflectiveflaneur

More Than I Love My Life: A Novel | David Grossman

pick

Really intrigued by this text! Great opening 100 pages! Hope it continues!

BarbaraBB One of my favorite authors. 2y

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Cinfhen

More Than I Love My Life: A Novel | David Grossman

One of the perks of volunteering at the charity bookshop is getting first picks on the new donations!! I was excited to see this beauty yesterday🥰It was on the International Booker LongList & it seemed to be well regarded. Apparently it‘s based on a true story -

BarbaraBB You can‘t go wrong with Grossman! 3y

Cinfhen If you want I can pass it along after I read it @BarbaraBB 3y

BarbaraBB I‘d love that but please believe me that I don‘t comment just for you to send me so many books 🙈😘 3y

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Cathythoughts That‘s a great perk 👍🏻 book sounds good, look forward to your review. 3y

Cinfhen It‘s really a pleasure @BarbaraBB 💕💕 3y

Cinfhen I know @Cathythoughts !!! But it‘s not often “newer” books are donated - so yesterday was a real find 😁 3y

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Suet624

More Than I Love My Life: A Novel | David Grossman

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Based on Eva Nahir Panic‘s life, this tells the story of Eva‘s choice to protect her husband‘s reputation by going to prison at the dreaded ‘Alcatraz of the Adriatic‘, with the understanding that her young daughter would be abandoned. This is very much a political story as well. Ideals & devotion keep running through my mind after reading this story. There is also a film that tells her story that could be found on YouTube. This story shook me. …

Suet624 I feel as if she is judged harshly for her decision and yet this story is so complex (at least in my mind). It was a different time where she and her husband saved 1500 people who would have been sent to concentration camps. This was a time that very few of us have experienced and I can‘t possibly imagine what I would have done. (edited) 3y

Suet624 #bookerinternationallonglist2022 3y

Nute I want to know this story. Stacking! 3y

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Suet624 @Nute To be honest, most of the political work they did is not fully explored in the novel. I wish the author had spent time on that. I found out more about their political acts after reading articles about Eva's life. This book focuses on three generations of women and how Eva's decision affected the next two generations.
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Leftcoastzen Wow , I was going to try & get this today, but the parking lot was so full at my local indie I didn‘t go in. 3y

Suet624 @Leftcoastzen nice to know the store has so much business! 3y

Leftcoastzen Yes! Happy for them ! There may have been a live event finally. plus , they have coffee, tea , treats ! 3y

Jeg @Suet624 I just watched the documentary on YouTube. Amazing woman. 3y

Suet624 @Jeg Truly. 3y

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Simona

More Than I Love My Life: A Novel | David Grossman

so-so

The story revolves around a family, three generations of women, each in their own way facing the pain caused by the generation before her. It all starts with Vera Novak, a Yugoslav Jew (who escaped to the Israel after she survived imprisonment in Goli otok - political prison in former Yugoslavia), and her dramatic decision that marks future generations. The main narrator is Gili, Vera‘s granddaughter, a filmmaker who documents the family's … 👇

Simona … journey - the actual trip to Serbia and Croatia, as well as their emotional healing. The story is based on real events, a real person (Eva Panić Nahir) who was successfully portrayed by the author as sparkling, unbreakable, dramatic, insightful, complex person ... 👇 3y

Simona … and this characterization, at least for me, is also the strongest point of this book. Time jumps give the story more dynamic structure, but those time switches are also distracting, as well as author‘s ‘obsession‘ with unnecessary details that eventually become repetitive and boring. 3y

Simona #InternationalBookerPrize2022 3y

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BarbaraBB Sorry to hear this, I love this writer! But I haven‘t read this one yet. 3y

Simona @barbarabb It is a good story, but with soooo boring details about recording/filmmaking, didn‘t add anything to the atmosphere or characterisation or storyline … I have only read by him A Horse Walks into a Bar and I really liked it. If you plan to read the book, I recommending to watch (after reading) the film about Eva Panić (with English subtitles) on YT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erw-lDi93-Y 3y

BarbaraBB Thanks for the YouTube link. If you didn‘t like the details about film making (you‘re in the same kind of work!) then I highly doubt I‘ll like them! 3y

Simona @BarbaraBB Maybe that is the reason 😘 3y

batsy Thanks for your thoughtful review. For some reason I'm not really drawn to this one, and since I can't read the entire longlist at this point, I'm hoping it's not shortlisted so I can skip it 🙈 3y

Simona @BarbaraBB @batsy If I‘m totally fair - if the book wasn't on the list, I'd probably have made a different decision and I would probably choose pick, but because it is long-listed my reviews are more meticulous🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y

BarbaraBB That is awesome I think 👏 and now I will give it a try too I think! 3y

Simona @BarbaraBB But absolutely watch YT after reading‼️ 3y

BarbaraBB I will!! 3y

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Simona

More Than I Love My Life: A Novel | David Grossman

Only on the 10% and I already like this story, very much …
#FirstLineFridays

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BarbaraBB I love this author! 3y

Leftcoastzen I‘ve only read one of his books.I remember it was powerful, not much else.Not because it wasn‘t memorable ,but I read it so long ago I blame my brain.