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The narrator,telling his grandfather‘s story,is present throughout almost the entire book.The narrative is interspersed with photos of places the narrator visits or masterpieces that influenced his grandfather or that his grandfather painted himself.In the second chapter,the first person narrator is no longer the grandson but it switches into the grandfathers point of view.We follow him into World War I trenches and combat.That makes it difficult

This never really came together for me. It was well-written, but I didn‘t feel like the ultimate threat really carried the story. I almost #dnf. #queer #horror

Losing steam on this book, but there‘s a week left of #summerjob anyways. #summerreading #queer #horror

Today‘s #summerreading #summerjob #queer #horror

#queer #spooky #summerreading #summerjob

I avoided this one when the buzz started but all of the Litsy reviews wore me down and I am glad they did. Such a wonderfully unusual book that sort of makes space in your brain and won‘t let you stop thinking about jr. A girl raised in a bunker with 39 other women. Why are they there? What was her life before? How does this impact every aspect of her being? You don‘t get all the answers you want but you do get a lot to mull over.

Unpopular opinion time: I didn‘t love this story. It felt very disjointed and all over the place. I don‘t read much magical realism but I had high hopes for this WWI tale about Laura & Freddie and their journey of finding each other in a war-torn world. It just didn‘t land for me. 3⭐️

#audiobook #WWI #historicalfiction #fantasy #paranormal #magicalrealism

4+/5 ⭐️
Faccio fatica a descrivere le emozioni che mi ha lasciato questo libro
Ho trovato però una bellissima riflessione su cosa ci renda umani e come le relazioni ci rendano ciò che siamo

Our narrator is known to the 40 women she lives with in a gated, guarded bunker as the child. The other women remember their past lives but not how they got there. When I wasn‘t reading this I was thinking about it. I loved the writing; simple, straightforward, matter of fact. The story is told with such unflinching yet gentle respect of the realities our narrator faces. It was a beautiful read that left me feeling, thinking, wanting more.