panIf there were no other books waiting for me I would have spend more time with this one but since there are a zillion books out there calling my name I read this one diagonally. I think I got the point anyhow. Revenge indeed and a lot of anger. And that repeating and repeating.
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LaraReads, KarenUK, Megabooks, Hooked_on_books, Cinfhen, britt_brooke, BarbaraTheBibliophage, CarolynM, Smarkies, Cortg, LeeRHarry, MicheleinPhilly, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, Aimeesue, BookBelle84, Suet624, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, merelybookish, Librarybelle, batsy, triplem80, AshleyHoss820, Chelsea.Poole, Read4life, rmaclean4, Bluebird, alisiakae, squirrelbrain, RebelReader, Addison_Reads, Ruthiella, ravenlee, sarahbarnes, RaeLovesToReadsarahbarnes I do think I‘m going to skip this one… 2y
Chelsea.Poole Agreed. Repetitive…and I was only 17% in when I bailed! 2y
britt_brooke Skipping this one based one that hideous cover alone. 2y
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BarbaraBB @Chelsea.Poole I reread your review and couldn‘t agree more! Life‘s too short! 2y
BarbaraBB @britt_brooke I didn‘t realize what I was looking at until I started the book 🤣 2y
BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes There are people who enjoyed it so I would surely read their reviews too! 2y
batsy I'm both intrigued and wary by the mixed reviews. A most Marmite book, it seems like! 2y
TrishB I have never been drawn to this one yet! 2y
BarbaraBB @batsy definitely a marmite book. But if I don‘t automatically think it is your kind of book 2y
BarbaraBB @TrishB I guess you won‘t ever be and never mind! 2y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I'm glad I didn't pick this up last week on my shopping trip. Perhaps I'll see if the library has it, just to give it a try. 2y
Deblovestoread Everything I‘ve seen makes it a hard no for me. Too many books I‘d rather read. 2y
Ruthiella I‘m super curious now to see what the TOB commentariat makes of this in March! It really does seem to be a marmite book. 2y
squirrelbrain Oh dear…! 😬 I‘ll see how far I get when I eventually get round to listening to it. 2y
britt_brooke @BarbaraBB 🫣😂 2y
Liz_M How do you read diagonally? 2y
Suet624 @Liz_M I had the same question. Clearly not the same as reading horizontally. 🤪 2y
Suet624 This was a no-go immediately but thanks for trying. 2y
merelybookish Haha. It is definitely one note! And yet, maybe I appreciated just how unapologetic it was about that. Like a campy B movie. 2y
Hooked_on_books This book disappoints me. I loved the beginning of it and feel like it could have been a nuanced exploration of gender vs biological sex and to stop defining people by their parts. But sadly it missed out on doing that. 2y
BarbaraBB @Liz_M @Suet624 omg It is probably a Dutch expression that I translated literally into English. In college we needed to read many, many books and we read them “diagonally” which meant we read just enough to get the point and to know what was important to remember for an exam… does that make sense????? (edited) 2y
BarbaraBB @merelybookish I hoped I would feel the same but unfortunately I didn‘t 2y
BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books Yes! I liked the start but it never got beyond that 2y
RidgewayGirl Well, I am a ToB completist and I think the cover art is brilliant, but I can't say I'm looking forward to this one. 2y
RidgewayGirl Well, I am a ToB completist and I think the cover art is brilliant, but I can't say I'm looking forward to this one. 2y
merelybookish @BarbaraBB I will say it doesn't belong in the TOB! That is for sure. 2y
BarbaraBB @RidgewayGirl I will definitely read your review! How are you doing with the shortlist? Any favorites? I read so many good ones that were longlisted but not shortlisted that I am a bit disappointed with the shortlist to be honest 🤷🏻♀️ 2y
RidgewayGirl @BarbaraBB I really liked Sea of Tranquility, Mouth to Mouth and Dinosaurs. I'm listening to Babel now and I think I like it more as an audiobook than I would as a paper book - it's very straight-forward and the characters are almost YA in their simplicity. But there's interesting stuff about translations and the impact of colonialism. Also reading Rabbit Hutch now and it's ok but not great. 2y
Librarybelle Yikes! The wine looks good, though! 😂 2y
Liz_M @BarbaraBB ? I was wondering if it was an autocorrect error or a Google translate error. ? I think the expression is equivalent to "I skimmed the book" in American. (ie to read really fast, "skimming the surface"/ speed-read) 2y
Megabooks I love that Dutch expression!! Agree with @Liz_M about the (American) English equivalent. I think you and @Hooked_on_books made good points about this being a revenge fantasy more than something more nuanced about gender, which is more what I‘d expect from a tob contender. It‘s still a pick for me though. 🤷🏻♀️ 2y
Suet624 The translation makes total sense and I kind of dig it. 2y
BarbaraBB @RidgewayGirl your three favorites are mine as well along with The Rabbit Hutch, that I loved! But I still have 8 more to read, one of them being Babel. 2y
BarbaraBB @Liz_M @Megabooks @Suet624 It is skimming indeed! When I tried to explain it to you I was looking for that word but it didn‘t came to mind! 2y
BarbaraBB @Megabooks The revenge point came from @Hooked_on_books and I agreed completely. I had hoped for a bit more nuance too, it now was almost predictable in its absence of it. I am glad it is a pick for you and @merelybookish , it makes for a more interesting Litsy ToB! (edited) 2y
Cinfhen I love that it knocked off so many prompts for you!! I was stuck on a transatlantic flight without too many options so I finished this one but it wasn‘t enjoyable. 2y
RidgewayGirl @BarbaraBB I don't know if you do audiobooks, but Babel works very well on audio since it's a straightforward, chronologically told story with a strong, but not complex plot and the characters are sort of YA in their simplicity. 2y
BarbaraBB @RidgewayGirl That is a good idea. I might just do that. 2y
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB ❤️ 2y
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