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I planned to avoid this one up until it won the Man Booker and then it seemed I would need to attempt it.
I found this book quite funny which helped me face pages of "word walls" with no sanity restoring paragraph breaks.
I have come to view this as the "90-mile beach walk" of reading experiences. Painful, drudgery with the occasion rogue wave of interest to keep you awake but ultimately stunning to look back on once completed.
Home for Dad's birthday. So a lie in and starting this... excited #libraryhold #manbooker18
pick"This year's Elmet"??
I've now read 5/13 of the #manbooker18 longlist so have decided to rank them. So far.....
There is a big gap between the top three and the bottom two but all are worth a read!!
1. Everything Under
2. The Mars Room
3. The Water Cure
4. Snap
5. Washington Black
pickThe ‘unusual‘ love story told through the eyes of two deeply sensitive and wounded adolescents and their toxic relationship, perfectly expresses the agony of growing up. Author also managed to create a very tangible, dark atmosphere with some very shocking and painful moments ... My only complaint is the repetitive dynamics of their off-on relationship, which at a certain point becomes too dramatic, a little unconvincing and tiring. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickI love working from home as I treat myself to time reading in the garden before the work day begins!
I really liked this one! Such mixed reviews! But I liked the fact that the world I was reading about wasn't explained heavy handedly, it was only throughout the book that I began to understand.
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