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GingerAntics
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This bothers me. This troubles me greatly. This feels just a little too MAGA for my liking. Peaceful protest is NOT violence by definition. Period. (Not saying everyone was peaceful, but to say that any entire movement is violent because some are is reductionist.)
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #protest #civilrights #america

kspenmoll Yes, she had some blind spots & old world attitudes towards people of color it seems. 6d
GingerAntics @kspenmoll is supposed for her time period, this was to be expected. 6d
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quietlycuriouskate
Creation Lake: A Novel | Rachel Kushner
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Mehso-so

Readable but I'm perplexed by its making the #bookerprizeshortlist
Sadie's like a generic greetings card: attractive front, blank inside. It's problematic when we spend the entire time in her head as it renders the other characters and events flat, too.
She does make some sharp observations of people at times, so why did she find Bruno (a ten-a-penny boring old fart) beguiling?!
A couple of times it almost became thrilling but then decided not to.

BarbaraBB Almost 🤣 2mo
Tamra I really don‘t have much interest. 🤷🏾‍♀️ 2mo
TheBookHippie She‘s written much better books 🫣 2mo
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Christine Well your review is very entertaining, at least! 😁 2mo
Caroline2 Great review. I‘m so curious about this one but I might wait for a kindle deal. 2mo
quietlycuriouskate @Caroline2 Let's put it this way: I'm glad mine was a library book. 2mo
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RowReads1
Creation Lake: A Novel | Rachel Kushner
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TalesandTexts
Creation Lake: A Novel | Rachel Kushner
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Bailedbailed

DNF - maybe the audio format was wrong? The book has large chunks of non-fiction, which may be better read…?
Or perhaps I just didn‘t resonate with the way the book is written and narrated…

I‘m increasingly finding many of the “celebrated” , “on winning lists” books to be not worth the hype.
Happy with the less-renowned works in my library 😅😉

I might give it a try again some day…but not in the near future.

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ChaoticMissAdventures
Creation Lake: A Novel | Rachel Kushner
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Okay. Well. This didn't jive with me at all. I have read the reviews by others and I guess I am missing something but honestly this was such a chore I don't care
This was so incredibly disjointed (meant to be) and the main character was completely unlikable and uninteresting - how do you make a sky uninteresting? Ask Kushner here. I don't mind an unlikable MC but dang it they have to be interesting.
Not for me 2/5

sarahbarnes I haven‘t seen any reviews that make me want to rush to read this one. Sorry it was a miss. 3mo
TalesandTexts Agree with you. Dnf‘d this one 60% through. Actually, I saw quite a few ARC reviews giving it 4 & 5 stars - and honestly, I take such reviews with a pinch of salt. 2mo
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ChaoticMissAdventures
Creation Lake: A Novel | Rachel Kushner
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Wow. This might be the absolute worst audiobook I have ever encountered. I am trying to sneak in a couple of chapters on my drive to work today and I just cannot listen to this narrator!
Normally I listen at 1.5 but tried speeding this up to 2 and her pauses between words is still excruciating. Her monotone might be a reflection of the main character, but I honestly don't know how anyone could get through this while paying attention.

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh. My. Goodness. I just looked it up so I could avoid this narrator's other readings and the author herself narrates this! So this is how she wants you to consume the voice. Oh no. This is going to reflect in my overall view. I just do not understand. 3mo
squirrelbrain Oh dear - sounds awful! 😬 3mo
ImperfectCJ I rarely like audiobooks narrated by the author. Audiobook narrating is such a different skill than writing, and I don't find that there are many who can do both well. 3mo
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Ruthiella I have heard Kushner in interviews before and I could not listen to her read an audio book! 😬 3mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @ImperfectCJ agreed! The only time it really works I think is when people are reading their own bios or maybe comedians. 3mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella ohhh. I have never heard her before this now I am morbidly curious. 3mo
ImperfectCJ @ChaoticMissAdventures Yes! I really enjoyed Dinner for Vampires, a memoir, read by the author, who's an actor. 3mo
TalesandTexts Agreed - i do like some books that are narrated by the author, but not all authors should read their books…it ruins the whole thing. 2mo
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