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Bright Unbearable Reality by Anna Badkhen

lesbiangrandpa's review against another edition

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5.0

Initial reaction: Oh, ouch. Ouch ouch.

After some settling: So much of our lives is unbearable, and Badkhen illuminates this in the desert, in the legacy of human violence, and how right she is that we're somehow so surprised that this thing (violence) keeps happening.

annadirknowitzki's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

lene_kretzsch's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

tsprengel's review against another edition

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reflective

2.5

oso99's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective

3.0

esmeroda's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

i’m not exactly sure what happened but i slogggggeddd through this book omg. badkhen certainly has her moments as an author, but out of the 11 essays featured i enjoyed 5, with “dark matter” and “forgiving the unforgivable” as the standout pieces. not a fully coherent read, and not an author i’d necessarily return to, but i could appreciate it nonetheless.

rachelclarareed's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

carie's review against another edition

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adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

crshughes89's review against another edition

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adventurous informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Brilliant prose.

rickyreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative reflective fast-paced