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Nowa ja by Halle Butler

16 reviews

baguettekelly's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

4.0

Millie is the personification of every depressive urge

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bail33's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Halle Butler knows depression…. This book resonated with me in the way no book ever has. I got to the last few pages and wondered how it would resolve. Butler ended this story perfectly, and the ending made me tear up. If you’ve been through it and have some point exited the tunnel, even for a brief period, the feeling of reprieve at the end is familiar and refreshing.
This book felt familiar, uncomfortable, and it reflected things at me that I would rather not be reminded of. But it also reminded me of all the good and serenity contained in solitude.
This book is ultimately about loneliness, and how loneliness can be processed and transformed into divinity and peace.

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golelifsu's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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nataliegray's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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litstyleguide's review against another edition

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2.0

We follow our FMC, Millie, in her day-to-day at a temp job. She seems incredibly depressed, judgmental, and out-of-touch. She desperately needed a good therapist, and probably some form of medication too. This felt like My Year of Rest & Relaxation (similar vibes) but without the dashes of hope sprinkled in. To me, it felt like the author was trying to showcase that there are so many things we as humans care about that are just utterly unimportant. Or maybe it was just highlighting the mundane - this cycle of waking up everyday, doing the same thing, going to this dead-end job. I’m not sure what the intention here was, but it left me feeling unsettled.

Overall, this was a super quick read, I was intrigued and invested enough to see where it went.

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