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Book of Mutter by Kate Zambreno

dfparizeau's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

I have not felt so profoundly moved by form, function, and content since The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

jackieeh's review against another edition

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4.0

An incredibly well-written, lyrical meditation on loss.

"Sometimes my mouth opens up and my mother's laugh jumps out, a parlor trick."

bookepiphanies's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

cet828's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad

3.5

jd_brubaker's review against another edition

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5.0

One of the best books on grief I've ever read.

djinnmartini's review against another edition

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5.0

(CW: dead/dying moms, which is real hard to read)
But so good. Very Zambreno, who always has me furiously note-taking in spite of myself

She also does this thing in her notes at the end where she mentions works that didn't end up being used and I just think this is such an interesting technique as a writer, to cite the invisible hands that didn't make it in...

nmp's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

notedhermit's review against another edition

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5.0

Read this on a train in one sitting and an hour after finishing it was in a room full of Louise Bourgeois objects and it felt perfect. An attempt to make sense of things that push back against sense. I loved it quite a lot.

jesssepp's review

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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