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Outline by Rachel Cusk

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nichecase's review against another edition

5.0

Sometimes it has seemed to me that life is a series of punishments for such moments of unawareness, that one forges oneЃEЂЃEs own destiny by what one doesnЃEЂЃEt notice or feel compassion for; that what you donЃEЂЃEt know and donЃEЂЃEt make the effort to understand will become the very thing you are forced into knowledge of. While I spoke Paniotis looked more and more aghast. That is a terrible notion that only a Catholic could have come up with, he said.

sallyscriv's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

owoityra's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

crrieandrsn26's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Quiet and beautiful. Cusk is a beautiful writer.

There’s a blurb on the back of the edition I own that says “sometimes a book arrives in your life exactly when you need it” that I have not stopped thinking about since I picked it up again. I bought and tried to start this book over 4 years ago. I read the first chapter multiple times over the past several years trying to start it back up, and thought I was just disinterested in the book as a whole.

I restarted it again this year and was finally, and completely enveloped. It seems like it was finally the time I needed it.

emilyn8ber's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

missreaderlove's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

3.0

Im not entirely sure what to think of this book. A series of conversations that reveal insights, worries and fantasies about both the narrator and the people she’s talking to, this book at once provides commentary of a range of subjects and themes while also not really going anywhere. Beautifully written but requires reflection.