40.1k reviews for:

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

4.25 AVERAGE

hiotisa's review against another edition

3.0

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I really liked the prose, the concept, the plot; however, I didn’t like the ambiguity and the length.

kia31's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

khajiitreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

miranda53's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cearak's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ashiewednesday's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

evoelker's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

fakisha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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I could write a full review, but Sophie Mackintosh said it best in her 2019 foreword: “It should be unremittingly bleak, for all the ingredients for bleakness are there; and yet there is a shining, searching humanity at its core that carries it through.” This tension - that’s why this book lingers.

lucylaud's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bynd's review against another edition

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Die Verzweiflung ist so greifbar und tragisch. Wenn man das Buch liest, ist man dem Sinn des Lebens vielleicht einen kleinen Schritt näher. Ich mochte es sehr :)