Reviews - I Who Have Never Known Men

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I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

4.24 AVERAGE

rommurr's review

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hypevoy's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

i’d ruin all these ladies’ lives even further by showing them labubu matcha dubai chocolate.

dutchessofbooks's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Content Warnings

amber_rosa's review against another edition

5.0

Originally when I completed this book I was left feeling unsatisfied. Having spent some time to actually think about it, I realised that my dissatisfaction was less because the book was not what I expected it to be and more because it wasn’t what I wanted to be. As a certified manhater I was ready to see some man bashing. Instead, the book had a quiet tension, wrestling more with the idea of personhood than the idea of femininity/masculinity. It’s seemed to ask “who are we when we’re alone?” and “who are we when we don’t have answers?” I wanted answers soooooo bad, but there is not a single one and there was something oddly impactful about being left wanting.