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The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill

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ovenbird_reads's review

5.0

This is one of the truly stand out books I've read this year. Couldn't put it down! It touched on so much of what is making our world feel off kilter these days and also managed to encompass a beauty in being alive that exists under it all. I also resonated strongly with the mental health collapse that Claire experiences. Much of it echoed pieces of how I felt early after my first child was born, in the grips of postpartum depression. In that time, too, there was an implosion of reality and also a sense of touching something huge and universal, something profound and esoteric. I would love to sit down with the author to talk about the parallels, because it was truly a bit uncanny! Incredible book!!

adudeandhislife's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

mellove's review

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challenging dark informative mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

People need to calm down. The whole relationship was not that big of a deal, but having faith in
something is crazy because people attribute Faith differently because people keep complaining about cult people with them it makes sense just like how a certain religion still believe in electric therapy

also I despise the so-called liberal daughter that is very conceited and really only cares about her belief and her image. If a man leaves you when things goes bad then I don’t feel thats supportive obviously