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nadia's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
I never thought I'd enjoy a book with so much description of natural landscapes, but I did. Didn't know what to expect going in, so some of the content, especially the memoir aspect, took me by surprise (not at all in a bad way, though this isn't happy subject matter)! I enjoyed the writing and Masud did a great job of transporting me into her memories. The book got me itching to go on a hike now, especially across flat land!
Current Women's Prize 2024 Non-Fiction Shortlist rankings:
1. A Flat Place
2. Thunderclap
Current Women's Prize 2024 Non-Fiction Shortlist rankings:
1. A Flat Place
2. Thunderclap
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse
readingrara's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
1.0
Aborted memoir of nothingness
radella_hardwick's review against another edition
4.25
I needed this book – I needed it to validate my understanding of the world – and I hope it wins so that more people who need it will read it
However, as someone with minimal interest in landscape and no love for the flat places, I can't imagine I'll ever read it again nor will I be recommending it to all and sundry
However, as someone with minimal interest in landscape and no love for the flat places, I can't imagine I'll ever read it again nor will I be recommending it to all and sundry
rosaposa3's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
cathdm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Absolutely wonderful. Beautifully written. Heartbreaking.
lita_tori's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
"The flat place is what happens when one's reality is at odds with that of everyone else. When one's truth comes starkly into contact with a world which denies it. Which cannot see it."
A Flat Place is exquisite. The writing is poetic and open. It feels intimate and inviting and intensely mesmerising. It is intelligently researched and made relatable by the connections she draws between a flat part of land and her own upbringing and complex PTSD. It's combines something unnoticed in nature, disregarded as important, and gives it a voice, a feeling, a pause for thought and reflection in a deeply personal and visceral way.
A Flat Place is exquisite. The writing is poetic and open. It feels intimate and inviting and intensely mesmerising. It is intelligently researched and made relatable by the connections she draws between a flat part of land and her own upbringing and complex PTSD. It's combines something unnoticed in nature, disregarded as important, and gives it a voice, a feeling, a pause for thought and reflection in a deeply personal and visceral way.
dcfelk's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Outstanding, especially in the way it meets and resists the reader.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Misogyny