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A review by talesoffay
How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 'How We Disappeared' is a must read! Educational and evocative, this novel explore two timelines and two life-changing secrets.
Harrowing but honest, the prose made me feel like I was being confided in. Authors and victims are not obligated to share their deeply personal history and experiences. But we as readers and as humans are obligated to listen.
"Sometimes all you had to do to get someone to talk was to be silent."
Harrowing but honest, the prose made me feel like I was being confided in. Authors and victims are not obligated to share their deeply personal history and experiences. But we as readers and as humans are obligated to listen.
"Sometimes all you had to do to get someone to talk was to be silent."