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A review by domesticat
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
4.0
Wow.
Okay. It felt at times like everything from madness to academic literary exercise to ridiculously brilliant. I'm not sure that I'd ever read it again, but I'm glad I had the experience of reading it, and I'm glad that I went in with no knowledge of the character or the storyline. It's unlike anything I've ever read before while simultaneously feeling familiar, like an old story you studied years ago that has embedded itself into how you view history.
Okay. It felt at times like everything from madness to academic literary exercise to ridiculously brilliant. I'm not sure that I'd ever read it again, but I'm glad I had the experience of reading it, and I'm glad that I went in with no knowledge of the character or the storyline. It's unlike anything I've ever read before while simultaneously feeling familiar, like an old story you studied years ago that has embedded itself into how you view history.