themelleh 's review for:

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I will only be truly dead if nobody ever comes, if the centuries, then the millennia go by for so long that this planet,…, no longer exists.

I can see why this book is so divisive. But it was very much a me book. It ripped me open and I absolutely adored being reminded we don’t need to know everything. That life is painful and unfair - sometimes those cages are of our own making. But wow, it’s so beautifully written.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt