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A review by naomimetz96
Girl by Edna O'Brien
2.0
I have loved Edna O’Brien’s writing in the pay but this book just didn’t work for me. Something felt off about an 80+ year old Irish woman writing about the experience of a child kidnapped by Boko Haram. To be fair, she did quite a bit of research and told the story well, but I just felt a disconnect between her writing and the actual experience of this girl.
As someone who loves sad and sometimes very dark books I did feel like there were parts of this novel that were horrifying just to be horrifying. But also, maybe that was the point?
Anyway, this book was clearly not for me but I’d be very curious to see what someone else that has read it thought. Anyone who read this and loved it?
#DNF
As someone who loves sad and sometimes very dark books I did feel like there were parts of this novel that were horrifying just to be horrifying. But also, maybe that was the point?
Anyway, this book was clearly not for me but I’d be very curious to see what someone else that has read it thought. Anyone who read this and loved it?
#DNF