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A review by underscorelsa
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
I just know that this is a book I will remember for the rest of my life. That was impactful. It touched me in a way I couldn't begin to describe even if I tried.
For me, this is not a feminist book. It's about how you can still be human when there's a system that strips you of humanity, where there is still a thirst for knowledge. It's about forging your own meaning when there is none in a broken world. It's about isolation, how one can feel very different from others, even not human at some points, and still be human.
It felt weird that most questions go unanswered, but after some thought, that's the point. It is a parallel to our own lives, how we cannot have all the answers to such basic and human questions like "Why are we here?". It shows that what matters is the weight of the questions themselves, rather than the answers to them.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
For me, this is not a feminist book. It's about how you can still be human when there's a system that strips you of humanity, where there is still a thirst for knowledge. It's about forging your own meaning when there is none in a broken world. It's about isolation, how one can feel very different from others, even not human at some points, and still be human.
It felt weird that most questions go unanswered, but after some thought, that's the point. It is a parallel to our own lives, how we cannot have all the answers to such basic and human questions like "Why are we here?". It shows that what matters is the weight of the questions themselves, rather than the answers to them.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.