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A review by angelamichelle
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
5.0
For a long time I was enjoying this book but not loving it. By the end, I had that sort of worshipful feeling toward something true, important, and honest, something that shows proper respect for the toil and majesty of each ordinary life.
I think perhaps an aggressive edit of a middle couple hundred pages was in order. But also, maybe that time the reader spends just sort of living normal life alongside the characters helped give the proper gravitas to the end.
I love this title. It refers to a specific condition of one character, but also to the mortal condition of all of us. We are all impaired by circumstance, foibles, weaknesses. We are all living the best we can our life's greatest work, invisible though it may be. I love the idea of having enough compassion to always see others as "not ourselves."
I think perhaps an aggressive edit of a middle couple hundred pages was in order. But also, maybe that time the reader spends just sort of living normal life alongside the characters helped give the proper gravitas to the end.
I love this title. It refers to a specific condition of one character, but also to the mortal condition of all of us. We are all impaired by circumstance, foibles, weaknesses. We are all living the best we can our life's greatest work, invisible though it may be. I love the idea of having enough compassion to always see others as "not ourselves."