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A review by turninpages_sippintea
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
and i'm expected to just go on with my day after this??
i'm usually that kind of person who gets frustrated when a lot of questions are left unanswered by the end of the book. yet here these questions don't matter in the slightest.
i loved the way the MC learned how to accept or at least understand the feelings of other women over time, but never managed to express them herself. i thought it made perfect sense for her. to be honest, i disagree with some reviewers' take that the book is steeped in sadness of the MC - the only time she expressed sadness and grief was when her best friend died, when she realised way too late what love was.
the emotions that i personally got from her were frustration and restlessness, which i would totally relate to in her circumstances (but perhaps i was just projecting the whole time). despite being raised by women who still remembered their past lives to some extent, she was the product of her environment, she could never fully empathise with the profound loss the other women felt when remembering the time before the abduction. and perhaps this inability to mourn the past was the force behind her desire to constantly move forward.
having lost my grandma to cervical cancer, the ending hit me particularly hard.
i'm usually that kind of person who gets frustrated when a lot of questions are left unanswered by the end of the book. yet here these questions don't matter in the slightest.
i loved the way the MC learned how to accept or at least understand the feelings of other women over time, but never managed to express them herself. i thought it made perfect sense for her. to be honest, i disagree with some reviewers' take that the book is steeped in sadness of the MC - the only time she expressed sadness and grief was when her best friend died, when she realised way too late what love was.
the emotions that i personally got from her were frustration and restlessness, which i would totally relate to in her circumstances (but perhaps i was just projecting the whole time). despite being raised by women who still remembered their past lives to some extent, she was the product of her environment, she could never fully empathise with the profound loss the other women felt when remembering the time before the abduction. and perhaps this inability to mourn the past was the force behind her desire to constantly move forward.
having lost my grandma to cervical cancer, the ending hit me particularly hard.