A review by ovenbird_reads
The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill

5.0

This is one of the truly stand out books I've read this year. Couldn't put it down! It touched on so much of what is making our world feel off kilter these days and also managed to encompass a beauty in being alive that exists under it all. I also resonated strongly with the mental health collapse that Claire experiences. Much of it echoed pieces of how I felt early after my first child was born, in the grips of postpartum depression. In that time, too, there was an implosion of reality and also a sense of touching something huge and universal, something profound and esoteric. I would love to sit down with the author to talk about the parallels, because it was truly a bit uncanny! Incredible book!!