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When We Cease to Understand the World
by BenjamÃn Labatut
I'm generally considered a big fan of historical fiction, so picking up this book while I was travelling overseas seemed just about right up my alley. It took me a little over two years to get past the first chapter, despite finding it wildly interesting, and that just about sums up my review of this collection.
The concepts and history presented within the book are undeniably eye-opening, but it's underlined with a structure whose messiness is so prominent it makes the entire thing just a little bit too hard to follow. Also, I don't entirely know how comfortable I am with how muddled the facts are with fiction in this book.
I will say, a large redeeming quality of this collection IS the way that it's compiled. Everything ties together into the main theme (and the title of the book) - with the epilogue particularly wrapping everything up nicely. Really goes to show how important the order of pieces is in a collection like this.
The concepts and history presented within the book are undeniably eye-opening, but it's underlined with a structure whose messiness is so prominent it makes the entire thing just a little bit too hard to follow. Also, I don't entirely know how comfortable I am with how muddled the facts are with fiction in this book.
I will say, a large redeeming quality of this collection IS the way that it's compiled. Everything ties together into the main theme (and the title of the book) - with the epilogue particularly wrapping everything up nicely. Really goes to show how important the order of pieces is in a collection like this.