Review by morgue666 - I Who Have Never Known Men

morgue666 's review for:

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

4.25

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

‘It’s true,’ she agreed. ‘You are the only one of us who belongs to this country.’
‘No, this country belongs to me. I will be its sole owner and everything here will be mine.’

What makes a person a person? Are you a person when you’re stripped of all that we recognise as humanity? A name, sexuality, culture, language, even time, take all that away and what is left? At least at the start of the novel we know that love still persists.

I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too
had loved, that I was capable of suffering and that I was human after all.

Content Warnings