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A review by seecaitlinread
Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger
5.0
Well, it seems I will be unable to ever escape a Caren Werlinger book unscathed - and I mean that in the best possible way. I was reading the last 1/5 or so of the book on my couch and had to surreptitiously remove myself to my bedroom to finish it before my roommate saw me lose the absolute run of myself and completely break down.
Throughout the book, I kept thinking of Penny's review, where she describes herself tripping in tenderness throughout each and every page - tripping in that capacity of every human being to touch and be touched. I honestly cannot think of a better way to describe what it feels like to read Neither Present Time. Each passage is a dedication to human connection, and the book as a whole is a devotion to our inexorable and unflinching need to see and be seen, in so many different ways, no matter how unending the obstacles may seem or how deeply we've buried that need.
I'm sure I will find myself rereading it many times over many years, but the highest praise I can say for this book is that it will be the one that I gift to the people in my life I hold most dearly.
Throughout the book, I kept thinking of Penny's review, where she describes herself tripping in tenderness throughout each and every page - tripping in that capacity of every human being to touch and be touched. I honestly cannot think of a better way to describe what it feels like to read Neither Present Time. Each passage is a dedication to human connection, and the book as a whole is a devotion to our inexorable and unflinching need to see and be seen, in so many different ways, no matter how unending the obstacles may seem or how deeply we've buried that need.
I'm sure I will find myself rereading it many times over many years, but the highest praise I can say for this book is that it will be the one that I gift to the people in my life I hold most dearly.