A review by ladybugwrites
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

This is a book about humanity, about death, about lonliness. It's a book about being different.

I didn't know what I went into when I picked up this book. I don't know what I went into now that I've put it down either. 

Someone once called a fanfiction I wrote quiet. This book is also quiet. Quiet in the way it tries to figure out what it means to be human. Quiet in the ways it honors the dead. Quiet in the ways of lonliness.

I don't know how to describe this book in any other way. The writing is beautiful, poetic, lonley in itself. A reflection of what the book is saying. Absolutely one of the best books I have ever read.