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The It Girl by Ruth Ware
3.0
I listened to this in long heaps, narrator so good, writing excellent, it’s just a bit drawn out
Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier
5.0
I’m an avid reader who devours over 100 books annually, and this one stands out as one of the best I’ve read in a long time. It’s undoubtedly a new favorite.
The narration by Saskia Maarleveld was simply delightful. I hadn’t realized I had listened to her books before.
This book not only cured my genre slump but also introduced me to a new genre. As a mood reader, I usually don’t gravitate towards historical fiction as my first choice. However, I came across a brief mention of this book on TikTok, which piqued my interest.
It’s an exceptional debut novel.
DeLozier conducted remarkable research by delving into the journals of some of the pioneering doctors who treated the plague.
Eleanore is one of the most genuinely likable and formidable characters I’ve encountered in a long time.
I truly can’t recommend this book along.
There is NOT boring
The narration by Saskia Maarleveld was simply delightful. I hadn’t realized I had listened to her books before.
This book not only cured my genre slump but also introduced me to a new genre. As a mood reader, I usually don’t gravitate towards historical fiction as my first choice. However, I came across a brief mention of this book on TikTok, which piqued my interest.
It’s an exceptional debut novel.
DeLozier conducted remarkable research by delving into the journals of some of the pioneering doctors who treated the plague.
Eleanore is one of the most genuinely likable and formidable characters I’ve encountered in a long time.
I truly can’t recommend this book along.
There is NOT boring
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
A spare and haunting dystopian novel, I Who Have Never Known Men follows “the child,” the youngest of thirty-nine women held in a mysterious underground prison. With no past to remember and no clear future, the story explores isolation, identity, and the search for meaning in a world stripped of context. Quietly devastating and deeply thought-provoking.
There is a sense of existential dread( as the reader) given the minimalistic existential theme of identity
I have yet to read anything like this.
There is a sense of existential dread( as the reader) given the minimalistic existential theme of identity
I have yet to read anything like this.