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Не казвай на мама by Nikolay Yordanov
5.0
I honestly don’t know…
I mean, I just finished reading it and my mind is ging in all sorts of ways but I know one thing. I’ll be reading this book again at some point in my life.
The stories are strong. They are a wake up call that you need. These are stories that may as well be based on real like because people do live through horrible inhumane things simply because society doesn’t accept them. I hated reading some of the parts but not because they were ‘bad’ but because it pains me to think that some people do actually live in that reality.
I highly recommend it and hope a translation is published sooner than later because more people should have access to it.
I mean, I just finished reading it and my mind is ging in all sorts of ways but I know one thing. I’ll be reading this book again at some point in my life.
The stories are strong. They are a wake up call that you need. These are stories that may as well be based on real like because people do live through horrible inhumane things simply because society doesn’t accept them. I hated reading some of the parts but not because they were ‘bad’ but because it pains me to think that some people do actually live in that reality.
I highly recommend it and hope a translation is published sooner than later because more people should have access to it.
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
4.0
This book had me going through all sorts of emotions. It started cute and innocent until it became very concerning. Trauma had been a familiar concept to me but reading about it from a different perspective made me think and understand it differently. But oh god, the more I read the more confused I’d get. The metaphor is there but at moments, essentially in the last chapter, I was loosing it completely.
Having all of that aside - it was a great, easy read; an absolute banger when it comes to ‘expect the unexpected’. I recommend but I also need some explaining
Having all of that aside - it was a great, easy read; an absolute banger when it comes to ‘expect the unexpected’. I recommend but I also need some explaining
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
3.0
I’m comparison to Earthlings, this book pales to me. Sayaka seems to have strong opinions when it comes to how people live within society, that probably mostly stems from the Japanese culture she grew up in. I’m both books the same ideas come across, the only deference being that the main characters go through different mental journeys.
Maybe if I had read Convenience Store Woman before Earthlings I would’ve liked given it a higher rating but it did not have enough of a shocker moment. Not like Earthlings at least.
Maybe reading both books one after the I other did not help but yk… it just happened to be like that.
Maybe if I had read Convenience Store Woman before Earthlings I would’ve liked given it a higher rating but it did not have enough of a shocker moment. Not like Earthlings at least.
Maybe reading both books one after the I other did not help but yk… it just happened to be like that.
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
2.0
This was such a difficult book to read, but because the writing in it was complicated but because nothing significant was happening.
Writing wise it was quite good. Easy, understandable somewhat engaging??? Ok, maybe not engaging. It took me ages to finish because nothing big was happening in the story. Nothing that made me hungry for more and by the end of it I was reading only to finish the book.
The end was sad ngl, but I don’t feel heartbroken about it because of how my whole experience reading it was.
Writing wise it was quite good. Easy, understandable somewhat engaging??? Ok, maybe not engaging. It took me ages to finish because nothing big was happening in the story. Nothing that made me hungry for more and by the end of it I was reading only to finish the book.
The end was sad ngl, but I don’t feel heartbroken about it because of how my whole experience reading it was.
Superman Is an Arab: On God, Marriage, Macho Men and Other Disastrous Inventions by Joumana Haddad
I don’t know how to rate this book. It was a good one, insightful - I brought pain and sadness toward a topic I feel detached from.
Being at a stage of my life where identifying as Arab has become significantly more meaningful and more important to me is quite good but then again - I read something like this book and I’m hit with the truth I’ve been trying to avoid. The Arab work has not progressed… at all and I know that, everyone knows that but people forget. That’s why reads like this are important. It’s sad to be reminded that the country you’re from - that’s supposed to be modern and with it’s time in comparison to the Syrias, Egypts and Saudis of the world is still so behind on common human rights and acknowledgments…
It’s a difficult book in the sense that it can take in a roll of thoughts but it’s easy in the sense that the writer knows how to express herself well.
I recommend. Do read it :).
Being at a stage of my life where identifying as Arab has become significantly more meaningful and more important to me is quite good but then again - I read something like this book and I’m hit with the truth I’ve been trying to avoid. The Arab work has not progressed… at all and I know that, everyone knows that but people forget. That’s why reads like this are important. It’s sad to be reminded that the country you’re from - that’s supposed to be modern and with it’s time in comparison to the Syrias, Egypts and Saudis of the world is still so behind on common human rights and acknowledgments…
It’s a difficult book in the sense that it can take in a roll of thoughts but it’s easy in the sense that the writer knows how to express herself well.
I recommend. Do read it :).
On The Line: Notes from a Factory by Joseph Ponthus
4.0
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