Celestial Bodies: Man Booker International Prize 2019
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I wanted to love this book so much... but I didn't.
This book has everything I love in a book. Delving into a - to me - foreign culture, themes of patriarchy and its negative impact on everyone, the struggles of women, the slow changes in society that come with time and progress. And yet I just couldn't connect to this book. There were A LOT of characters, which is usually no problem for me, but in combination with the non-linear storytelling that jumped wildly through the history of all those characters, it got confusing enough to become a struggle. The often praised poetry was just not for me (not this poetry specifically, just in general; I'm not a fan). But most of all, I just didn't like the characters. And the last few sentences left such a bad taste with me, that I wished I had stopped sooner. This book talks about important topics and I'm sure that many will love it, it just wasn't for me. But I think, if you're interested in reading it you should definitely give it a try and see for yourself. Your experience might be a very different one than mine.
Description
Book Information
Posts
I wanted to love this book so much... but I didn't.
This book has everything I love in a book. Delving into a - to me - foreign culture, themes of patriarchy and its negative impact on everyone, the struggles of women, the slow changes in society that come with time and progress. And yet I just couldn't connect to this book. There were A LOT of characters, which is usually no problem for me, but in combination with the non-linear storytelling that jumped wildly through the history of all those characters, it got confusing enough to become a struggle. The often praised poetry was just not for me (not this poetry specifically, just in general; I'm not a fan). But most of all, I just didn't like the characters. And the last few sentences left such a bad taste with me, that I wished I had stopped sooner. This book talks about important topics and I'm sure that many will love it, it just wasn't for me. But I think, if you're interested in reading it you should definitely give it a try and see for yourself. Your experience might be a very different one than mine.