Brief synopsis: woman falls in love with man, man proceeds to gaslight her because he understands he is not as talented as an artist as her. They marry and have a kid and she slowly finds out the truth about him and all his insecurities.
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One thing I liked is how simple it was to read. Each chapter is dedicated to one fight. We start at the round of four fights between eight girls and slowly make our way to the book’s conclusion, the final fight.
Throughout, you get little flashbacks of each girl’s life and even flash forwards. The writing was engaging, and I was curious to see who would win. At times, I did feel like the distinction between the girls wasn’t deep enough, so some characters stood out more than others.
In the end, I think this is a wonderful little book about the power and tenacity of teenage girlhood. Told in quite literal terms, but I really enjoyed my time with it. It will definitely stand out due to the uniqueness of its subject matter. An impressive debut. Have you read #Headshot? What did you think?
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In this novel a Fifth Season is an extended winter or a period of apocalypse after seismic events. The people of the Stillness, as the continent is called, categorize seasons and follow certain rules as guided by “stonelore” in order to survive. And that’s really just the tip of the iceberg.
I think I’m in my reread era. My brain can’t seem to focus on anything that is new, so I am reaching for old comforts. This one has stood the test of time, and rereading it as a mother of two makes this story all the more impactful as I am now closer to Essun’s age, rather than her daughter’s.
It is an apt time to read this story about oppression, trauma, and climate disasters. I am reminded that the earth has lived through several apocalypses and yet still things survive and resist in the face of it all.
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And of course thanks to the ever wonderful @becksisreading for being my buddy read for this series. I’ll be waiting not so patiently for book four.
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Hmmmm…This one left me quite perplexed at what exactly it was trying to convey. The story centers around Anders, who wakes up one day to find himself brown, and eventually in the whole world white people begin to wake up with their skin mysteriously darker, chaos ensues but it happens mostly off page. Much like Exit West this one centers around a budding romance, but I don’t feel like it worked here. It is clear he got inspiration from Kafka’s masterpiece, Metamorphosis and others that have followed similar formats. Man wakes up to find himself suddenly changed, but must go about his daily life. But in my opinion, Hamid did not lean into the absolute absurdity of it all and I felt like the message was muddled and the arc of the story suffered. Because what is the message here? That race isn’t real? Maybe, but if so I felt like this short novel did not go deep enough for my liking to get that message across, and it was wrapped up way too neatly. But this worked for a lot of people, so give it a shot and see for yourself.
[ID: The novel The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid lays flat on a gray fabric.]
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