Reviews with content warning for Medical content - Le Mur invisible

I think understanding the context surrounding this as well as the subtext is really important, otherwise you'll likely get bored. This is very much something you read for the journey, not the destination, so don't go into this expecting any twists and turns.

As a fan of fast paced reads, this was definitely a challenge for me, but I am glad I finished it because I actually enjoyed the second half more than the first!

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emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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lilifane's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This premise was very intriguing. The atmosphere was excellent, very depressing, tense, lonely but also peaceful. I liked the survival aspect of the plot and the stream of consciousness way of story telling. It got a little too repetitive towards the end. On the other hand, the repetitions had an impact on the atmosphere. Unfortunately, I didn't like the writing style, and it effected my reading experience in a negative way. (It's definitely a me-thing. I just don't vibe with vocabulary from this specific time period and place) Still, the book is thought-provoking and reading it during a pandemic definitely hits differently. I think it will stay with me for a little while.

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was a totally immersive, beautiful, and poignant read. I know I'll reread it in future!
There were so many parts i want to go back and revisit already! I think the length if the book was just right, and the author left enough mystery and unanswered questions to keep it tense and intriguing throughout, without being frustratingly so.

The only slightly uncomfortable parts were the use of animals for food, as a vegan. But it wasn't glorified at all, and there was plenty of content which demonstrated the main character's aversion to it on the whole.
As it was in a post apocalyptic survival sense, it could be seen slightly differently, as part of the storyline, if not totally appreciated from my perspective.

The author's use of such beautiful writing on human-animal relationships, the appreciation of nature, and the balance of life/death demonstrated such a huge awareness of the preciousness and fragility of life, and the sense of agency every living human and non-human animal has, was fantastic at giving another side to the classic survival story, and another way to perfectly demonstrate that the world is much bigger than us.

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