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A review by knittyreader
Someone I Loved by Anna Gavalda
2.0
I received a free copy through Netgalley, in return for an honest review.
Thank God I'm done reading that novella and that it was so short, or I might not have been able to finish it.
It almost entirely existed of dialogues. I might have gathered this from the blurb, but it was even more than I expected - often I really had to search for the real emotions behind what was said, since they were not at all clear, and nothing was said between what literally was said by the characters, who seemd to like, hate, tease, scold, and whatever each other in a pace so fast I couldn't keep up. This is how an autistic person must feel in an NT world. Without knowing the emotions behind them, the words meant nothing at all.
The dialogues did seem kind of natural, and that's what I can say in favour of the book.
Thank God I'm done reading that novella and that it was so short, or I might not have been able to finish it.
It almost entirely existed of dialogues. I might have gathered this from the blurb, but it was even more than I expected - often I really had to search for the real emotions behind what was said, since they were not at all clear, and nothing was said between what literally was said by the characters, who seemd to like, hate, tease, scold, and whatever each other in a pace so fast I couldn't keep up. This is how an autistic person must feel in an NT world. Without knowing the emotions behind them, the words meant nothing at all.
The dialogues did seem kind of natural, and that's what I can say in favour of the book.