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A review by goblinhearted
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
5.0
I went into this completely blind, with no expectations, and I was pleasantly surprised.
Our narrator is a young woman who is locked inside of a cage in an underground bunker with a handful of other women. Captured at such a young age, she has no memories of life outside the bunker. This is where the story begins.
This novel is a slow-paced, introspective work of science fiction, bordering on dystopia. It raises many questions but provides few answers. Much of what the story offers are philosophical questions posed against a bleak, desolate, and haunting atmosphere.
It’s one of those books where the negative space takes center stage. What’s unsaid says the most. It was quite unlike anything else I’ve ever read. I loved it.
Our narrator is a young woman who is locked inside of a cage in an underground bunker with a handful of other women. Captured at such a young age, she has no memories of life outside the bunker. This is where the story begins.
This novel is a slow-paced, introspective work of science fiction, bordering on dystopia. It raises many questions but provides few answers. Much of what the story offers are philosophical questions posed against a bleak, desolate, and haunting atmosphere.
It’s one of those books where the negative space takes center stage. What’s unsaid says the most. It was quite unlike anything else I’ve ever read. I loved it.