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A review by giffygif
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach
3.0
So I'm not gonna lie, it messed with my brain that this book was not based on a real person's diary. The formatting of this novel is really interesting. However, I'm not sure how I feel about the way the author portrays the characters in the novel. To try and take on another point of view so different from your own is something that I don't like in novels.
Ivan is a young man born without his full body as is the standard for humans. To write such a cynical teenager into the world whose worldview is so heavily anchored in his identity as a person with no legs, one arm, and three fingers, seems insincere to me.
Ivan is a young man born without his full body as is the standard for humans. To write such a cynical teenager into the world whose worldview is so heavily anchored in his identity as a person with no legs, one arm, and three fingers, seems insincere to me.