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A review by howlinglibraries
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
I felt bad at first when I decided to DNF this, given how beloved it is and how much I admire the opinions and reviews of the friend who recommended it to me. Alas, not only was it not for me (I'm just not a lit-fic fan, and I have come to terms with that), but there was a scene in the narrator's early childhood with another young boy, revolving around him beginning to discover his sexuality, that made me awfully uncomfortable. I don't enjoy reading about small children and sexual acts in the same paragraph ever, much less the way it was written in this.
I didn't feel as bad about DNFing this, however, when I looked up the author and realized why his name had sounded so familiar to me. I'm not basing this DNF on who he is as a person or his other books, so I'm not going to go into that here, but if you're unaware, feel free to do a quick Google search or shoot me a DM. All I'm going to say is that I no longer have any remaining guilt about putting this one down, and I don't have any interest whatsoever in trying any of Boyne's other titles.
I didn't feel as bad about DNFing this, however, when I looked up the author and realized why his name had sounded so familiar to me. I'm not basing this DNF on who he is as a person or his other books, so I'm not going to go into that here, but if you're unaware, feel free to do a quick Google search or shoot me a DM. All I'm going to say is that I no longer have any remaining guilt about putting this one down, and I don't have any interest whatsoever in trying any of Boyne's other titles.