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A review by lwalla01
The Book of Mother by Violaine Huisman
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I don’t know how to rate this or really how to think about this yet.
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Having sat with this book for a little while, I think this book isn’t organized as well as it could have been. This book is part true story and part fiction. It’s classified as fiction because nothing in it is fact checked. This is essentially told from the authors memory, and by what she thinks happened from her mother’s point of view. The section told from her mother’s point of view is very compelling. However, as a whole I didn’t find myself as engaged in the story. This was on the long list for the Man Booker International Prize in 2022, and of what I have read so far it’s the weakest of the list.
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Having sat with this book for a little while, I think this book isn’t organized as well as it could have been. This book is part true story and part fiction. It’s classified as fiction because nothing in it is fact checked. This is essentially told from the authors memory, and by what she thinks happened from her mother’s point of view. The section told from her mother’s point of view is very compelling. However, as a whole I didn’t find myself as engaged in the story. This was on the long list for the Man Booker International Prize in 2022, and of what I have read so far it’s the weakest of the list.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt