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Soldier Sailor
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Update : Now shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 - Dissapointed about this one and the fact that my top 2 books from the longlist were ignored. Such a safe / commercial shortlist. Not a single book from what I know that it is a little bit unconventional.
Longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 -This year, I tried to read the controversial 'A Life's Work' by Rachel Cusk and I was surprised that there was nothing shocking or even informative about it anymore, so I ended up DNFing it. However, I did finish Claire Killroy's 'Soldier Sailor,' a novel about the same horrors and joys of motherhood. The writing is good, but I also think that she isn't doing anything new. Rachel Cusk wrote about the same subject 20 years ago. The book needed a little bit more of a story at least for me.
Longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 -This year, I tried to read the controversial 'A Life's Work' by Rachel Cusk and I was surprised that there was nothing shocking or even informative about it anymore, so I ended up DNFing it. However, I did finish Claire Killroy's 'Soldier Sailor,' a novel about the same horrors and joys of motherhood. The writing is good, but I also think that she isn't doing anything new. Rachel Cusk wrote about the same subject 20 years ago. The book needed a little bit more of a story at least for me.
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Mar 23, 2024 05:10PM
Not a fan of Women's Prize for Fiction. I was considering this novel though. Not so sure now
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Adina wrote: "Not a fan of Women's Prize for Fiction. I was considering this novel though. Not so sure now"Not a big fan either. They tend to have very commercial picks. But I think this year judges made the difference. Even this one is very readable and you may like it more depending on your interest on the subject.
What are your top books from the longlist?
Marymetobooks wrote: "What are your top books from the longlist?"Ordinary human failings and In the defence of the act were my favorites. Yours?
