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submitted 11 months ago by Kamirose@beehaw.org to c/literature@beehaw.org

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[-] EntropicalVacation@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

In very roughly descending order:

Auē by Becky Manawatu

Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson

Open Throat by Henry Hoke‬‬

Autumn by ‪Ali Smith‬

A Tale for the Time Being by ‪Ruth Ozeki‬

Home by ‪Toni Morrison‬

Gnomon by ‪Nick Harkaway

Space Opera by ‪Catherynne M. Valente‬

The Book of M by ‪Peng Shepherd‬

The Book of Strange New Things by ‪Michel Faber

The Overstory by ‪Richard Powers

The Door by ‪Magda Szabó‬

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by ‪Gabrielle Zevin‬

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

The Overstory! What did you think? I listened to the audiobook, it was long

[-] EntropicalVacation@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

I actually split between reading and listening to the audiobook. It was long either way! I didn’t care for it as much as I thought I would. The first part took me a while to get into, I loved the second part, but after

spoilerMaidenhair dies
it was all downhill.

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I remember where I was driving when I listened to the first part, the narrator was excellent and made the whole tree section a surprisingly engrossing listen.

I agree about where the story started to falter, too. There was a lot of build-up to that point and it felt like it kinda meandered to the end afterwards.

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