Book Review: I Who Have Never Known Men by, Jacqueline Harpman
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2022
- In today's video I'll be reviewing I Who Have Never Known Men by, Jacqueline Harpman.
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I just finished this book and was thirsting for great commentary on this story. Found it! I really appreciate your insight. You gave me even more points to ponder.
Thank you so much! This is such a fascinating narrative!
I really enjoy your review! Love how passionate and articulate you are when talking about books 💗
Thank you so much! ❤️
I just finihed this book and found your review, please continue with you reviews, you gave me such good 'quotes' on how to summarize the themes of the book!
Thank you for watching! :)
I only just finished reading this amazing book. So many questions and so few answers. This short book has me thinking about so much. Appreciate your review, Alana.
Yes! This one only makes the reader ask more questions. I'm looking forward to rereading it. Thank you for watching!
just finished reading this one and immediately rushed to search for reviews. so glad i found yours, you've charmed your way into my subscriptions within seconds! also what. a. book. wow
Thank you so much, Alina! I really appreciate it! ☺️ Right?! This book is fantastic!! So slim but so much impact!
I just finished reading this book and all I can say is I am staring at nothing ever since. During the middle pages I started to tear up so I thought I would be wailing towards the end but I found myself simply sitting and staring, at NOTHING.
This is so relatable!!! lol. I feel this 🤣🤌🏼
this book is amazing, i just finished reading it and was so happy to find your review, because i wanted to hear someone else’s thoughts too! so thank you
i also loved it and will definitely be rereading it in a few years. if you happen to get your hands on Harpman’s other book, i would love another review.
Yes, this book is so good! I wish there were more reviews on it - such a hidden gem. I'll definitely have to read her other novel. So much to read, so little time haha.
This book was insane. So underrated, it was an amazing read.
Agreed! This book really is something special!
Im so happy I found you. That pronunciation of Jacqueline is …. You’re my new favourite ❤️❤️🫶
I read this amazing novel two months ago and it absolutely blew my mind! Someone on booksta who has also read it shared your video with me, and I'm so glad she did! I did review it on my booksta, but I somehow missed the whole discussion around cultural heritage and memory. I think it's such a crucial point! I was very moved by the existential questions our girl Jacqueline (love your pronunciation 👌) asked, it was so profound and made me so grateful for the human connections I do have in my life and all the ressources we have at the tips of our fingers. My husband worries about our move to Europe because he fears he won't be able to find a job and I told him "do you realize we live in the best era ever to communicate with people all around the world?!" We have so many options!
What you discussed in that video makes me think you would love Rima Elkouri's autobiographical novel "Manam" (which means "dream" in Arabic). It was also originally written in French and it deals with the consequences of the Armenian genocide (intergenerational trauma), collective memory, grief (after she lost her grandmother), etc. It's been translated into English not so long ago and it's one of those books I wanted to reread immediately after finishing it. I felt compelled to share, so here you go. ☺️
Yes this is such a unique story! And there’s so much to analyze 😍 and it does make us reflect on the connections and memories and we have! Thank you for you insightful comment!!
Ooh thanks for the rec! So much to read, so little time 😂
I would love to hear you talk about this without worrying about spoilers. Like fulllllll analysis! Loved this book and am having a hard time finding analysis
Oooooh I like this idea!!! If I want to talk about spoilers in books, I can just time stamp that section so people who don’t want to be spoiled can skip it.
Absolutely amazing book, and it should be widely read
Agreed!
Stumbled upon this book on thrift books and added it to my wish list.. there wasn't much reviews so I got curious and came looking lol thankful to find you're channel 💜 adding this to my cart RIGHT NOW!
Oooooh I hope you enjoy it!! It’s a really unique narrative
Around 9 minutes, one thing that unites those three authors: Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Dostoevsky, is that they use insane heroes to move their stories forward. Of course, Rashkolnikov is cured eventually but not Don Quixote, nor any of WS' tragic heroes. Obviously I can't speculate if this feature was intentional on Harpman's part tho I suspect it was, because as you pointed out there are many stories featuring sane characters, such as Mr. Darcy in P & P. Food for thought, thx. Right, A-aron?
Oooooooh I like your thoughts on that! I think you make be one to something! Hahaha! A-Aron 😂
I love this book so much. I read it in December and ended up reading it again two weeks later. I feel like it’s endlessly rereadable and you will get something new from it every time. It is deeply thought-provoking and gorgeously written.
Yes, it is fantastic! I want to reread it soon!
Can’t stop thinking about her!!! Easily one of my favorites
It is a book that definitely lingers! I do want to reread it!
Wonderful review, you are so well spoken!
Thank you so much!
You need to interrogate why you think she wouldn't be
I need this book now. Thank you !!!
You do! This one is fantastic!
You got me curious. I'm going to check into that novel.
Yay! I’m so glad! I hope you get to read it soon!
First of all, I love your hair back! Secondly, ... "In April 2014, 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a government secondary school in Chibok, a town in Borno State. Some of the girls escaped captivity on their own, while others were later released following intense campaigning efforts by civil society organizations and negotiations by the government." This sh-t happens. I was deeply disturbed when I heard this news. Also, Room ( a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue) was based on a true story in Austria. Reality is sometimes unbelievable. I'm looking forward to reading this. Thank you. Foucault talked about never being able to really know history.
Thank you! I almost never wear it back unless it’s super hot, I have dance class or I just can’t be bothered 😂. Oh yea, it’s really not uncommon 😩
This book is so simple that it's complicated. It's an exercise in nihilism which leaves the reader questioning the meaning of their own existence. It's a book that constantly teases you, making you hope something positive will happen, but it doesn't. It's not a plot driven book, but one that concentrates on the character of the protagonist.
Is it a good book? The jury is still out for me.
it's definitely an odd piece of fiction!
Can you recommend some books for me,a teenage girl to read in the next year?
Is there a genre you tend to enjoy? I
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Hi, I have read the book but I am really struggling to find the appeal/why people enjoyed reading this, all I took away from this was an incredibly depressing and boring plot which felt very repetitive devoid of any closure or satisfaction, I found the protagonist rather frustrating, dry and found her decisions to become quite infuriating in this uninteresting world,
Please help me understand as I fail to comprehend why this is so provocative for some people and didn't find that it answered any deep questions.
I’m not sure if I can make enjoy the book or get what may appeal to you verses what you didn’t like 😅 the reasons why you didn’t care for it are very valid and I can see why some readers may not enjoy certain elements of the novel.
I have just finished it. Just 10 mins ago. I do not get it either. I also find it repetitive and frustrating. I do not see what the point is
So in this book the narrator and other's are always eating frozen food, and even after escaping the food is good for 47 years, does frozen food really keep this well? And also without no other people around, how is it the electricity and air conditioning is still working for so many damn years?
LOL I did wonder about that as I was reading it.
A A-Ron..
🤣🤣🤣🙌🏼 it never gets old!
@@alanaestelle2076 😂😂
I love that skit! And I am a supporter of the A-a-ron pronunciation, because it neatly differentiates it from my name - spent my whole childhood explaining that no, I do not have a boy's name. Although there was that shop teacher in middle school, who was years ahead of his time channeling that skit, and insisted on trying to pronounce my name ER - in (first syllable like 'her' without the h) , but couldn't manage it and it came out "Erwin". Which was then my brother's nickname for me for years. 😏
@@erinh7450 haha love it!!! 🤣🙌🏼 this skit lives in our head rent free.
@@erinh7450 That's hilarious. I'm an A A-Ron with the double A.. and nobody knows what I reference when I say A A-Ron. Pretty sure they just assume I'm an idiot, which I'm okay with as well. 😂
Is this a kind of feminist book?
In a way, but not in the way I was expecting. It’s not preachy or political.