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It’s extra, like guacamole 🥑

Revisado: 02-10-25

At the present moment of the earths unfolding an intellectual exhaled an abundance of words that seemed to undulate into an intoxicating sensory explosion of reflections on human kinds treatment of the cerulean planet they currently inhabit.

It’s poetic, drawn out, woo hoo, and you’ll probably wonder why the author just didn’t say “Hey folks, treat the planet better because it’s going to hell in a hand basket 🧺.” If you love a lot of flowery writing this is for you.

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Beautiful Writing but A Bit Flat in Storyline/historical context

Revisado: 02-02-25

This novel is beautifully written. The first half of it really drew me in. The MC half heartedly attends a protest with a friend and things go bad from there, permanently bonding the friends. From there it does begin to meander and become repetitive. I wish more had been explored about the history of the region and not as much intellectualizing over the MC thoughts/feelings. There’s a very subdued writing style throughout that is lovely but can feel flat at times. With that being said, I do recommend you read/listen to it. I enjoyed the narration.

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Hmmm 🤔

Revisado: 01-30-25

This is an important and timely topic but it’s told in a drawn out, not very interesting manner. The characters are not well developed and have constant, somewhat boring misunderstandings. I really wanted to love this one but unfortunately I didn’t.

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Good but too obvious in its agenda

Revisado: 01-28-25

The story of Lexington and Jarret is really good but Theo and Jess are written in such an obvious way. The author does not trust the reader to get the correlation between the racism going on today and the slavery of the past. We are told (not just shown) repeatedly, like we are dumb to what’s going on and the writing trips all over itself and its agenda during the final chapters. I appreciate the message in the novel but there is a nuance missing, otherwise it would have been a five star read/listen for me.

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Powerful, Tough Listen

Revisado: 01-26-25

To truly understand the depth of this novel, I believe it will take several readings. Han Kang is a masterful, complex, sometimes confusing storyteller. We Do Not Part, like Human Acts, is a documenting of atrocities that took place in Korean history. It is masterfully set up almost as a dream like ghost story, when a close friend calls on the MC to save her bird after being hospitalized. She has severed her fingers and her beloved Budgie will not survive without care. There is a palatable tension throughout the MC’s journey to get to the island in a snowstorm. From there research papers are found on the massacre that took place.

I will not give anymore details away as I feel it is best to read them within the novel. This is a tough read. The MC is suffering with suicide ideations/depression and the atrocities that have taken place within her country. It does not shy away from the descriptive truth of the massacre, including the killing of children but there is also a masterful lightness to her sentences and comparisons to birds, snow, black logs, matches slowing burning out, trees that look human, etc. that makes it all digestible.

We do not part from remembering the people or what happened to them after reading this beautiful novel. And you will sadly question humanity and the evil humans are capable of.

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The narrator is perfect!

Revisado: 01-03-25

I who am thankful I’m not one of the 40. Dystopian, dehumanizing, surreal, desolate, puzzling, and utterly unique. Absolutely horrifying and very human.

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Insightful

Revisado: 01-03-25

A raw account of the aftermath and fallout of separation and divorce from the authors perspective. It’s brittle, messy, rambling at times but also insightful. Divorce isn’t pretty and Cusk will definitely make you uncomfortable with her thoughts. If you need the “dirty details or why” of the divorce this isn’t the book for you.

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Not sure if I’d recommend

Revisado: 01-02-25

It’s definitely an eye opening account of one man’s struggle with depression, masking, probable personality disorders, and feeling like an outsider. The man was such a user that I struggled to feel anything for him. Depression and other mental health issues are a struggle and unfortunately these are some of the behaviors that manifest.

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My Best Read of 2024!

Revisado: 12-30-24

This is one of the most unique stories I’ve ever read/listened to. Absolutely loved it!! The Irish accent is perfect 👏👏👏🤣

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Bland with irritatingly simple dialogue

Revisado: 12-28-24

This reads like an angsty children’s book but with alcohol. The reader also has a child’s voice and cadence emphasizing the juvenile feel of this book. I do feel sad for people who go through life like this 🥲

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