After about thirteen years I decided to give this a reread and realized I did forget a lot of it. It took longer to read due to the parallels between the state of the world and it's themes. I kept having to put it down for a few days. Most of the book is a simple read with only the last third becoming emotionally more difficult.

It's a disheartening book but I think it's something people should read regardless, at least once.

Thanks for reading!

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[–] Isbjerg@feddit.dk 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is a great read. Also consider the book Julia, where the story is rewritten from her perspective. It is also lovely and the author matches the language pretty well to the original.

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oh wow, I hadn't heard of that one. It does sound interesting though so I might pick it up. Thanks!