'What I'd Rather Not Think About' by Jente Posthuma

'What I'd Rather Not Think About' by Jente Posthuma - BOOK REVIEW

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3 ай бұрын

Jente Posthuma’s ‘What I’d Rather Not Think About’ is less of a novel and more a series of sad (and usually effective) anecdotes. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024.
6 or 7/10
What I’d Rather Not Think About: What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them? This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s deceptively simple What I’d Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his own life. She looks back on their childhood, and tells of their adult lives: how her brother tried to find happiness, but lost himself in various men and the Bhagwan movement, though never completely.
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@nathansnook 3 ай бұрын

disco king??? more like BOOKER king! ✨👑

@TheDiscoKingOfficial 3 ай бұрын

THANKS Nathan! My ego will let me pin this!!

@benreadsgood 3 ай бұрын

As ever, great review. And tbh you are too good at reading and it fills me with shame at my own puny observations 😂 I read this a few weeks ago and I liked it but can barely remember much about it. Maybe I’ll just play your review in the middle of my video.

@FrankieOlive91 3 ай бұрын

You are both my favorite book reviewers for different reasons.

@nathansnook 3 ай бұрын

holy schnapps this sounds incredible. always astounded how you can concisely talk about a book. loved the points about the devestation of personal history vs the history at large and how unsubtle the comparisons are.

@TKTalksBooks 2 ай бұрын

Very well thought out review. Thx DK

@FrankieOlive91 3 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to hear what you have to say about Kairos. That one is next up for me and the first I’m reading of the short or longlist.

@Shelf_Improvement 3 ай бұрын

It's weird that some of the Booker nominees are such crap. Glad this one was good, I will check it out.

@TommyRogic18 3 ай бұрын

More than a hint of Sylvia Plath with the holocaustal imagery and the use of mass disasters to communicate inner pain. Interesting book and great review.

@bibliosophie Күн бұрын

that was my first thought!

@LauraFreyReadinginBed 2 ай бұрын

I felt the same about this book, enjoyed it with a few misgivings. Now.. based on what you said at the end, do you have a rant review of Undiscovered? I hope because that was THE WORST