i had this book for a summer reading project and honestly i’m so glad i did, I JUST FINISHED IT RIGHT NOW!! this book was filled with so much detail and emotion and Colson Whitehead puts so much incredible language within each chapter, it was an amazing read and the end tied it up beautifully. 10/10!!
I only learned about the Year 24 Group recently as I've gotten into The Rose of Versailles (the anime). When this popped up on my feed I was really excited to learn more :) Thanks for a great video on it!
Today I finished The Setting Sun. The narration is Soo good that I could imagine myself with Kazuko. Also I cried when their mother died. The ending was also bittersweet
Man this book is absolutely insane, I read it all in one evening. I never predicted that the last half of the book would be so drastically different from the first half…
When I finished university I was so sure women and the women's movement was so much further ahead than it actually is. I was sure I'd get married and have babies. Life took a different and darker turn. I didn't plan it that way. However, instead of compassion I experienced exactly what you said, "if you refuse (sometimes fo reasons outside of your power) to use your body to create new life you will be shunned rejected mistreated etc" It is true. I was told I have no value because I'm not a mother. I already felt sad that I wasn't a mother and then I experienced prejudice on top of it. I can't even imagine what women went through before. If it's this bad now, it must've been unbearable before. I might read this book.
It became a hobby book and every time I read it I can't stop until a couple of hours later, I hope he continues to dedicate himself to more books like loop, which fascinated me. ♥️♥️♥️
Gay publications and porn are the biggest corruption in the world. God created people from two genders that complement each other and build a home. The opposite of this cannot be considered. Women are beautiful as women, men are beautiful as men. Trying to change this is futile.
Il first start with the positive points: I liked the feel of the book, and its quirky depiction of a young girl who felt she didn’t fit in to the world around her… Now on the negative: Whilst I really tried to enter the mind of the author and get a real understanding of the book and the characters I have today that this book (especially the ending) is ridiculous. I understand trauma and how it can distance people from reality and make them feel separated from society. I thought this book would take the terrible experience of the characters and the their altered interpretation of reality and delve into what it meant for them as individuals going from traumatised children into their adult lives (in what ever shape or form that took). Instead I feel like it just plopped a bunch of taboos in for shock value and had no where to go with it. The end was TERRIBLE and the most ridiculous of all!!!! Bringing cannibalism in to the mix in such an unrealistic way, void of human emotion or feeling was just crazy to me. It felt like the author wanted to quickly finish the book in an over the top way. This book had potential to go into many different avenues but sadly lost its way.
I came back to watch this again after I finally got to Vivek Oji. Oh my gosh that book ripped my heart apart. So masterful. I had already read Chronicle of a Death Foretold, which was also amazing. Every book recommendation I've taken from you has been a 5 star, Seji! :)
Hi ! I just finished your video, it was so interesting ! I came because I found your video after finishing recently a manga by Moto Hagio and Iwas looking for a video about the Year 24 group. I got now a lot of screenshots on my phone of manga that I need to found and read xD (Sorry, English is not my first langage)
I recommend "The epitaph of a small winner" (the original title is memórias póstumas de brás cubas) by machado de assis, it's one of the greatest brazilian classics 💚
Okay so I haven't read the novel itself, but I just got the TUTTLE manga version of No Longer Human, which I hear no one else talk about. I had no idea that Juni did his own adaptation. But nevertheless, this is very sad and depressing so far.
I was always hesitant on having a storygraph account just because I don’t wanna spend even more time online when I have all these other profiles for sites I’m either on waaay to often or ones I don’t go on at all, but this totally convinced me to start using this as an alternative to goodreads, thank you so much for showing it in this video, it already is beating out goodreads in sooo many ways
Seji!! Coming back to this after ages. I’m in a PhD program now and I made friends with this woman in my classes. She and I are trading books and she mentioned her desire for more Nigerian works as a Nigerian herself. Excited to talk about this with her, and she lent me “Broken People’s Playlist.” I also shared your video with her :) I love how you discuss this book and how Emezi made a YA book feel so rich and nuanced (I know a lot more YA has tried that, but many fail and I think Emezi nailed it)
I'm an old straight white man and I enjoy your reviews. I have tried to expand my reading beyond white male writers. What I've learned is that race/gender/age, etc matters as far as one's perspective in literature and living. You mentioned James Baldwin, who gives me a headache every time I read him. And, that's a good thing. Thanks for the guideposts to more, and less familiar writers.
Can anyone explain the ending with her wanting MC to tell his wife about her baby being naojis? Is it because she is mad about her brothers suicide she wants to start drama ?
What you say about Dutch books is exactely why I don't like them. I am Dutch, but mostly read in English or translated from English. I would love more fantasy or other genres from Dutch authors. The book about the bakery sounds very interesting!
im a big fan of these types of books, and it was a small easy read book. im asexual and demi and i love how she mentioned that! I brought this book up to my father and me, my mother, my father, and both of my brothers are autistic & the more i think about it the more i realize all of these feeling she doesnt feel, not understand others feelings, why they do certain things its autistic behaviors. also not liking change and matching eachothers energy to make them like her. she masks, and i love it so much because i relate to it! i just got her newer book and cant wait to read it !!
I just finished the book and I really enjoyed it/found it so bothersome - however I feel so confused by the ending!? Am I dumb?? lol it felt like it just ended abruptly!!
hes such a good writer. i can still see the oozey mossy writing in the lighthouse from annihilation after reading it three years ago. borne was my first vandermeer book and i loved it. the annihilation movie was ok, obvs the book is better. Vesper wasn't a vandermeer adaption but i felt like it showed his world better than annihilation. my 2cents
Awesome!! I'm looking to buy that dictionary, as well as some other kanji-pedias. I use the "kanji study" app paired with "ankidroid" flashcards app. I'm mainly learning for the calligraphy 😍!!!!
The relationship between Hiram and his slaver master father was very interesting. His father liked him and his talent but still saw him as a slave. A slaver with brains. I think it was already said in the book, but how what do you think Hiram thought about his father after he died ?
