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HennyVee
, May 19, 2021
It's about how all of watches have stopped, the concept of time has vanished, there isn't an officially recognized day of the week, year, month, or time of day anymore. This obviously disorients the world who's lives have always been lived on a timeline, of sorts. Our protagonist Truda (a.k.a Tru) and all the other students have been tasked with finding a solution. Tru is full of odd analogies that seem to only make sense to her, making it hard to follow at times. She never explains even when shes admittedly aware of it's obscurity. The writing style altogether is something I've never seen before and that obviously doesn't make it inherently "bad." It just took a little adjusting to fully appreciate. Which I grew to like and recognize how it's actually tied to the story if you pay attention. ;) The very best part of this book IMO is the different ties to psychology especially Tru's "solution" using emotions as "days of the week." The way her group took the task seriously and learned meaningful things not usually taught in school. It really makes you wonder if losing time might actually be a blessing. To be able to focus on things that really matter and no one would feel "behind" because technically we'd always be on time.
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Savage Tongues
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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
HennyVee
, May 19, 2021
I absolutely think I've stumbled onto one of my new favorite writers with this book. The writing style is almost poetic. As someone who writes as a hobby I found myself smiling internally reading this as if to say "I KNOW you're proud of this one girl." A hypothetical high-five, if you would. I frequently paused to quote the beautifully architected lines that, if were composed as a song, would be deemed of "lyrical genius." I very much relate to the protagonist of the story. From the readers perspective she is an intelligent, and focused woman hellbent on looking her trauma in the eyes, yearning to finally free herself from herself. The dynamic of a woman and her friend Ellie, who both finally found someone of similarity within each other. This solidarity between the two of them leads us to our story. Which is the story of their travels together, to the places where they each had faced their most damaging abuses. It's done in a manner that DOESNT push the typical "Woe is me" victim narrative but it's displaying the power of taking accountability and giving it to whom it truly belongs. The author is a cold glass of water for those of us thirsty for something raw and intuitive but not convoluted.
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