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Everything I Don't Remember
Everything I Don't Remember: A Novel | Jonas Hassen Khemiri
WINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE, SWEDENS MOST PRESTIGIOUS LITERARY HONOR One of Swedens most celebrated young writers and activists spins an exhilarating, innovative, and gripping murder mystery reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial. A young man named Samuel dies in a horrible car crash. Was it an accident or was it suicide? To answer that question, an unnamed writer with an agenda of his own sets out to map Samuels last day alive. Through conversations with friends, relatives, and neighbors, a portrait of Samuel emerges: the loving grandchild, the reluctant bureaucrat, the loyal friend, the contrived poseur. The young man who did everything for his girlfriend Laide and shared everything with his best friend Vandad. Until he lost touch with them both. By piecing together an exhilarating narrative puzzle, we follow Samuel from the first day he encounters the towering Vandad to when they become roommates. We meet Panther, Samuels self-involved childhood friend whose move to Berlin indirectly cues the beginning of Samuels search for the meaning of lovewhich in turn leads Samuel to Laide. Soon, Samuels relationship with Laide leads to a chasm in his friendship with Vandad, and it isnt long before the lines between loyalty and betrayal, protection, and peril get blurred irrevocably. Everything I Dont Remember is a gripping tale about love and memory. But it is also a story about a writer who, by filling out the contours of Samuels story, is actually trying to grasp a truth about himself. In the end, what remains of all our fleeting memories? And what is hidden behind everything we dont remember? Told with Khemiris characteristic stylistic ingenuity, this is an emotional roller coaster ride of a book that challenges us to see ourselvesand our relationships to the closest people in our livesin new and sometimes shocking ways.
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AnneCecilie
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Not the tagged book, but Khemiri‘s latest novel is not in the database

Wow! Just WOW! This book is amazing. About 3 sisters, Ina, Evelyn and Anastasia. The book starts as the world is heading into a new millennium and the sisters are in their 20s and we follow them until after the pandemic.

Three‘s also a storyteller, telling us about the sisters in the 90s and how he came in contact with them.

A book about family, absent parents and kids

AnneCecilie who take on too much responsibility too soon, about mental illness and how that affects the family. Khemiri is part Swedish and part Tunisian, and all the main characters in this novel is that as well, so it‘s about how that effect you. We watch them as life change and change again. (edited) 5mo
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mimsickle
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Everything I don't remember was so so. It didn't capture me completely but I still finished it.

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Pandalibrarian
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Mehso-so

I finished this book tonight but I‘m still not sure I understand it. Maybe it‘s different in Swedish? I didn‘t like the interview narrative without knowing who the interviewer was. I did get caught up in the narrative in the second half but wished for just a bit more.

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AnneCecilie
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The pictured book isn't in the Litsy database, but the author is correct. The title would translate into "I call my brothers". This is based on a piece the author wrote for a newspaper after a suicide bomber blew himself in Stockholm 2010. This is about what it's like living in a #multiethnic society when something happens and you're perceived as the "other". #junebookbugs

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Jejalena
Allt jag inte minns | Jonas Hassen Khemiri
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Mina betyg här verkar starkt bero på mina förväntningar av boken. Det skulle varit 'so-so' om jag inte tänkte på att jag gav 'pick' till Lucy Dillon. Khemiri beskriver väldigt vackert de olika relationerna mellan sina karaktärer. Boken är dessutom skriven i en intressant form. Men ändå tappar jag lite av intresset efter tvåhundra sidor.

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Jejalena
Allt jag inte minns | Jonas Hassen Khemiri
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Nu har köerna för den här boken minskat något.

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MidnightBookGirl
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Bailedbailed

I might try this again in the future, but the style it's written in makes it super confusing to listen to. I just haven't been able to concentrate on the story.

Pandalibrarian I just finished reading it and was thinking about how the audio would make absolutely no sense. The print was hard enough to figure out! 5y
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Valeriie
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3.5 ⭐️ After Samuel's passing, friends and family investigate, with the help of a journalist, the fatal circumstances surrounding what looks like an accidental car crash. In an unconventional narrative structure follows the tale of betrayals, memories, love and lies. Reconstructing together in alternating flashbacks Samuel's last days and the young man that they thought they knew.

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susanw
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I believe I'm bailing on this. I'm at 60% and I just don't care.Not about any character, not about the supposed mystery.The structure of the book is interesting. Interviews, but we only hear the responses.At this point in the book I don't even know who's asking the questions. Some may love it. I just don't find it captivating and it's a chore when I force myself to read it. Too many other books to waste time on one not doing it for me.

BookishMarginalia I support the #bookbail! On to something that resonates with you. 👍🏼 8y
Notafraidofwords Support 🙌🏼 8y
Megabooks Always support bailing on the wrong book! 8y
Carol I don't think I could handle reading one-sided conversations! Hope the next book you pick up is a better time. 8y
RestingBodiceFace Agreed! Too many good books to spend time on bad ones. 8y
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isagination
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I loved the writing style A LOT, however the story itself was not fully complete in my opinion. I can't quite say what it is but there was a link missing that made it weird for me. Maybe it's intentional :D

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Snakes6atx
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Picked this up at the library - even though I already had library books and my own books to be read! The struggle is real... BUT I am going to start it anyway 😜

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susanw
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MyBookLife Jonas Hassen Khemiri ❤️ Love him! I haven't read this yet though. But I will, I've been wanting to read it for too long now!! I will read it in swedish though ;) 8y
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susanw
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This came from the library. I don't remember putting it on hold. I don't even know what it's about. When I looked it up, I didn't read past the first line of copy before I dove right into reading. The description? ...spins an exhilarating, innovative, and gripping murder mystery reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial. I'm in. #biblioweekend

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ErikasMindfulShelf
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4 🌟

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BookishDaayla
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Got this in the post today. Super excited to read it!

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NerdyRev
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Mehso-so

I don't know if it is brilliant or I dislike it. That says something about a book. It is like putting a puzzle together Rashomon style. It is all dialog separated by single dots. Each chapter is a different piece/perspective into the murder/suicide of Samuel. It is different and picks up by part 2.

NerdyRev I used the picture as an example of the writing. 8y
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