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I don't know what the title is about, I don't know what the link is between Perran the fisherboy and Perran the son, I don't know what the environmental storyline means, I don't know who the woman in grey is or why she is there, I don't know what happened to Perran and why people should be so hostile towards Timothy, I don't know what Lauren's got to do with it. I am left with so many questions, I need to find some answers. #booker #manbooker

The good thing about having low expectations for a book is that it ends up being not as bad as you had anticipated.

This 160-page book was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2016. From the reviews I've seen, people either loved this book or hated it - not a lot of middle ground. Thought I'd give it a whirl and see for myself!

#bestdebutsof2016 #feistyfeb

I didn't read many debuts that came out last year, but this weird, disturbing, sad novel stands out.

Despite (1) not knowing what was going on a lot of the time, (2) the annoying pages-long recountings of dreams, (3) the clunky use of flashbacks, I quite enjoyed this brooding, atmospheric tale of grief and mystery in a Cornish fishing village. The novel's flaws were perhaps forgivable in a first novel; by the same token, its many strengths were all the more impressive.

From my TBR & cannot wait to read it. #debutnovels #booktober @RealLifeReading

In case you're confused, the affliction at issue here is caused by jellyfish stings.

Absolutely amazing. I sobbed. So far this book is in my personal top pick for the Shortlist (even though it didn't make it). Holy Cats. I don't really want to review this book anymore because it is a book you should go into blind. Just trust me, it is so good.

I love this author and his book!

This may be a book that needs reading twice. Heavily drenched in Cornish sea-fog. A sad, strange story.

Completely absorbed by this one, today.

Our Man Booker Prize 2016 judges‘ comments on Wyl Menmuir‘s The Many!

‘The Many is a quiet book that packs a powerful punch.‘

Is it on your bookshelf?

#ManBooker2016 #FinestFiction

This was my first read of the 2016 Booker Longlist. I enjoyed the dread an uncertainty throughout. I would have liked a bit more at the end. Not much more though. I've enjoyed thinking back through to work out the meaning of certain elements. An impressive, if disturbing, debut.

3 down 10 to go #bookerprize

Read this one on one sitting. Absolutely amazing, this is what fiction can do.

Wait, what? I liked this book, but I'm not entirely sure what happened. But I still liked it. Moody, dark, and strange.

Up next! Booker long list #8.

About halfway through Man Booker long listed The Many and it's pretty good. Read half the book in one sitting before falling asleep. It's easy to gobble this book up.

It's enigmatic and challenging book, interwoven with deep feelings of loss, grief and cold through the hole story. Story begins when Timothy moved in to the very hostile village/environment with close-circle of villagers. We slowly getting to know him trough his dreams, flashbacks and his observations of the village/sea.I have mixed feelings about this book, I don't understand/can't figure it out and for now I have too many unanswered questions.

Sabotaging my own plans to only read books off my shelves in August, by filling up the kindle with samples from the Booker Longlist on the last day of July. And I *might* have had to buy The Many (because local) & North Water (because daily deal) to get me started. Seriously! No will power!

Another Man Booker longlist title, The Many, only $7.99 on Kindle! #2016manbookerlonglist