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A thoughtful insight of the possibilities of the post pandemic life and the reconnection to our sense of purpose in this short life

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Such a gem of a book. I wanted to stick arrows on every word!

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Barely into this book & I fill like sticky noting every line!

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In just 90p Shafak manages to say a lot about the world of today. Especially about the import of listen to others and the importance of feeling heard, and what happens when this is not the case. This is very recently written since she talked about Covid and George Floyd. She also gives us insight into her own family and childhood.

I love Shafak, but this would have worked better „in person“ than on paper. She reflects on what is important for a global society and how we got to the stage we‘re in, but it is kept rather broad and general. This was less of a „think-piece“ and more of an inporational essay, as instead of instructions it provides more encouragement not to loose hope i humanity. #24B4MondayReadathon

This is the first book I read by Elif Shafak and I really liked it. Her writing style as well as the fact that this book feels so relevant to some of current debates in the world make this book a goos choice for me

This book contains a series of essays about life in the post-pandemic (or mid-pandemic?) world. I‘m continuing to think about the idea of listening out for the missing voices in our current cultural climate. I want to have a soft enough heart to listen, instead using my anger to propel me in positive directions.

The final essay was too brief & missed the opportunity to tie it all together. With a more thorough conclusion this is a 5 star book.

I did like this book, and I thought she covered some great topics. There was a lot that I think I agreed with her on, but the book was so short and some of the essays felt a little rushed. I understand that it‘s a very topical book and they probably wanted to get it published quickly so it wouldn‘t go out of date, but I was left feeling like it was quite thin and I wish this intelligent, insightful writer had had more space to make bigger points.

The moment we stop listening to diverse opinions is also when we stop learning. Because the truth is we don‘t learn much from sameness and monotony. We usually learn from differences.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to check out her other works. It's short (90 pages), concise, and frighteningly relevant to how I was feeling when I read it. She talks about how apathy is a dangerous emotion, how anxiety is contagious, and how we live in an information saturated world that could be doing more harm than good. Plus it uses some contemporary events for examples. It's 100% worth checking out and I'll read this again.

Immediately reserve this at your local library or order this from your favorite independent bookstore. Powerful, thought provoking and immensely important.

I do like Elif Shafak. She‘s an author whose novels aren‘t necessarily my thing, but I always want to hear what she has to say.

This is a mid-pandemic essay about the world we live in, the importance of hearing other voices (and of being heard), the dangers of echo chambers, and the need for optimism. It‘s also stories from her life, and in a world of information overload, how very necessary storytelling is for empathy.