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vivastory

Mister N | Najwa Barakat

I just checked my mail & had this waiting for me! Thanks again @DGRachel Looking forward to it 📚

DGRachel Enjoy! 2y

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DGRachel

Mister N | Najwa Barakat

so-so

This is really difficult for me to review. For the right reader, I can see this being a much loved work. The prose is excellent and the story is complex. The eponymous Mister N is mentally ill, which creates a great deal of confusion in the 1st person narrative. I did not enjoy spending 254 pages stuck inside Mister N‘s brain. The back cover calls this a dark comedy and says it is “comical and tragic by turns”.👇🏻

DGRachel I found no hints of comedy at all, just darkness. This is a sad, tragic, and depressing novel. I‘m giving this a so-so to be fair. Well written? No doubt. Just not a novel for me. For me, it would be a pan. 2y

vivastory I appreciate your thoughtful, balanced review. I'm stacking. It sounds like a book I might enjoy. 2y

DGRachel @vivastory - do you want my ARC? I‘ll gladly mail it to you. 2y

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vivastory If you don't mind, I'd appreciate it 🙂 Thank you for the generous offer! 2y

DGRachel @vivastory I don‘t mind at all - it saves me a little shelf space. I‘ll try to get it in the mail sometime this week. 🙂 2y

DGRachel @vivastory The book should arrive by Saturday. ☺️ 2y

vivastory Thanks so much! I used to read a lot more middle eastern lit & recently decided to make a priority to read more translated work in general. This will be a good starting point 🙂 2y

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DGRachel

Mister N | Najwa Barakat

I do love #bookmail. 💖

kspenmoll Me too! 2y

BarbaraBB Looking good 2y

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