A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding

A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding | Amanda Svensson

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The first book to come up at the library for me off the Booker longlist. What a quirky read. It definitely got slow in the middle, but I was hooked at the beginning and by the time things started to come together in the second half, I was in it until the end. It‘s a long book and certainly felt that way in parts. But, in the end, I liked it. It‘s just a bit of a commitment.

Centique Totally agree! 😍 13mo

sarahbarnes @Centique I do think we felt similarly about it! 13mo

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A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding | Amanda Svensson

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On a whim, I chose this book off the International Man Booker long list. I think inspired by @rockpools yearly deep dive into this prize list. Why I chose the chunkiest book? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Masochism? Anyhow, no matter how interesting I make this review sound most of my friends here would hate this book. You have been warned. (Generally my most tepid reviews get the most stack adds 😂😂) I almost gave up on this half way. But I ended up liking it. ⬇️

Centique It has a surreal, farcical side that I liked. The boring bits, for me, were the realistic parts - some of which dragged. A hundred pages shorter would have made a big difference to my 3 star rating I‘m sure. 13mo

Centique Looking at Good Reads this is the kind of book that gets 5 stars or 1 star. A marmite book! 13mo

Texreader It‘s summary sounds really interesting. Trying to decide whether to stack it. 13mo

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rockpools 😂😂😂Apologies for putting you through that. I haven‘t been able to get hold of this one yet - very tempted to stack it though, just to prove your point about tepid reviews😜. (Totally off the point, but Gah! Reviews! I should write some of those!) My question is: IS it joyful? The blurb describes it as joyful, which is not a word I trust on IBP reads… 13mo

batsy From the longlist this is the one that appeals the least. But you've managed to make it sound intriguing, as always. Great review! 13mo

Centique @Texreader I do want someone else to read it so there is another point of view! 13mo

Centique @rockpools that is a really good question! It does celebrate weirdness and a bunch of unusual people although they are all falling apart in their own ways. So yes, but there was quite a lot of ennui from different characters to get through on the way. I‘m sure there‘s a lot more sunlight in this one though than some others! 13mo

Centique @rockpools don‘t apologise though - I‘m glad I read it! 13mo

Centique @batsy thank you. It‘s tricky when a book is a chunkster - I wonder how much my review is influenced by how long it feels when you‘re in the middle. Maybe if I was a faster reader I would feel differently 🤷🏻‍♀️ 13mo

CarolynM I will take you at your word and assume I would hate it. Whew! That‘s one less book for the never ending TBR🤣 (edited) 13mo

Centique @CarolynM 😂😂😂 13mo

Jeg Thanks for your review. Pretty sure I won‘t read , thick books tend to deter me. So I‘m thinking like Carolyn. 😊x 13mo

BarbaraBB Fab review and thoughts. I am on the fence about this one. 13mo

sarahbarnes I love your review of this! I just (finally) finished it tonight and share many of your feelings about it. I also gave it a pick - I liked it even though it dragged on in parts. 13mo

Centique @sarahbarnes that‘s so interesting! Im glad you ended up liking it. I‘m so keen to read your review now 😍 13mo

Rissreads I‘ll skip it! 🤣 13mo

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