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3.5⭐️ Felt that some sections were way too long and could have been easily made into another chapter; wish that there was a character list that I could refer to as I wasn‘t too sure of all the relationships that the characters had with each other. I can see why it was shortlisted for the #bookerprize & won the #gillerprize and the #governorgeneral in 2016

#2025 #fiction #china #historicalfiction #bookclub

4⭐️ Really liked this book; it was really well paced, had very interesting characters that were compelling in their own way. Had a bit of an issue with the last two chapters in that I felt that they were both a little too long. #2025 #fiction #bookerprize #feminism #bipoc #intersectionality #literaryfiction

The theme of literal translation/interpretation is wonderfully interwoven with a myriad of ways that we misinterpret. The novel moves from tense to calm but with an underlying sense of fear and dislocation. There is also movement between dreams/nightmares and a dislocation from reality, that leaves you wondering what is actually happening. An impressive first novel and it‘s highly engaging/unputdownable.
#firstnovel #translation #bookerprize

Metafiction where fiction and reality collide, snails, critique of international bride industry, dark humor, commentary on Ukraine war, the power and impact of storytelling…

I absolutely loved this book. My favorite so far from the Booker list (although I still have a few to go). #bookerprize

Book #2 for our panel is One Boat. Check out the reviews in link below and leave a comment with your reviews. We were split on this one. Who do you agree with? #bookerprize

https://thereadersroom.org/2025/08/25/2025-booker-longlist-one-boat-by-jonathan-...

It‘s definitely a book-related post, even though it may not look like it!

A rare ‘lefty‘ snail is one of the main characters in the tagged book, longlisted for the #bookerprize. 😝

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/27/campaign-find-love-left-spiralling...

Making my way through the Booker list. Loving the writing in this book. In 2 days I leave for vacation with my daughter to Italy where we will eat, read, and go to the beach. This is our annual tradition - 1-2 weeks traveling to a new to her place (I have been to Italy many times) over the summer. Time flies, she will be 15 this year and our trips will likely stop when she goes off to college. #bookerprize

My Booker stack. I have the rest as ebooks but holding to snag the hardcopies of those too #bookerprize

Audition made the #BookerPrize longlist! Interested to see what other #camplitsy people think of this!

Personally I didn‘t enjoy reading it. But I can see how it‘s a good novel? I just don‘t like being confused! 🤣

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I have finally completed the #bookerprize longlist!
I wish I could say I finished on a high but, alas.... ? This had its moments but, goodness, did it test my patience! Many of the "events" happen off the page, in the great chunks of time between chapters, which makes the languorous prose / long-windedness (depending on how fed up I was) all the more frustrating. And I really could have done without that epilogue.