Litsy

My Murder | Katie Williams

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Another book I was inspired to read after seeing the author at TX Book Fest.

5 women are cloned after being murdered by a serial killer. This is from the point of view of Louis, who was killed while running in her city‘s park.

An interesting aspect was that Louis had a daughter who was just 3 months old when she was killed, and her clone‘s relationship with her daughter.

The ending was unexpected for me, in a good way.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

AmyG I think I have this. Sounds fascinating. 1mo

bookishbitch Sounds super interesting. Also, your kitty is so beautiful. 1mo

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 1mo

CatLass007 Your kitty is definitely beautiful. The Cat Rapper sings about his Sphynx cats. I have added this book to my ever growing Audible wishlist. (edited) 1mo

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Jgacreations

My Murder | Katie Williams

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It was good. I read it pretty quick. Wish the ending was a little better but I did enjoy it.

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Nathan_Opland-Dobs

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

so-so

😒

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RavenclawPrincess913

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

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AmyG

My Murder | Katie Williams

PART 1

4 amazing books!!! I am so excited to read these this winter during hibernation. 🤣
Thank you SO much! @guinsgirlreads

#HauntedHollowSwap #HHS #HHS24 @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Awesome! 🖤🎃🧡👻 6mo

KT1432 I have Diavola and I‘ve heard such great things about it! 6mo

AmyG @KT1432 Same. I will probably read that one first. 6mo

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MrsMalaprop

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

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What a disturbing, sad little book 😳. The cold, simple style contributed to the atmosphere. Cannot say that I enjoyed it, but I was affected by it. Creepy.

Graywacke I have this. Not on my immediate horizon, but it‘s on my little shelf of books i‘m thinking of reading in 2025. 8mo

Lcsmcat I had the same feeling. And @Graywacke It‘s best to go into it with as little information as possible. 8mo

Graywacke @Lcsmcat huh. Noting. I don‘t know anything about other than that it‘s liked. 8mo

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Deblovestoread

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

#SchoolSpirit #BoardingSchool

One of the best boarding school novels that doesn‘t have witches, wizards or magic.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Lesliereadsalot I loved this one! 8mo

Eggs Great choice! Compelling 😔 8mo

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Robotswithpersonality

My Murder | Katie Williams

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The Echo Wife meets How to be Eaten and The Final Girl's Support Group.
I am very glad I did not figure out what was going on until the reveal - I'm even more relieved this was not a 'the husband did it' plot.
I really admire the book for presenting the doubt in motherhood, and a character who is not shamed for deciding that motherhood and marriage were not right for her only after having tried it. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? The main perspective is that of the woman who chooses to be a wife and mother, who wants to stay, so subjectively the judgement could be there, but the narrative leaves room for an individual to make their own choice.
The commentary is clear on which figure society sees as more sympathetic - the young mother being the role model victim - the original clandestinely slipping away to a new life 8mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? - though that probably has more to do with the fact that she can't just pop up without creating issues for the cloning company and possibly herself given the murder investigation.
I'll admit for a while there I was more enamoured of the first half than the second, when the first had the literary sci fi bent of examining how a woman fits back into her life as a clone of a previous self, how a VR setting could provide intimacy, 8mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? could provide catharsis for murder victims - though I guess that last one's more a second half revelation; how the serial killer and the cloning board both seem to view the women as special and yet homogenous, replaceable, the idea of women feeling devalued, unrecognized even as they're unable to escape public attention. 8mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/? Then there are the non sci fi related questions around dealing with a sense of self, mortality, vulnerability, being a woman not automatically meaning victim, even as trauma, as media, as society keeps trying to attach that label; the struggle for control, obviously the concerns about trying to be a good mother, worries about connecting to one's child, physically and emotionally, even before post partum depression is suggested. 8mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 Because the second half shifted into murder mystery mode I thought I was losing the contemplative pieces but the last revelations, the choices available, the role cloning actually played, that the husband actually played, really worked for me.
Similar to The Echo Wife, all the comps above, really, I enjoyed how this worked out way more than I thought I would. Adding another 'clones' book to my favourites pile!

⚠️mentions of domestic abuse (edited) 8mo

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