@thenextpage.bsky.socialFinished #Switzy
#EmmaCline
They fidgeted…Waiting to be released outside,back to freedom,but first the debt that had to be paid. They were learning how to be bored…a fraction of how bored they would be in the years that waited for them.
Better that they didn't tell you this…So you had some chance.
@ravencrime.bsky.socialMy @thebookerprizes.com picks! Would be delighted to see any of these make the shortlist later today.
The only book I didn't get to read was #Switzy but of the other 12 these were the ones that resonated with me the most or felt more interesting stylistically or in subject matter.
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@pudseyrecommends.bsky.socialPoignant, unsettling and quietly devastating, #Switzy explores dementia, assisted dying, ageing and regret without simplifying any of them. It stayed with me long after I finished reading
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@thenextpage.bsky.socialHe had listened attentively, tried to detect some kind of shape in the sonic junk…Straining to be moved in some way. And even as the music had started…he wanted to be elsewhere. Perhaps his entire life had been a form of that wish. To be somewhere else. To hurry this along.
@maxpuffins.bsky.socialLots of hype around Switzy, long listed for the Booker Prize, just released in September. Tough subject matter - mental decay, the loss of identity and death - but still a surprisingly enjoyable read.
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@whatcathyreadnext.bsky.socialMy review of the Booker Prize longlisted Switzy by Emma Cline @ChattoBooks #Switzy #books #bookreviews #BookerPrize #contemporaryfiction #booksky