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Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated The Casual Vacancy in Books

Apr 29, 2021

The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry

6.6

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Incredibly well written book proving Rowling's giftedness and diversity.

A brutal social commentary illustrating the complex issues surrounding class and problems that society doesn't know how to deal with. It reveals the selfish way humans attempt to shroud themselves protectively in ignorance, clinging to the pleasantries we manufacture in pretence that poverty, suffering and social malaise are not only a stones throw away.

Expect to be taken out of your comfort zone and confronted with stark reality exposing attitudes and prejudices within society and ourselves.

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Tracey Thorn recommended Jacob's Room in Books (curated)

Jacob's Room

Virginia Woolf, Suzanne Raitt | 2007 | Essays

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"This was the first book I read and properly analyzed at university. It struck me as the first book I’d read that got inside people’s heads. A character, Jacob, is presented to us via the impressions of others, showing just how subjective is our version of reality. I was astonished by it, and reading it was a lightbulb moment for me; it was a revelation that other people were thinking and feeling all this stuff all the time. I’d thought it was just me."

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