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The Great Believers
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bookshelves: modern-american-lit, 2020-tbr-challenge, national-book-award-nominees, pulitzer-finalists, queer-content
May 18, 2020
bookshelves: modern-american-lit, 2020-tbr-challenge, national-book-award-nominees, pulitzer-finalists, queer-content
I have rarely been so moved by a book as I was by this one. Written in a wonderfully lucid, accessible, open-hearted manner, it powerfully evokes in its twin stories a past and present that are complex, mournful, alive, and immediate. This novel is a beautifully generous testament to the necessity and power of bearing witness, of leaning into the moment that’s before us, and of forgiving ourselves when we inevitably mess it all up.
I am so grateful to have read this book.
I am so grateful to have read this book.
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Reading Progress
July 3, 2018
– Shelved as:
to-read
July 3, 2018
– Shelved
August 15, 2018
– Shelved as:
modern-american-lit
December 15, 2019
– Shelved as:
2020-tbr-challenge
February 20, 2020
– Shelved as:
national-book-award-nominees
February 23, 2020
– Shelved as:
pulitzer-finalists
April 28, 2020
– Shelved as:
queer-content
May 15, 2020
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Started Reading
May 15, 2020
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16.15%
"A compelling and engaging beginning. Makkai’s approach is accessible and fluid, peopled with characters who feel alive and human. Curious to see how the parallel storylines intersect. Very glad to be finally reading this."
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May 16, 2020
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38.24%
"This is written in such a wonderfully fluid, direct, and accessible style, allowing the moment-to-moment beats shine through with a welcome lucidity."
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161
May 17, 2020
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59.14%
"This is just getting richer and more interesting and layered with every scene."
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249
May 17, 2020
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84.56%
"It’s so so so moving. I wish I could keep reading now to finish this wonderful book, but I have to get ready for a friend’s Zoom wedding."
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356
May 18, 2020
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Finished Reading
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May 18, 2020 08:09AM
How beautifully put ❤❤❤ So glad to hear this touched you so powerfully.
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Beautiful review! I'm so glad that it moved you in this way.
Agreed! Your review is perfect.
This review was the reason I read this book - thank-you for steering me in the right direction
