Freshly Read Books | An Island | Book Review | Booker 2021 @FreshlyReadBooks | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 46 minutes ago.
I have loved certain aspects of this book and didn't like others, but hopefully you enjoy my conflicting feelings about the 9th book on the Booker 2021 longlist!

⌚Timestamps⌚
0:00 - Intro
2:16 - Synopsis
4:49 - Memories
8:51 - Isolation
10:25 - Dictatorship
18:49 - Final Thoughts

📼Videos Mentioned📼
Kieran's Review: youtube.com/watch?v=ScpknCRzfZQ&t=382s
Interview with Karen Jennings: youtube.com/watch?v=3KckNZjGXOw&t=1672s

📅Booker Boy Bookclub 2021 Schedule📅
2nd Aug- Second Place - Rachel Cusk
9th Aug - No One is Talking About This - Patricia Lockwood & Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
16th Aug - Great Circle - Maggie Shipstead
23rd Aug - An Island - Karen Jennings (This will be late for me! Still waiting for my copy)
30th Aug - A Town Called Solace - Mary Lawson
6th Sept - A Passage North - Anuk Arudpragasam
13th Sep - Light Perpetual - Francis Spufford
Shortlist Announced 14th September
20th Sept - The Sweetness of Water - Nathan Harris
27th Sept - China Room - Sunjeev Sahota
4th Oct - The Fortune Men - Nadifa Mohamed
11th Oct - The Promise - Damon Galgut
18th Oct - Bewilderment - Richard Powers

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