Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Jente Posthuma’s ‘What I’d Rather Not Think About’ is less of a novel and more a series of sad (and usually effective) anecdotes. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024.
6 or 7/10
What I’d Rather Not Think About: What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them? This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s deceptively simple What I’d Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his own life. She looks back on their childhood, and tells of their adult lives: how her brother tried to find happiness, but lost himself in various men and the Bhagwan movement, though never completely.
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Thanks for watching, and remember: halfway thru the shortlist!
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Jente Posthuma’s ‘What I’d Rather Not Think About’ is less of a novel and more a series of sad (and usually effective) anecdotes. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024.
6 or 7/10
What I’d Rather Not Think About: What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them? This question lies at the heart of Jente Posthuma’s deceptively simple What I’d Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his own life. She looks back on their childhood, and tells of their adult lives: how her brother tried to find happiness, but lost himself in various men and the Bhagwan movement, though never completely.
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thediscoking
Thanks for watching, and remember: halfway thru the shortlist!
#internationalbookerprize #bookerprize #booktube #bookreview
