Next Thursday, the 24th, marks the UK paperback publication of Girl at War by Sara Nović, which I reviewed last year for BookBrowse (a subscription-only site, but you can see an excerpt of my review here). It was #3 on my list of last year’s best fiction, so I’m delighted that Little, Brown Book Group got in touch asking me to help publicize the paperback release. They created a shareable image with a snippet of my NetGalley feedback.
This pitch-perfect debut novel is an inside look at the Yugoslavian Civil War and its aftermath, from the perspective of a young girl caught up in the fighting. If you haven’t already read it, I encourage you to seek it out soon.
Bookish Beck = Rebecca Foster. An American transplant to England, I'm a full-time freelance proofreader and book reviewer.
Well, if you’ve got it in a number 3, I’d better give it a go. I’m obviously having a conflict-type moment, as I’m currently gripped by Han Kang’s Human Acts.
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Ah, I’ve not read any Han Kang. I’ve heard great things about The Vegetarian and have that on my Kindle, though.
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Human Acts is brilliant. Not easy, but it conveys violence and brutality in a way that’s almost poetic at times. It suggests the full horror of events without being either gratuitous or sensational. And The Vegetarian’s definitely on my list now too.
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CONGRATULATIONS, Beck! You are getting known! It’s wonderful. 😄
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This is one of the 2015 books I regret not getting to–thanks for the reminder!
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Hope you enjoy it!
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I don’t know why but after waiting weeks to get this at the library I couldnt relate to it. One of my few did not finish books last year.
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Ah, too bad! Sometimes the weight of expectations can backfire.
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