If you’re anything like me, you probably read a lot of books and forget a lot about them as well after reading them (also see: being ADHD)

Is there one specific book whose plot, characters, setting you just can’t get out of your mind and still think about today even when in the midst of another book?

For me, it’s 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I think due to the sheer volume of this book (clocked in over 1000 pages) I was so invested in Tengo and Aomame’s stories that it’s quite impossible to forget them quickly. This is also why I prefer long novels, because they stick around in my memory for longer!

So what book is still stuck with you?

    • mmm_unprocessed_fish@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I dragged my feet on that one for some reason, even though I liked everything else I had read by him. Just didn’t sound interesting at first. I can easily say it’s my favorite of his so far. It’s been a couple years, but I read it in wintertime and that really set the mood.

    • maryfisherman@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This one stuck with me so hard too! The power of hubris… sheesh. Krakauer depicts the various characters so beautifully, I feel like I know them all and it made for such an impactful reading experience. Was obsessed with this story for months.