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?

  • chillybew@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    parable of the sower by octavia butler won’t leave my brain after finishing it last spring. i was on strike while reading it. so its ideas of kindness and long-term thinking versus selfishness and short-term rewards really hit me. plus it’s terrrrrrrrifying

    • HicJacetMelilla@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I read this for the first time this year and feel the same. I think of it more often than most books, because of how the world is right now. It’s crazy how aware and prescient she was in 1990 and it feels like today we’re just we’re a little farther along in the timeline of this future she lays out. It’s so scary.

      • chillybew@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        hell yeah!!

        fair warning that i wish i’d gotten: if you’re a read-in-bed-before-falling-asleep type of person, you’re gonna wanna watch out with this one. true nightmare fuel at times.

        • EnvironmentalMoney87@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Oh wow, I’ve no idea what it’s about to be honest. Just the title and the cover that appealed to me (and the positive reviews). Looking forward to it!

    • Extension_Virus_835@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I think of this almost daily it was the best adult dystopian science fiction maybe even one of the best books I’ve ever read can’t believe I did not know about her until my last year of college!

      • chillybew@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        i’m embarrassed to say that it was the first book of hers that i’ve read. upon starting, i could immediately tell why she’s such a literary giant. i have parable of the talents on my shelf now but i need a breather before diving back into that world. i’m excited to read more of her stuff … when i’m ready lol