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?
The Passenger. I read it in February before Cormac McCarthy died. It’s weird, as I was reading it I found it good but not as good as some of his others. But I guess it was the state of mind I was in because I keep thinking about it and it wasnt until well after I read it, that I realized it completely subverted my expectations. It was very good and very different. I think I’m going to reread it after I finish Stella Maris.
I ended up finishing both with the audio book versions, which are really well voice acted. I really struggled with the italicised sections with the kid, for whatever reason, but the audible saved the day for both. i now want to reread these because i’m might be looking for something that was as impactful as his other novels to me