Study Guide: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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73 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2023

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Reviews

[Ely]

Breaking my ankle running to find every piece of lore, theory, and deep dive video essay on this book.

[Evil Rhyme]

Maybe I just dont get it but I hate this book with the passion of a 1000 burning stars. This book was not what the title promised.

I expected an exploration on how a girl would grow up in complete isolation from men. Instead we get a child who's just good at everything, obsessed with men and a huge misogynist.

The dystopian part was also very disappointing, I don't particularly enjoy books that leave things open ended but thats not even my biggest qualm with the setup. It felt to me that there was no cohesion in environment and elements were there just to make it surreal or "thought provoking". It would have been better if there was actually some decent word building or even hints on it. This aspect seemed very lazily written too.

All in all I hated this book, I wish I'd never read it.

[Solaris]

"I was perfectly aware that I had only added another question to all the others, but it was a new one, and, in the absurd world in which I lived, and still live, that was happiness."

I am utterly devastated. This was hopelessly hopeful, and the end was desolation: you're left with a multitude of questions and theories - parallel to the narrator - and a sort of existential despair towards the absurdity of the human condition. There's so much that makes no sense, so many ends left open, so many roads that lead nowhere - you are left reeling and desperate for answers.

Well, I'm off to smash my head against a wall.

[Lennja Sudra · Rating 3 out of 5]

An sich eine sehr gute Idee und Storyline, allerdings fand ich es leider teilweise langweilig

[asa ave]

bleak af

very well-written

[Maja Naskovic · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ça commence bien comme histoire, mais plus la lecture avance...plus on se perd ...