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The Many - Wyl Menmuir 4.5/5


If I hadn’t known this was on the Man Booker long list, I would have guessed that it was on the Man Booker long list. There’s definitely a “type”. Though this book is short, it never felt rushed, and what needed to be told, was. I can’t say why, but while I was reading this it put me in mind of a book I read several years ago called Go with Me. It’s atmospheric, like the TV show The Returned (OMG! So good, if you haven’t seen it binge it! … French version, not American)

The author did a great job of bringing you into the setting, and frankly creating a level of confusion which sort of makes sense once the story is fully revealed. The only thing that bugged me were dreams. Ugh. I am fascinated by my own dreams (naturally) but when someone else starts talking about theirs, I glaze over. And I particularly find it annoying in books. Seems like an easy way around something. I understand it here, but I still glazed over.

I don’t imagine this will make the shortlist, but I really enjoyed it.

https://thereadersroom.org/2016/09/01...

My review can also be found in the link Nicole provided above.

I loved the book. 5 stars for me. Creepy and intelligent! Needs multiple readings to really understand everything that's going on. For such a short book, there are many things discussed and multiple possible interpretations.

Sounds like I need to read this one too.