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First impression so far so good

The ending is leaving me distraught and I feel a tremendous amount of pity for “child.” Overall, it is a a great read and would have been even better if it was written with a more recent outlook on womanhood.

I fear that this book would be so much better if men were less central to the woman’s identity. To an extent, gender can only be understood with diversity, but I find it detrimental to the story the level of the protagonist’s fixation is on men.

Found it so odd that she was fantasizing about the same man that upheld her imprisonment in the beginning.

Makes me a bit G*nshin nostalgic… Love the calm fantasy world and food. I understand why people find this story disappointing, but I think there is beauty in having a leisure read. Not everything about life is supposed to be rushed, especially a good story.

I dont wanna live foreverrrr cause I’d just keep calling your name 🎵 Till you come back home woahwowohwoah 🎶

Currently this manga is my life away from life. Love the steady pacing as the characters grow overtime. I enjoy adventure stories not only for the journey, but the self introspection characters experience.

“I who have never known men” as a title undermines the story. I love the protagonist’s exploration of life and self as she gets to understand what it is to be human.

Time is a question of being human. I deeply empathize with Frieren… Although the storyline is kept light with comedic relief and a slow group of adventurers, I kept welling up with tears thinking about Frieren outliving her companions. Will update with a better analysis later.

Glad the author turned to therapy. She could have so much more joy and brightness in life if she de-centered men.

Book is not my taste and I found it a bit shallow.

Book would have been better if she just wrote about her dogs and the work she does. Author feels a bit tone-deaf and still needs a lot of reflection to do before she writes a memoir.

A bit bored reading this.
Point of the book is dogs provide unconditional love and are there for us, even when no one else is.

Lol. They are serious to get this sneaky guy.

I just realized I marked the wrong book in my reading list. Same title… different author…. different plot….

Lol. They are serious to get this guy.

I found the theme of memory with the macque and amputee interesting. Not a fan of this book, but I appreciate the creativity behind it.

Contrary to the critics, I don’t believe that this book is overly polished. I find Vuong’s analogies and descriptions disorganized, creating a distance between Dog and the reader. The delivery of lines muddies the author's point and makes me perceive the book as an initial draft rather than a final product.

I was interested in the concept of this book, but the execution has lost me.

Although beautiful, the book’s theme feels lost in poetry.

Best book I have read this year. Will need to read it again to fully absorb the text and find ways to apply it to my education.

“God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water, the fire next time.”

Extraordinary essay.

Falling short of my expectations

Crying. So well written. “But my daughter's death was no joke, no lie, and it has smothered my head deep under a whiteness impenetrable as ash. It is the reality of this unbearable sorrow, looming over me like a silently building snowdrift, higher and higher with each passing day, that has finally made me a mother.”