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Karla
is 37% done
I dont understand the authors intentions well enough I guess?
I am not a person that would enjoy fiction based on real history as I feel like I am consuming misinformation. I understand that this statement is illiterate and therefore I am trying to push myself into this with an open mind.
I am however thrown back by the almost fever dream way of handling this story that only deepens my feelings towards this book...
— Sep 22, 2026 11:00PM
I am not a person that would enjoy fiction based on real history as I feel like I am consuming misinformation. I understand that this statement is illiterate and therefore I am trying to push myself into this with an open mind.
I am however thrown back by the almost fever dream way of handling this story that only deepens my feelings towards this book...
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Karla
is 85% done
The second part is good.
If the whole book would be written like this and not in that overly descriptive format, it would be much more enjoyable.
Also something is finally happening here in the terms of...well anything tbh
— Sep 26, 2026 01:27PM
If the whole book would be written like this and not in that overly descriptive format, it would be much more enjoyable.
Also something is finally happening here in the terms of...well anything tbh
Karla
is 60% done
Everybody is so full of the "beautiful writing" that is just multiple descriptions of unimportant things three times over in flowery poetic ways, that they fail to tell you, that this book is about a whole lot of nothing.
As a not native english speaker and a person who cannot visualise things in their head this book is my personal hell.
I have also never in my life read something so fucking boring.
— Sep 26, 2026 12:25PM
As a not native english speaker and a person who cannot visualise things in their head this book is my personal hell.
I have also never in my life read something so fucking boring.