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?
Remarkably Bright Creatures.
Read it this year and it’s easily my favorite standalone contemporary fiction.
If you enjoy a bit of science fiction you might like The Mountain in the Sea, which also involves octopods! That’s where the similarity ends though.
This book was amazing.
I loved this book! Especially the Marcellus chapters
I am meh about this book. Maybe I would like it more if I hadn’t heard all the hype first.
loved this book so much 🥲 I finished it at work when I was at the front desk and cried 😂
This is such a beautiful read, I still tear up when I think about Marcellus 😭 if you enjoyed this one, I recommend The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak … the same way you fell in love with an octopus, you will fall in love with a fig tree.