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Has anyone read The Wall by Marlen Haushofer?
I was really not impressed by this book but I feel crazy because all reviews I can find are glazing it.
It is very much like Robinson Crusoe, but with less plot. Many call it feminist but I honestly don't see it. There are two instances where the MC reflects on her life as a woman but she never goes deep into introspection. She is a slave to her circumstances and never questions her current situation or explores much, even though there is evidence it might be possible to leave the wall. Majority of the book is her day ro day life of milk drinking and conversing with various animals that come and go.Also I have seen so many people say they cried at the ending because the dog died, I guess I'm just heartless.>>501431Not quite crazy as WH, but The Midcoast by Adam White follows a family and their disaster in slow motion.
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Any recs for crime books like J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike novels? Doesn't have to be a series, I just struggle to find anything similar to her work. I don't care to read one of the billions of "millennial girl has a podcast and wants to solve a crime about some other girl that died years ago in her small town" shit. Idk what exactly makes Rowling's stuff stick out, but I really really want something similar to tie me over until the next Strike novel comes out in the fall.