The Book of Strange New Things

by Michel Faber

[sarahjay]

I'm distraught. This book is so beautifully written, but I found the ending very unsatisfying. Still, everything that led up to it was wonderfully creative so I'm going to just try to forgive that. I don't think I would recommend this book to everyone because parts of it are very emotionally difficult to read, and the subject matter doesn't seem like something that would be universally appealing (I could be wrong on this, I can of course only speak to the life experiences I personally brought to this book). And if you like books with closure, this maybe isn't for you. But at this point in my life, there was a lot in here that I could relate to, and I loved it for that.


edit: Never mind. It's perfect and I wouldn't change anything.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/arts/michel-faber-plans-to-stop-writing-novels.html?_r=0