Making up for 10 Lost Years

ClydeTallyBump wrote: »

Of course! Out of everything I had have read so far, I would say my favourites are 'How we disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee', 'Educated by Tara Westover' and 'My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell. I would definitely recommend these to you.

'How we disappeared' enthralled me. It moves from the past to the present, then back to the past and so forth, so I found myself constantly asking questions about the characters and why people were behaving in certain ways etc. I didn't know much about the actions of the Japanese in Singapore during WW2 and this book actually made me go look up articles pertaining to the main theme of the book.

'Educated' is a memoir. I found myself in disbelief, many times during it. I am the same age as the author (30s) so it was crazy to read about the life she was leading in the States, while I was here living in rural Ireland. Some of what happens in it is alarming and at times, uncomfortable. I found myself researching the family and the author afterwards as I really wondering whether some parts were truthful.

'My Dark Vanessa' is a fantastic example of grooming and manipulation. I found the main character infuriating at times, but I was desperate to read if she was going to reconcile with herself. It can be uncomfortable to read at times, a little like Lolita.