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Severance by Ling Ma
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This didn’t live up to the hype for me. It was interesting and well written, some observations were sad but beautiful. Each main character was interesting and distinct. However I wasn’t hooked, instead I made my way slowly but surely through about 5% at a time to begin with.
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Reading Progress

November 7, 2018 – Shelved
November 7, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read
December 2, 2020 – Started Reading
December 2, 2020 –
4.0% "Been trying to get hold of a copy for so long!"
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December 5, 2020 –
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December 12, 2020 –
93.0%
December 13, 2020 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Lizzie (new)
Dec 19, 2020 05:27AM

Lizzie Stewart This is on my list! How did it feel reading about a plague during a plague?


message 2: by Cooper Lee (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 19, 2020 08:40AM

Cooper Lee Bombardier It felt eerie! Great novel.


message 3: by Emily (new) - rated it 3 stars
Dec 19, 2020 11:16AM

Emily B Cooper wrote: "It felt eerie! Great novel."

Definitely eerie. Particularly the descriptions of an empty New York


message 4: by Emily (new) - rated it 3 stars
Dec 19, 2020 11:19AM

Emily B Lizzie wrote: "This is on my list! How did it feel reading about a plague during a plague?"

I've been avoiding any pandemic related books so it was sort of unintentional. I saw a lot of good reviews for this book but avoided reading too much about it so I didn't really know what it was about. However it was interesting to see how much was sort of predicted!


message 5: by Lisa (NY) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 20, 2020 06:20AM

Lisa (NY) I loved this novel but wonder if it would have been difficult to read in 2020.


message 6: by Emily (new) - rated it 3 stars
Dec 21, 2020 09:23AM

Emily B Lisa wrote: "I loved this novel but wonder if it would have been difficult to read in 2020."

Yes it was a little unsettling!


message 7: by Tristan Robin (new)
Jan 16, 2021 01:00PM

Tristan Robin Blakeman Oh, dear. LOL I just bought this. I think I'll give it a while before getting into it. LOL


message 8: by Emily (new) - rated it 3 stars
Jan 17, 2021 01:14PM

Emily B Tristan Robin wrote: "Oh, dear. LOL I just bought this. I think I'll give it a while before getting into it. LOL"

Haha well I hope you enjoy it when you do read it


message 9: by Kim (new) - rated it 5 stars
Mar 22, 2023 06:43AM

Kim Lockhart This is such an interesting point, that a novel can change for us, depending on when we read it. I bet I would have a totally different experience reading this for the first time now, versus when it came out and seemed mostly theoretical. Have you already read Station Eleven? I'd be interested to know how a reader engages with that book before vs. during a pandemic.


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