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A Confession

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I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. The book is kind of interesting. It was kind of hard to understand? But maybe someone else would like to give it a shot.

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<b> The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. </b>
2/5 stars

Before I go into why I've given it this rating, I do want to disclaim that I do not find this author to be bad, nor do I find the story horrific or anything. I just couldn't get into the book. I did finish it however, wanting to for this review, and I'm sure this book is for some. It just wasn't me.

I couldn't connect with the main character. I felt from the beginning an annoyance at him for the way he looked down on other people and that kind of never left me. I wanted to see if the story would pick up or if more things about him were revealed, my opinion of him would change. It did not.

As I said earlier, I think this book can be for some, I liked the main character questioning certain topics and the underlying motives one can have for them and if this would make them either good or bad. Give it a shot and you might enjoy it more than I did.

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I really don't know what to think about this book. An unnamed narrator is questioning good and evil and what really defines a person as one or the other. Raising many moral questions this novel challenges us to look inside, to really become aware of our actions and motives for such actions. Is there ever a truly altruistic reason for doing something or is there an underlying ulterior motive always?
After raising these deep philosophical questions I feel at the end of the novel we are no closer to a solution. None of the questions come close to being resolved. And the ending itself I feel did not really fit with the philosophical theme of the book itself.. Although the ending was a surprise.
One the whole I enjoyed the writing in the book. The narrative was intelligent and well versed if a bit rambling at times. The narrator did seem to go in different directions before pulling himself back in but I imagine that this was done on purpose for the sake of realism.
This is not a book for everyone. I don't believe the casual reader would enjoy this novel, but I do think a person who likes to read works that raise questions and prod us to think for ourselves would find this book highly stimulating.
I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced reader e-copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.
Closer to the publication date I will post a full review on my website.

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What an interesting read. It definitely made me question my own moral perceptions. Sometimes the narrator carried on, but I think that is so indicative of real life - most of our conversations with ourselves are boring and long! I enjoyed this read!

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Thank you to Netgalley

Did not enjoy this one as much as I thought I would the narrator rambles and goes off on so many tangents that I was bored out of my mind most of the time I also expected the narrator to have some hidden darkness and there was none of that... his recounts of his life were all pretty mundane and boring the "twist" at the end was also way too tame to make me care much the only interesting part was when he was discussing his wife's affair.. thats about it

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What a thought provoking read. I found myself really analyzing and almost arguing myself on what was right or wrong. How far we go to make ourselves feel better at the expense of others. I found myself really finding myself within the pages of this book.

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This book isn't for everyone but it was for me!! I thoroughly enjoyed each page I read. I highly recommend reading this. 📚 📖

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