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An investigative podcast hosted by world-renowned literary critic and publishing insider Bethanne Patrick. Book bans are on the rise across America. With the rise of social media, book publishers are losing their power as the industry gatekeepers. More and more celebrities and influencers are publishing books with ghostwriters. Writing communities are splintering because members are at cross purposes about their mission. Missing Pages is an investigative podcast about the book publishing ind ...
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Seen through the eyes of a main character who can't remember anything from life before the prison, you get to explore this strange, grim world from first principles. Its an alien way to explore an alien place, and the mystery just keeps getting deeper all the way through. The ending makes this a stylistically divisive book - you're gonna love it or you're gonna hate it.
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As always, no spoilers until the end when we get into the full plot explanation and discussion.
Similar books we recommend:
- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
This episode is sponsored by Mindstock by Richard Yonk, available here.
If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for the episode:
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Book setup
- 01:45 Sponsor - Mindstock by Richard Yonck
- 2:17 Our review 4/5
- 3:50 Must be dystopia, journal time
- 5:00 Environmental storytelling
- 8:21 Hyper rational main character?
- 11:29 Harpman's family in the holocaust
- 17:15 Shadow of the Colossus
- 18:15 The Buried Giant
- 19:02 The Handmaid's Tale
- 19:46 Book of the Unnamed Midwife
- 20:54 Spoilers section - book summary
- 22:44 Spoilers section - discussion
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