You are immediately drawn in to Lina's world, when at a party, blood pours into her eye from her retina and she loses a large proportion of her sight.
Written in the form of stream of consciousness, you are taken along with the story and really feel as if you go along on the journey with Lina while she learns to navigate the world under these new conditions. When she is angry, we feel angry, when she is frightened, we feel frightened, so real and raw is the emotion that comes across.
I cannot imagine what it would be like to lose my sight so the whole book made me feel incredibly uncomfortable. This is, in part, a semi biographical novel too and it feels all the more harsh for that.
Not an easy read, but an incredible one nonetheless
Written in the form of stream of consciousness, you are taken along with the story and really feel as if you go along on the journey with Lina while she learns to navigate the world under these new conditions. When she is angry, we feel angry, when she is frightened, we feel frightened, so real and raw is the emotion that comes across.
I cannot imagine what it would be like to lose my sight so the whole book made me feel incredibly uncomfortable. This is, in part, a semi biographical novel too and it feels all the more harsh for that.
Not an easy read, but an incredible one nonetheless