I read We are all Completely Besides Ourselves because it was long listed for the Man Booker and I’d already shelved it to be read. And I really wanted to like this one. It was a different story, had an interesting surprise element and felt like it would be good.
But I didn’t love it.
The twist here, too, felt a bit gimmicky to me. The books is so much more than its gimmick that she could have just started with it and I feel like it would have made the book so much better because you wouldn’t be hung up on the gimmicky part.
Maybe I just don’t like any weird twists in books 🙂
I totally agree – I was given this to read by my reader pal (it wasn’t until later that she told me she hated it haha) as soon as I read the ‘surprise’ element I couldn’t finish it – life’s too short to waste on unenjoyable books.