Book Reviews
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The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld is a dark, emotionally unsettling debut novel that won the International Booker Prize in 2020. As the title suggests, this book deliberately leads the reader into emotional discomfort, exploring themes of grief, faith, childhood trauma, and silence within a deeply religious household.
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What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? As this year comes to an end, I find myself looking back with a quiet honesty.When I try to recall positive events from 2025, nothing immediately stands out. Not a milestone, not a major achievement, not a dramatic change.But that doesn’t mean
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“The purpose of life is not to get what you want, but to become who you are meant to be.” “Success on the outside means nothing unless you also have success within.” “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” “The quality of your life is determined by the quality of
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“You can’t know what it’s like for someone else, and so you have to just let them be, and love them as they are.” “What she thought was good for her family was a lie she had told herself, just like everyone else.” “We are all the sum of our choices.” “Sometimes you can do
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” We live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” “The purpose of life is not to get what you want, but to become who you are meant to be.” “Time slips through our fingers like sand, so make sure you’re doing the things that truly matter.” “Live with intention, walk to the
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I picked up this book out of curiosity.I wanted to understand how the son of an industrialist could turn into a terrorist. What pushed him onto the path of violence? That’s what led me to read the biography of Osama Bin Laden. The events revealed in the book didn’t come as a surprise to me.
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” “You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” “What happens when you say ‘enough’ and stop trying to escape from what you most fear?” “The world is not the problem;
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What brings a tear of joy to your eye? Do I have an answer to this question? Honestly, no, I don’t. Because I cannot think of a single moment in my life that brought me tears of joy. And this thought itself makes me stop and wonder ,is it really true that such a moment
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“The greatest truth is that there is no one truth, no one way to live. Each of us must make our own way, and that is what makes us human.” “I have always believed that hope is what makes us human. It keeps us going even in the face of the hardest challenges.” “In the
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On the outside, she looks unstoppable. She’s smart, hardworking, independent, and admired for her success. People often say, “Wow, you have it all together!” But on the inside? She sometimes feels like a fraud. She doubts herself before big meetings. She downplays her achievements. She worries she’s not “enough” ,not smart enough, not attractive enough,
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