I Who Have Never Known Men - Review and Analysis

Jaqueline Harpman's otherworldy dystopia has blown up recently. Is the resurgence justified? 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. As always, no spoilers until the end when we get into the full plot explanation and discussion. Join the book club on discord:   / discord   To listen on the go search 'Hugonauts' on your podcast app of choice Similar books we recommend: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, full episode:    • The Handmaid's Tale - A chilling, theocrat...   The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison This episode is sponsored by Mindstock by Richard Yonk: https://www.amazon.com/Mindstock-Nove... Timestamps 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 #bookreview #hugonauts #bookrecommendations #IWHNKM #IWhoHaveNeverKnownMen #JaquelineHarpman #scifi #sciencefiction #dystopia