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I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
4.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book really makes you think and also leaves your mind blank. 
It is an unpleasant book. It has less than 200 pages, with three long chapters describing how our main character (the author of the story) narrates what little she knows and remembers. 
You go along with the main character, asking questions, forming theories but the thing is, and we realise this with the main character: why does it care?
The thing is, we get to know how important is humanity as a quality and the will it gives us to live.