Fiction

irisblue

(36,564 posts) Fri Nov 7, 2025, 05:37 PM Nov 7

I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out

It is a bit too life like at the opening scenes

Synopsis from google
Prophet Song is a 2023 dystopian novel by Paul Lynch that won the Booker Prize. It follows Eilish Stack, a mother in a near-future Ireland that is descending into authoritarianism, as she tries to protect her family after her husband, a trade unionist, is arrested by the secret police. The novel is known for its stream-of-consciousness narrative style and its exploration of themes like political oppression, resistance, and survival.

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I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out (Original Post) irisblue Nov 7 OP

Yikes hermetic Nov 9 #1

It reads like a how to manual to be frank. I am 50 pgs in & that is my usual stopping point irisblue Nov 10 #2

hermetic

(9,067 posts)

1. Yikes

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Sun Nov 9, 2025, 10:55 AM

Nov 9

That sounds a little too close to home. Maybe it has a great ending though, that shows how we can get out of our dystopia.

irisblue

(36,564 posts)

2. It reads like a how to manual to be frank. I am 50 pgs in & that is my usual stopping point