The Left Hand of Darkness

This was an intense book to read for me. I know that the world is made up of fictional rules and values, that we force ourselves to believe for no reason whatsoever, but it's the first time I actually feel the nonsensicalness of it all in all its force. I had to stop reading for a while, as the thread that divides fact from fiction became too thin for me. What is the point of gendering clothes, of deciding a certain sexuality as acceptable and another as not, of the concept of marriage as a paper that unites two souls or organized religion in all its many forms... Everything is made up, and it just hit me harder than expected, reading about this made up world by LeGuin, and seeing no difference between their idiosyncrasies and ours. I really loved this book, if you're interested in anthropology, and in the exercise of studying human behavior in different environments, this book is fascinating.

It's a slow read, not much story happening, but it's still immersive. I truly loved it.