Do Not Say We Have Nothing is a book that completely surprised me! When I started to work my way through the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 shortlist, I kept Do Not Say We Have Nothing for last because the reviews I read about it were mostly negative. One of the recurring complaints by some reviewers was that Madeleine Thien’s writing style is less than appealing. Maybe the large cast put them off, however, I, on the other hand, thought her writing is poetic.
