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emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book was unlike anything I've ever read. The writing style - which felt akin to stream of consciousness - was a little difficult to navigate at first, but I'm glad I stuck with it. There were so many moments of exquisite tenderness and passages that made me laugh out loud. Precocious 8-year-old Swiv as the narrator really amplified the absolute absurdity of the everyday. Grandma Elvira's section where she talks about Swiv's mother, mental illness, and how authoritarianism and fascism warp perception was impeccable. And the ending - the final paragraph - was just perfection.
"To be alive means to have full body contact with the absurd."
Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Suicide and Mental illness
Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
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