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An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It
by Jessie Greengrass
dark
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“If there is such a thing as original sin then I think that this is how it comes upon us, it settles over us in moments of carelessness, and this is why we are taught to act decently as children, to be good and to be polite, because not to do so is to court that instant when one becomes other than one wants to be.”
this book is raw mundaneness. it splits open the little surface of (un)common things in life and exposes deeply how, and sometimes why, it kinda made us feel the way it is. the title chapter was a great start, but i kinda drag along the way until i found my next fav chapter, yes, the last two. i guess they're my bribe to not letting me vote 3 stars eventually. sooo many sentences i absorbed deeply and sometimes it aches. what a quick cozy read.
“Things could take their course. We have no way of knowing. All we can do is pick, one way or the other, and then behave as if the way we chose was right.”
this book is raw mundaneness. it splits open the little surface of (un)common things in life and exposes deeply how, and sometimes why, it kinda made us feel the way it is. the title chapter was a great start, but i kinda drag along the way until i found my next fav chapter, yes, the last two. i guess they're my bribe to not letting me vote 3 stars eventually. sooo many sentences i absorbed deeply and sometimes it aches. what a quick cozy read.
“Things could take their course. We have no way of knowing. All we can do is pick, one way or the other, and then behave as if the way we chose was right.”