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Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
3.0

started from the bottom, now I'm here

This is a story about the Bell family, specifically Eli Bell, the waffler. The first half was quite slow since there is quite a lot of waffle, as I've already mentioned. Everything is quite fantastical since Eli has a very colourful mind. The language is simple but also quite poetic. The plot is fascinating but also quite confusing. It's actually hard to describe. It's a bildungsroman but not. It's a thriller but not. It's magical realism but not. I get why there's so much hype over this book. It's certainly unique, I'll admit that. I've even created my own game.

Angel's Boy Swallows Universe chapter title generator
Boy *insert verb here* *insert noun here*
done. here's the link lmfao

Ok when my mum said books corrupt the mind she had a point. Just not in the way she envisioned it.