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dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A bit scatterbrained, but does a good job emulating mundane absurdity of the end times. She doesn’t write nearly as well in this one, which i think can partly be attributed to the subject matter and style, but I found it difficult to stay focused, especially with such a sparse story. Feels very 2016-2020, which I understand, but it’s hard to think back to that time period when we’re in the 2nd trump term. Feels very naive in comparison.
That being said, it’s a pretty unique book that scratches at the modern experience. To live so fragmented and contextually can be exhausting and hopeless and everything else that Offill evokes. And yet through it all, I think of what she writes near the end, “All these people. I have so many people, you wouldn't believe it.”
That being said, it’s a pretty unique book that scratches at the modern experience. To live so fragmented and contextually can be exhausting and hopeless and everything else that Offill evokes. And yet through it all, I think of what she writes near the end, “All these people. I have so many people, you wouldn't believe it.”