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Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
4.0
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was beautiful. It followed a path I had trouble following at first but as I made it to the end her chronicles of love and pain intertwined with philosophy quotes were beautiful and engaging. 
A marriage untangling
“Sometimes in bed the wife can feel herself floating up towards the ceiling. Help me, she thinks, help me, but he sleeps and sleeps.”