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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

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2.0

pachinko but boring and somehow felt longer, thematically compelling but the characters are just so poorly developed beyond their melancholy
Grand Union by Zadie Smith

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2.0

Reinforces my stance that novelists should either have published their short story collections BEFORE their first acclaimed novel or wait for it to be done posthumously, because it’s inevitably a letdown
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

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1.0

White person fan fiction
How to Be Both by Ali Smith

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3.0

Very coolly done but don’t try and read this novel in large print like I did because it experiments with form etc, and I feel like it would have been easier on my brain in standard size text. A real misfortune!
The White Album: Essays by Joan Didion

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The most entertaining and informative blend of unintelligible and haphazard half-finished musings you’ll read.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

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5.0

One of those books where you’ll read it and feel like it’s about your life even though it isn’t (because CHARACTER)