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I’m about halfway through and it is incredible! There are some really lovely characters and the writing is splendid — it also feels like her most Marxist book so far <3

@zoejane

Sep 25, 2024

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@imkhushi

Does she use quotations for dialogue in this one? I want to read this bc so many people love it but I would struggle without that formatting I feel like

Sep 25, 2024

@zoejane

imkhushi unfortunately she doesn’t but I feel like I get used to it pretty quickly, though it’s a bit inaccessible :/ also the writing from one characters perspective is really stream of consciousness/fragmented which is tough too

Sep 27, 2024

@tortitude

Wow TIL this is our! Time to join a multi-month Libby queue.

Sep 25, 2024

@tortitude

tortitude is it better than the last one? I honestly really didn’t care for it.

Sep 25, 2024

@zoejane

tortitude I have only read normal people and that was when it came out so it’s been a while 🙈

Sep 27, 2024

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