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“The sole consequence of his dream is that he knows today that he’s not living in Paradise like he thought he was last night but in a fallen world and if he had a computer he’d probably be watching porn and jacking off right now”

Throughout the book, it is evident that his addiction stems from isolation and lack of human connection.

“When society turns children into consumers and sexualizes products to sell to them, children begin to be seen, and to see themselves, as sexual objects, left powerless at the bottom of the social hierarchy.”

Banks demonstrates how capitalism and eroticization work together as systems of exploitation throughout the novel. And he pushes me to better understand how victims are groomed into perpetrators.

Some aspects of the professor are underdeveloped. Fat and intellectual feels a bit cliché.

The writing style is intimate and captivating. Favorite quote so far is “Eventually he stopped talking to the iguana altogether because he came to enjoy and trust the silence between them as if the two of them were buddies in an old-time silent movie.”

I really want to hate this book and fling it in the fire. But I think there is a good story here, just hidden under a lot of endless stream of consciousness and unnecessary words that are nails on a chalkboard for me. Also not a fun family book.

Is there a point to this? I feel really bad for Kid. But really, this book needs a serious edit & / or abridgement.