Status Updates From What Kind of Paradise

within the first few pages you know what kind of book this is. the prose is not special or surprising but it still will be fun

My father was a brilliant philosopher king, the benevolent ruler of our tranquil domain; or he was a tyrant, a maniac, and a menace.

My life was bucolic and happy; or it was bizarre and lonely.

Which is true? Is it possible it could be both? The more I seek clarity, the more entangled and confused my recollections become.