Status Updates From Ode to the Half-Broken

okay i decided since i had access to this audiobook that's how i'd continue it while i was at work today and i. wow. it's been a looooong time since i've felt this kind of conflicted over a novel. there are some things being done Incredibly Clumsily and honestly kind of offensively in some places but i can tell it's being done with heart and i would be lying if there haven't been some lines/concepts that hit good