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I read that the brain stem is the basis of consciousness, and that the tongue correlates with the brain stem almost directly, and so eating is the most direct path to getting the feeling that you’re alive.

Whose belly hurts

It grabbed me right away, but every chapter introduces a new pov character and jumps around in the timeline, so I found myself getting easily distracted during the last few chapters. Hopefully, I'll remember who is who and what's what, by the time these random characters converge into one story.