Status Updates From The Swimmers

“Should she have eaten more blueberries? less butter? Read more books? You don’t remember ever seeing her read a single book although they were always piled high on her night stand. . .”

I now understand why we are often told in writing workshops not to use the 2nd perspective for extensive writing. This felt like a cute writing exercise.

Don’t come for me. That’s an actual compliment 😂🫢🥰

“Having an unrealistically positive attitude will not stop it and may in fact hasten your decline . . .”

The poetry and lyricism in this is sheer beauty and so gorgeous! 😍

However it distracts and distorts the story. Is there even a story here? I’m half way through and still questioning if this is fiction or just poetry 😂

“And what we lack in horizon and sky, we make up for in tranquility . . .”

I love the ‘we’ perspective - very rare technique. However what exactly is this book about? 😂

What is ‘the crack’? 🫠