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Parts One and Two were completely independent (and not very good), which makes me think this “novel” is just a couple short stories left over from a creative writing MFA that got thrown together to form a book 😅

The “🤨” emoji was made for this book

Actually started reading the reviews of a random-account friend who I accepted because they read similar books to me, and I realized they’re all AI-generated 🫩 Bot almost got me! So annoying.

God help us, this begins as another borderline YA book, like The Wolves of Eternity. I keep giving Knausgaard the benefit of the doubt because I loved My Struggle so much, but this is such mediocre and robotic writing. The Knausgaardian angsty male POV is a tired trope at this point.

Updike’s first-person postlapsarian-pastor prose might be my favorite writing ever. Like with A Month of Sundays, I’m gluttoning myself on this.