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im really sorry this is quite dull am i missing something???? there is nuance yes, the colonizer unable to see past their biases and all that but apart from that so far the characters are quite flat and its the same thing repeated.

im gonna go read a paper on this book

the writing is extremely solitary

reads as a spell

i just thought this would be really funny to read rn

one of the most frustrating things i have ever read

one of the most frustrating things i have ever read

one of the most frustrating things i have ever read

how is it possible for people to be so mind numbingly boring is it because they are european

by all regards this is a Good Book but i keep reading it in fragmentary bursts so i think im unable to achieve it to its fullness. regardless. the only reason i keep reading is because i want to read it from judith pov

forgot the fever dream that is slow burn

a very interesting mode of writing, and im intrigued by what is it to come. i think this is a cool way of depicting human connections.

im liking this, a lot. it feels like a lot hidden in between what seems to be little

okay the creepy was like mild earlier but now its like OKAY. taking a break because this kinda does touch on my deepest darkest fears

i immediately gravitated towards this book in the booker prize shortlist and i feel like this sort of narrative breaks down stream-of-consciousness to its barest bones, diluting boundaries between speech and thought and perspective. which is really interesting but personally i think i would like it a bit better even more stripped. the melodrama at points is teetering on the boundary of overdoing it but overall i