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If you've read Umberto Eco's, The Name of the Rose, you understand authors often get very full of themselves & test their readers' dedication intentionally with dragging starts. This book? I thought. No. It's worse, I think. At this rough pg count, he's nearly ripping off Haruki Murakami's, The City and Its Uncertain Walls. The problem with this, & why it's not an homage? Lawrence isn't achieving stoicism...at all.

For my friends considering this book...I do this sort of thing probably less than 1% of the time, but I'm warning you now.

I have been trying to get into this book for FAR too long... especially considering the length paired with the tight printing and font sizing of this physical book. At this page count, I just got kinda mad though and I need to explain why. (Next update...)

This is one of those books that won't surprise me if I never finish it. Jesus... Cut the reader a break, man.

Verdict on this is still far out. Just hitting Chapter 3 of 6 of this first (only one available at this point still it seems) volume.

A still-compelling story that I keep coming back to, but every time, with a mix of love, "nods" and pure fury over stupid writing. When I have pages that in a single page, I've used all 3 of my highlighting colors of significance "orange" = story relevant, "blue" = I really liked or identified with the bit, "red" = what kind of dumb-fuckery excuse for writing or content (mostly craft) is this??, it can "frustrate."

A still-compelling story that I keep coming back to, but every time, with a mix of love, "nods" and pure fury over stupid writing. When I have pages that in a single page, I've used all 3 of my highlighting colors of significance "orange" = story relevant, "blue" = I really liked or identified with the bit, "red" = what kind of dumb-fuckery excuse for writing or content (mostly craft) is this??, it can "frustrate."

45 is a total guess since this graphic novel doesn't seem to actually be paginated...weirdly enough...and I'm NOT counting JUST for a progress update.

I WILL say that this is one of the most aesthetically gorgeous graphic novels I've read in a while for art and architecture (possibly since Locke & Key).

Chapter Name for this "benchmark?"

"And Then I Snuck a Dead Cuban Alligator on an Airplane"

Really...Someone please give me a legit reason why I shouldn't be loving this book (and Jenny Lawson in general) like I am... Oh, and if you try to, STFU. You don't know what you're talking about anyway.

I would be more sad that I'm nearly done if I didn't already have her 2nd book.

I still swear, there are massive chunks of this book that the author stole from my own life's story, changed a few details, and threw into her own book.

Oh, and she apparently stole my "voice" and mental processing that usually tells a story with no less than 3 ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY parenthetical asides and/or backstories.

I'd be done with this if a graphic novel didn't distract me for a bit. *SQUIRREL!*

I still swear, there are massive chunks of this book that the author stole from my own life's story, changed a few details, and threw into her own book.

Oh, and she apparently stole my "voice" and mental processing that usually tells a story with no less than 3 ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY parenthetical asides and/or backstories.

I'd be done with this if a graphic novel didn't distract me for a bit. *SQUIRREL!*