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This is a fascinating read! I’ve put my entire life on hold to keep reading.

Fascinating! I can’t put it down.

“It is so hot that the flamboyant tree outside cracks to itself, as if already anticipating how it will feel to be on fire.”

“People aren’t so different then pigs, apparently. Once they learn a rotten thing can be eaten, they will eat it. And then they will become addicted to it. They will let it drive them mad.’

“…I set the bowl on the counter then pulled a sauce baster out of the drawer….”

This book is everywhere right now. Literally, everyone I know is reading it. Talk about culturally relevant.

The black and white photos at the beginning of every chapter are such a treat. I’m obsessed

I’m listening to this book and I wish I was reading it. I think that would be even more enjoyable. I love the way Robin McLean thinks and writes. I love the depth of her characters.

(Continued from previous note) In another context, a character might be praised, rather than faulted for his wits. Think Jack and the Beanstalk. Lesser might dig into this later, but I’m only on page 37.

While reading Lesser’s recounting of ancient stories of women written by men, particularly Eve and Pandora, and reflecting on the verbs these men used, like cunning and deceitful and crafty, verbs meant to imply a distrust worthy person—or in this case sex—it occurs to me that these are the skills a being physically weaker than another might use to save herself. To be continued