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“We did warn you, didn’t we…?”

This book is so bad I’ve decided to keep reading it so I can document for myself every error this author has made. Holy cow. Right now? The main character’s actions are reading like an actor in a really bad b movie where the power goes out so the actor decides to go downstairs in search of the monster that will bring their end. But, I’ll admit, I want to get into the killer’s mind. Hasn’t been identified ye

"I'm sorry, okay? I fucked up. I was a terrible parent and it's all my fault. But Jesus Christ, you're practically thirty. At some point you have to stop blaming your problems on Mommy and Daddy. I was a shitty parent, but as an adult, what you do with your life is on you." (taking notes for the next time I need this)

“…why would someone give up child?”

I figured it out! WHat?!?

“Only idiots build walls…”

Wait, what year was this written?

Wait a second - is this MAGA???

Is it possible that Neil is a member of the OA?

“What has been the point of these inquests then?” asked Fiona. “If a decision has already been made, then what we’ve been doing is inconsequential. Has anything we have ever said made the blindest bit of difference?”

“How do you know he uses cheese wire?”

This book has become painful to read

“…Dickie was not just another gormless culchies up from the country to do Engineering….”

If I ever go to a party ever again, I want Paul Murray to explain the experience.

"People can read anything, but no one does. All they do is play games and watch cat holograms."

“And all at once, every fear Michael had been working to keep out of his thoughts seemed inescapable.”

“Some of the best researchers of historic familial ties don’t even have a degree; many are alarmingly obsessed hobbyists who have honed their skills ferreting their way through the shadows of the online world, hunting out obscure records and long-forgotten microfiches, bouncing around the many databases that have sprung up around the world as people have discovered a passion for looking into the dark corners of