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Beautiful prose

“I’ve lived some dramatic moments but that’s not the same as living a great life. What’s a good life? A series of exploits? I mean, is a celebrated existence the same as a good one?”

What’s even happening?

How will I ever find the words to review this book once I’ve finished it?

My heart is already so warm with the memories of Farsi

So much enjoyment already

“The call to protect life - and not merely life but another’s identity; it is perhaps not too much to say another’s soul - was obvious in its sacredness. Before operating on a patient’s brain, I realized, I must first understand his mind: his identity, his values, what makes his life worth living, and what devastation makes it reasonable to let that life end.”

Hitting too close to an old home

My heart is pounding

Chapter 14: Knowledge of the Redeemer… whoa

I mean, who wouldn’t want to be a vampire??

I know it’s set in Poland, but it’s giving MAJOR Black Forest First Termers Retreat

Domestic violence, substance use, physical abuse, shit parents, and a broken foster care / CPS system in the first 59 pages?? I’m not leaving work with this book.

Already an intoxicating read and a big middle finger to European colonialism.

It’s more description than plot

This entire first chapter could be a Noah Kahan song

How many times is the author going to use the word “chagrined” in this book? A new word, please.

“It spoke of the problems inherent in a culture where only humans were considered sacred or significant. It pointed out that in the foundational cultures of Polynesia, other creatures had a divinity and a genius all their own.”

“…we will announce the next big step in evolution: a whole new kind of being, one that will make companies seem as slow, small, and powerless as companies make human beings.”

“Everyone needs to eat, but few people are aware of who sets the table.”

Already, this book confronts the reader with the realities of human greed in the name of prosperity. In 32 pages, the author has made it clear that “Playground” is exactly how we have treated the earth and forgotten it as a sacred home.

This is, already, a beautifully tragic tale. I’m enthralled.

It’s giving Will of the Many