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I would pay anything to reread the last section of the book (170 pages!!!) with periods. If I weren’t reading the library’s copy I probably would have added periods myself. Paul Murray must have a crazy making agenda because that was akin to torture.

Such a shame because I loved Imelda’s POV.

Part three not having any punctuation is diabolical

I’m cursed to frequently want to read books without quotation marks :(

“Our criminal legal system punishes white men for what they have done, and everyone else for what they might do to white men.”

“I deserve to be punished, no doubt about it. But, after you’ve been in prison for so long, it ceases to be a punishment. It becomes just a way of life. The first few years, learning to adjust to prison is the punishment. Once you’ve adjusted, it isn’t punishment anymore.

So where’s the punishment then? You not doing nothing but institutionalizing a person.”

I’ve heard that this book gets better, but it’s currently sitting at 2 stars for me…