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These letters are more ramblings than enlightening…

Oh, my heart breaks reading some of these pages. If you were lucky enough to have a platonic friendship that eclipsed all your other relationships, then you understands.

Sometimes reading a page is tough, because the page is blurred by tears. We don’t tell our truths to everyone, but if you can tell it to someone who knows you, loves you in spite of what you say, it’s a lucky thing.

Is the speaking donkey a famous blue coloured depressed stuffed friend? 🤣🤣🤣

I'm going through this again because I wanted to understand why I disliked it when I *love* so many of his other books.

This book is tougher and more scatalogical. It's made to be read slowly. I'm going through chapters twice sometimes, to catch the nuances and sly, WRY, comments about life and living. It will take me some time, but this is much deeper than I gave it credit for.

Why did no one tell me this is about a platonic friendship between a boy and girl, starting from when he was a hospital patient, and how they managed illness (mental and physical) and their love of gaming??? 🥹🥹 this may be the wrong year for me to read this. #TooCloseToHome

It’s so trite and joyless - this is a shy/victim Medusa and a kind Perseus. Too post modern for me…

Intense emotions and good snappy dialogue around offbeat sci-fi references make this an easy read. However, there’s a YA element to the adult interactions that feels odd. Are artists / actors / media types REALLY this childish? Does talent come with petulance?

So slow and trite - Medusa seems simple and ignorant and her sisters seem harpy-like, which is poor caricature and an insult to the power of this story

Oh if ever a book could be delivered at a better time…! When you miss your friend, and you wonder if you ever truly live, once they are gone. 💔

This isn’t what I expected and I’m not sure if that’s the era it was written or the stage direction which doesn’t translate well as a radio play style audiobook…

Told in brief paragraphs, like diary entries from the various characters- the action limps along but the feelings are joyful.
It’s like poetry in prose

Don’t know whether to gasp, cry or laugh in shock at how many near misses Lottie has, in trying to avoid killing someone (or being found out)!

And now someone turns the table on her #RootingForLottie

Wild and wandering and massive world building - but this is so addictive! I love each of the random storylines and am just curious where it will go next. Low stakes though - this is fantasy but in a way that's also a slice of life.