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did not expect a soapbox, but in 530 pages this is the place for it

“I cannot understand why you are balling me out”

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“The two of them appeared identically regal, and grim, as if awaiting a correction of substandard conditions.”

Ms. Choi has inadvertently described this book

Can’t help but picture all the protagonists as Shane Gillis

if the opening paragraph were an man ogling women, we would — rightfully — react, Gross. yet I suspect that is not the intent here.

on like, page 3 they speculate that Buffalo Wild Wings might be referred to as “BWW” by its fans. I never go there and I know its nickname is “BW3s”.

there is more grist for the theological mill on this page than in a month of devotions

“Is it compulsory to be one of the immortals?… We’re all decent godless people.. Let’s not be too hard on each other if we don’t set the world afire. There’s already been enough of that.”

“Good fortune, contentment, peace, happiness have never been able to deceive me for long. I expected the worst, and I was right. So much for the dream of man.”

“Unconsidered, merely indulged, ambition becomes a vice; it can turn a man into a machine that knows nothing but how to run.”

Crazy — I all but crossed paths with the protagonist in 1999 at the WTO riots

Very amusing. Is it going anywhere?

His mom “belonged to a nondenominational congregation with a gay pastor.” The details are great

There is a surprising generosity of spirit here, but finally Ms. Cash succumbs to inertia, as bored and aimless and gross as her characters.

Wish I could say I’m gnot tired of this gimmick already

what I love about Ms. Semple’s work is not only is it funny but she is not afraid of searching for meaning