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We've now been introduced to the idea of what the "wimmelworm" is...a monster that's greedy and selfish, but also bad because "it hates the good god." There's a LOT of talk about "the good god" and I'm really struggling with the idea that a child with no parents has been raised to believe that his purpose is what is useful to any deity...why does he need to be "useful" to others?

OK:
-the animals have stylized names ("mOmO" and "Pöppy", which makes it pronounced like "puppy". No child who doesn't listen to the audiobook will pronounce it that way).

-"My purpose will be the thing that makes me the most useful to the Good god, and the least useful to the bad ones." Why are we emphasizing being "useful" to an imaginary religious figure as a life's purpose for children?

I know I just started this and I like Nayeri's writing, but "groundbreaking" for what is essentially a Fantasy story tied into a historical fiction book he previously wrote told in novel-in-verse style isn't "groundbreaking." Novels in verse are VERY popular and widely read.

"A little girl who doesn't understand why the world is the way it is, why everyone tries to tell her she can't want or feel the things she does."

I know White wrote this while she was deconstructing from Mormonism, but as an ex-JW, this book hits so hard for me.