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Fran
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There are so many lines I want to tease apart in this book. Some a masterclass in subtlety, others hit you like a brick. I'm so close to the end. But the book has been building up to '[he] deserves no sympathy but won't ever be undeserving of love'.
— Feb 25, 2025 08:31PM
Fran
is on page 200 of 367
This is not an /enjoyable/ book, nor is it at all subtle, but holy shit is it a masterclass. In characters. In pov. In the framing of humanity and this fine line of hope and violence
— Feb 23, 2025 08:54PM
Fran
is on page 55 of 367
DEEPLY harrowing already. Really riding that distinction between a Book I Enjoyed and a Book that Is Good (which is the point I know, to be discomfited rather than entertained)
I also keep having to stop to look up facts about the US prison system to see what is real and what's made up for the book. Canada's is bad, but this is smthn else entirely holy shit
— Feb 18, 2025 11:15AM
I also keep having to stop to look up facts about the US prison system to see what is real and what's made up for the book. Canada's is bad, but this is smthn else entirely holy shit

