paula.’s Reviews > The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry > Status Update

“though he had opened and closed the store with the emotionless regularity of an SS officer […]”

WHY, especially as a jewish woman, are you comparing your main character, who we are supposed to be rooting for, to a nazi

“a high school girl in denim cut-offs so short her buttocks peek out the bottom walks into the bar. daniel holds up his mug to her. ‘nice outfit!’ the girl gives him the finger. ‘you gotta stop drinking. i gotta stop cheating on ismay,’ daniel says. ‘but then i see a pair of shorts like that, and my resolve is seriously tested.’”

my man, you are 45 years old and that is a teenager