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This feels like a bunch of writing prompts and English class assignments that the author haphazardly put together to make a novel. It is vingettes and half-thoughts.

Why say "weathermen and women" rather than simply "meteorologists"?

None of the characters have been properly introduced so I can't remember them and I don't care about them. I'm searching for meaning within lists and hypotheticals and rhetorics.

I hope there is a plot and not just meaningless thoughts trying to sound profound. This author seems to think they're very clever and all their thoughts are so deep. I imaging a 13 year old may appreciate this book. Is it YA?

The writing style is stream-of-consciousness but it's as if the author wrote a whole bunch of side-thoughts as she was writing a short story and then decided to just keep everything and make it a novel. Other reviews said it was all lists and just 13 pages in, I already see what they mean. I am skimming the lists. I should finish quickly.