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I don’t know how to describe this author’s writing style other than it is extremely real but also extremely white, especially because the apathetic nihilism that is set a near apocalyptic global warming and rising sea level is killing everyone but the story is very much focused on everyday life of having a Starbucks (?) job and finding yourself and mundanity where even protests are treated as unserious. Lmao.

I am enjoying this leagues beyond how much I enjoyed Our Wives Under the Sea (and I did enjoy that one it was a solid 3 stars that I read like 5 years ago at least). But this book really feels like how trad publishing will only allow the author to tell the story she really wish to tell after the success of our wives under the sea and the quality shows

This is easy to read like Our Wives Under the Sea, and I’m remembering what the author does best regarding her writing style, she writes in these simple, detached and deliberately depressing prose which reflects the characters’ mentality in a nihilistic fashion. I never knew if I liked it in Our Wives Under the Sea, and I don’t know if I like it in this book so far, but it is distinct

Look I need something shorter and it’s been like almost half a decade since I read Our Wives Under the Sea. That was a three stars read and I hope this one might be better as the concept is interesting and I’m apparently reading sapphic horror for the entire sapphic September just bc I’m me sorry lol