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is 30% done
I’m trying to stop reading the description of books before I read them (I read at least one book in between reading the description of a book and actually reading it (I keep a few downloaded at a time)) and therefore wasn’t prepared for reading about a post apocalyptic world after a virus. At first the social media posts from a girl in the time of the virus was a bit triggering, but after her initial panic...
— Jul 13, 2020 12:28PM
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Julia
is 32% done
So I went from thinking that this is the worst time to read this book to thinking it might actually be the opposite. I think I like this book even more now than I would have when it was released a year ago. Even though the book’s virus; which people thought only had “mild, flu like symptoms” and turned out to be devastating for the entire human population, is still scary and triggers my corona anxiety a bit...
— Jul 13, 2020 12:39PM
Julia
is 31% done
At first the social media posts from a girl in the time of the virus was a bit triggering, but after her initial panic calmed down her thoughts about the new normal are actually very relevant! She puts words on some of the thoughts I (and most people I know) have been having about the way things feel “normal” now and how some things from before feel so strange and foreign now.
— Jul 13, 2020 12:34PM
