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"those strange excavations of the disordered mind"

the paragraph on page 182 captures the paradox of death- body but not spirit -that confronts us all

What characters! And not a worthwhile person in the lot of them. Page by page, they just get more despicable.

also, too many Star Wars mentions.

close to calling bullshit... is this is a book or a Hallmark movie?

...and a (hyper-verbal) baby gets dropped off in the bookstore on page 52 and I'm rolling my eyes...

Oh goody, a book for people who love books.

"Doing God's work is a privilege and a joy... I don't need any breaks from it." Yeah, I've known lots of ministers & missionaries, count several as friends. Doesn't sound like anything they'd say. The only reason you'd set up a character like this is to make the fall from that much higher a height. My hackles are raised.

"Doing God's work is a privilege and a joy... I don't need any breaks from it." Yeah, I've known lots of ministers & missionaries, count several as friends. Doesn't sound like anything they'd say. The only reason you'd set up a character like this is to make the fall from that much higher a height. My hackles are raised.

"Doing God's work is a privilege and a joy... I don't need any breaks from it." Yeah, I've known lots of ministers & missionaries, count several as friends. Doesn't sound like anything they'd say. The only reason you'd set up a character like this is to make the fall from that much higher a height. My hackles are raised.

perspective is third-person limited; protag describing acquaintance: "she nursed glass mugs of decaffeinated coffee as she worked". And just how would he know it's decaf?

"One thing was for sure. She was through with guitar players. A mathematician. Why had she never considered one of those? Trial and error. A sense of method. Process. Not just verse, then pell-mell for the chorus."

"the reduction of a struggle for equality to the defense of abortion"

reading something. writing something.

reading something. writing something.

First section: blisteringly funny. All the more so if you know Seattle.

…too soon to say for sure, but this novel just happens to be, in tone and sheer delight, what I'm aiming for in the 12,000-odd words I've amassed of my own.

First section: blisteringly funny. All the more so if you know Seattle.