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I'm in Ch. 5 at the dialogue between Indy and the property manager/assistant talking about Cece. These characters are larger than life, and I really like the lore around Indy's friend Cece, it's enigmatic.

The literature field, as with many industries, has it's own world, and it's enjoyable to peak into. I've gotten so much from reading these books in the last month.

I'm in Ch. 5 at the dialogue between Indy and the property manager/assistant talking about Cece. These characters are larger than life, and I really like the lore around Indy's friend Cece, it's enigmatic.

The literature field, as with many industries, has it's own world, and it's enjoyable to peak into. I've gotten so much from reading these books in the last month.

The setting of this book is so modern. I'd actually been wondering about the volume of well-written institutional setting stories that have been published. University setting was what I had in mind, but corporate setting is as nuanced as that. To see the social/professional complexities of corporate life written well is surprising, and a bit haunting.

The dialogue between Ingrid and her boss, or maybe the narrator's icy reading of the boss, makes me want to throw up.

Nicole Deese writes cold characters.

I like this already. The meta-setting of a story centered around a book publisher. Very self-aware.