Reader’s Note
6 out of 10
Everyone told me I'd love this and I didn't, quite. Is it me? Probably it's me. The stretches where they're apart work better than the ones where they're together, which I suspect isn't the intended effect. My book group has taken it personally.
by@quietcarriageWritten 27 June 2026Read 24 June 2026
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no quotation marks and I somehow didn't notice at first. so far it is just two people completely unable to say one true thing to each other and I want to shake them, gently, one at a time9 out of 10@three_chapters_in
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Read the whole thing in a laundrette and then again on the bus home. No queue at all, which felt wrong for how much everyone talks about it.8 out of 10@libbyoverdrive
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Two people and a phone signal problem8 out of 10@pageandvine
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