A few years ago I read an entire book before realizing I had already read it. I looked back at my Goodreads read list and realized I had no memory of about half of the books on there. So I built a new habit – (almost) every time I finish a book, I word-vomit my thoughts and emotions into a note on my phone. Sometimes they’re brief, sometimes they’re long-longwinded, sometimes they just ramble…and now I’m putting them here. Please enjoy the madness.
What a weird book. That’s all I can really think to say. This kind of book always makes me feel like I’m missing something…like I didn’t get it. What was the message? Maybe the point of it was to be weird? It’s interesting to think about the two main characters as an 18 year old and a 28 year old because they both seem so much younger. I just kept waiting for some twist but it didn’t really happen. It was just a weird story about a weird family and a weird town/angry mob.
Full disclosure – this was a book club pick.