Emily

Eh.

Different from what I usually read. Writing was sort of sophomoric. Made me think a lot about Percival Everett and Erasure.

Depressing as hell

Need to re-read for sure.

Excellent. Sweet and a little spicy and a little salty. Crisp writing. Great characters. Simple lives, simple pleasures - and annoyances (moms, nosy neighbors, etc..) Usually things made right by a nap, or ice cream, or a beer.

I stayed up wayyy too late last night finishing this :)

I really enjoyed it! I especially liked the end not being tied in a neat relationship bow. Also the imperfect protagonist... I liked how you're rooting for her and also recognizing that she's getting a lot wrong as she muddles through (as we all do...)

Strong buy recommendation for anyone who's into Cultish - MLM - LulaRoe - startup hype machine take downs.

Thanks Ellie!

I really liked the parts about Tiger Woods

The rest of it was just a trudge through abuse and fraught sexual identity

Made me sort of sad. Why is this all so hard?

Did it's job and got me out of reading rut.

Very sad. Very good.

Loved it. So fun. Yay.

Have to read it again and again.

Meh

One of my favorite books of all time.

A little simple, and character attachment problems. but like the puzzle solving component and the general themes and discussions of technology and the humanities.

Blah and basic

Good story.

Best book I've read in ages. Like a post-colonial Egyptian “Catcher in the Rye” but more interesting. Ram is a disaffected youth, seriously too smart for his own good. He feels his useless knowledge of philosophy and history is burning him up, as Egypt struggles to transition to independence. How does one stay engaged in society when one is also so disappointed by it? Eternal Q. From 1964, but could have been written today. Amazing!

Learned about empathy, emotional self control, and how to uncover what people really want.

Not my cup of tea

Fascinating

Blerg

Enjoyed the descriptive physicality of Kamkatchka

If I could make Judas mandatory reading for everyone, I would.

Israel is complicated. Being a Jew grappling with history is complicated. The permanent fact of anti-Semitism rooted in a millenia-old Christian tradition is complicated.

Good fiction asks more questions than it answers. What do we do when multiple things are true and they are in conflict? Well, we read books and talk about it.