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I enjoyed Bunny 4 years ago even though I wasn‘t sure what I read & thought that “the book might be mocking me for not being as smart as it.” (I don‘t know, that‘s what I wrote.🤷🏻‍♀️) Anyway, I thought I‘d like this prequel/sequel, but I really didn‘t. I felt like what seemed effortlessly quirky in Bunny seemed like trying too hard to be quirky here. Also why did it need to be so long?! Anyway, I finished & it was a pan for me.🐰🪓⬇️

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I got behind in my #AuthorAMonth September reading of Kurt Vonnegut. I originally was going to read Cat‘s Cradle but had to return the ebook to the library so I ended up with the tagged story from Libby (interesting dystopia satire) & Slice of Life, a slightly longer science fiction story, not listed on Litsy free on Audible. I‘m also still listening to his essays/college speeches, If This Isn‘t Nice, What Is? that I‘ll finish today ⬇️

The plotline itself was well thought out, with the mixing of the two timelines & the gradual reveals, but for me, I'm afraid the characters rather spoiled things. Dolly Dove seemed to have almost no personality & I had no strong feelings about what happened to her character, Fern was just annoying, & did Nell have to be quite so useless at everything? I also found the ending to be rather melodramatic. (continued)

After 136 pages I'm out. It's just not holding my interest. #HailTheBail

This concludes my #AllergicToChunksters challenge. Thank you @julieclair for helping me get 3 huge books off my TBR shelves!! 🙏🏼💕

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It started out great, but by page 121 my desire to read was almost non-existent. #HailTheBail 🙌🏼

65/80

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Just could not get into this short story collection at all. DNF @ 23%

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Given that this is Booker longlisted, this may be an unpopular opinion, but this missed the mark for me. The structure apes Hernan Diaz‘s Trust, longlisted in 2022, but whereas Trust had a natural flow, Universality feels very disjointed, and purely a vehicle for Brown‘s view of the press. I had to reread some sections 3 times because I just didn‘t feel engaged with the writing at all. Too much of a hard slog.

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This was almost a DNF. But, when I got surprised by who Katy runs into in Positano the story really took off for me. The ending was a little disappointing because I would've liked some kind of explanation. Overall, it was good story to get lost in.

59/80

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