Death of the author was so incredibly emotional !so sad, so gut-wrenchingly emotional, I love a good read that makes me think about the book after I finish this was no different I highly recommend this book more people should read it this should be shouted about across the world.

A touching story about a daughter of immigrants, her struggle to find her place in her family and in society, plus a bonus second book in the novel she writes that shoots her into a completely different orbit.

I was so shocked to see a Nnedi Okorafor title available under "Read Now" on NetGalley that I had to snatch it up and dive right in! The last few days have been a whirlwind while reading this adventure during a snowy, below zero weekend. I was a bit disappointed by the last 1/4 of the book because it seemed to be such a shift in the dynamics of pacing, but overall, I loved this and cannot wait to snag a copy in print as it looks like a real beauty! Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

My Selling Pitch:
A tone-deaf author insert wish fulfillment family drama by an Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos apologist with a pointless Wall-E/Hail Mary mashup shoehorned into it that blasts cancel culture while managing to be misogynistic, ableist, transphobic, and racist. And then advocates for AI’s use in creating books.

Top of my do not read list.

Pre-reading:
Don't know anything about this book other than that a few book boxes have picked it, and meta fiction is having a major moment.

(obviously potential spoilers from here on)
Thick of it:
It’s a little Fleabag, I May Destroy You, and Come and Get It in its traumatized messiness.

That is the plot of Wall-E.

Make sure the sci-fi bros know the robots have that robussy.

I do not like dolphins.

This AI is the villain in a sci-fi novel is kind of cliché and cheesy.

And that's basically the plot of Hail Mary. Even down to the spider partner.

I think this is fine. I do not think I personally like it.

As someone who can't drive, I feel that.

I don’t think of it as submitting to technology. I think of it as being serviced by technology.

Stop with the password pop culture drops

Is her novel gonna get canceled because of the incident at uni, and this is the author being like cancel culture is actually just racist oppression because like some of it yes, and other bits no.

I know it’s a different culture but the misogyny of it all and the phrases are pissing me off.

I will say the audiobook is very well done.

Name dropping The Martian when this book is so similar to Hail Mary is a choice.

And she's a surgeon. Parentified daughter much.

Like I know the point is that the sci-fi book is inspired by her life but it feels so heavy-handed and repetitive instead of letting the reader assume. Like I assumed the robot's teal legs came from her wheelchair before the book explicitly told me. It’s like hammering you over the head like do you see the themes yet???? And I’m over here like trust your reader to pick up some implied meaning. Let them work.

Her family kinda sucks. It’s a good examination of how you can love and care for someone to their detriment.

Where are we going with this? I feel bad being like I’m bored, but I’m bored.

Okay post apocalyptic row boat submarines as whale watching-pretty brilliant.

She deserves much better than the current love interest. He sucks.

I'm very live and let live with it but I don't understand this book’s preoccupation with weed.

Dolphin people are something else.

Oh, it figures this insecure man is a shortie.

I'm at the point where I would DNF. It's 50% I don't care. I don't see this miraculously changing up and making me care. (Ironically if I had DNFed here, the book would’ve had a higher rating.)

And it went exactly where I thought it was headed. Sigh. I'm boredddd.

Why wouldn't you answer no im mine? This book frustrates me.

This chapter is awful. The book feels very adolescent and wish fulfillment-y. I'm curious how old the author is and if she or a relative is disabled.

Like this chapter is so bad. So teenage angst. You don't even know me. Like what is this? And a quirky artsy fartsy hippie. Like this is garbage.

That felt like one of those planted influencer vpn ads.

How can you rail against “comfort food” when a good 10% of your book has just been literal comfort food.

Girl, you're a millionaire. My sympathy is nonexistent.

This is not Elon Musk sympathy fiction, is it? Because I'll lose it.

I'm taller. He is that short.

I fundamentally don’t understand how you could love a country and a system and an ideology that treats your family member so horribly. Like how much closer to you does it have to be so that you develop empathy for other human beings? What’s wrong with you?

If you’re wondering how American I am, I have been reading the audiobook and not following along And I kept hearing them mention what I heard as jello fries. And I was like huh, I wonder what style of french fries they’re talking about. I’m reading the book this morning with my eyeballs. Jollof rice. That makes a lot more sense. I-😂 I’m over here like man, they eat a lot of poutine!

How do you have the education to be a surgeon and yet are still that ignorant

What in the Elon Musk apologist is this dog shit? (Musk/Bezos interchangeable assholes.)

Imagine writing a nonconsensual wedding and thinking it’s romantic.

This is gonna be a two-star because it is a complete story that’s written and readable and has purpose but like absolutely one-star for personal enjoyment. Absolutely on my do not read list.

GIRL. This is not respectful. Be so fucking for real. This book’s morals are so beyond warped.

Hey bestie, keeping an activity secret from your husband that he’s morally against, super uncool. Very toxic. Beyond unhealthy

Oh, I’m PISSED. I know this book isn’t preaching all women who are models are vapid gold diggers. FUCK absolutely FUCK this toxic 5’7 man. I can’t believe a woman wrote this. In 2025. Fuck the two-star rating. I’m done. I’m so DONE.

I genuinely believe reading diversely is so important and you have to take in viewpoints and experiences that are different from your own, but if this author believes anything that her characters are preaching-like get so, so fucked.

I keep thinking it can’t get worse and then it does. Absolutely fuck this Elon Musk apologist. Don’t know how a woman of 2025 managed to write one of the most racist, misogynistic, ableist steaming piles of garbage I’ve ever had the misfortune of reading.

Oh cool, and now it’s transphobic. What the actual fuck. This book is really just like how else can I piss Sam off?

I’m shaking I’m so angry. How did this get published? It’s one thing to be a bad book. It’s another to have so much toxic messaging and be convinced you’re being woke and sharing important words with humanity as a whole. This is fucking delusional.

There’s no way they would let you go to space without retesting for pregnancy

Hey, I don’t think essentially advocating for AI’s use in the creation of stories even if you’ve anthropomorphized AI is kosher for artists.

I hate this book.

You know what feels incredibly tone-deaf? This pregnancy story arc when that NASA astronaut has been posting her infertility journey everywhere on social media.

Literally beyond unethical.

Post-reading:
It is so important to me to read stories from perspectives different. I want to understand people’s different life experiences and be exposed to new ideas and cultures. I come with an open mind. I’m willing to change my opinion when presented with sound reasoning and evidence. And I issue this disclaimer to cover my ass when I absolutely blast this book.

What the actual shit was this. How did this get published. In 2025.

And what baffles me is that it clearly thinks it’s woke and an advocate for change.

This has to be one of the most misogynistic, racist, transphobic, ableist pieces of work I’ve ever had the misfortune of picking up. And let’s break this down a bit.

You’re not a feminist for saying fuck the patriarchy. You are misogynistic for saying models only care about what they look like and date men for money.

You’re not antiracist just for featuring characters with diverse backgrounds. You are racist when you say all people from a country believe a rhetoric and their opinions can’t be changed.

You aren’t an ally for having a gender non-conforming character present in your work whose sole narrative purpose is to help another character learn to choose women that aren’t like other girls so he can be fulfilled. You are echoing and amplifying transphobic hate speech when you have a character wondering if someone has changed their identity just to rape them.

You aren’t inclusive just for having a disabled main character. You aren’t ableist for having a disabled character receive medical treatment. You are ableist when you use a fictionalized miracle vaccine to allow a pregnant woman to travel into space as a get out of jail free card so she can escape ethical concerns.

Like what the shit.

How do you sit here as an author and advocate for the use of AI in the creation of artwork? It’s just so incredibly tone-deaf. And even if we put aside all my moral qualms with the book, what are we left with?

An author insert wish fulfillment family drama? The characters are fundamentally unlikable and deeply hateful. And sure, you can do a character study on a toxic family unit, but you’re gonna be hard-pressed to make me enjoy it when no one’s redeemable. I can’t get over how toxic the main character’s romance is. That’s a hateful little man she’s been stuck with. The couple ignores each other’s ethical and moral boundaries at every turn, and the book still has the audacity to present them as something to strive for and emulate. All book we’re told how incredible Zelu’s work is with no evidence to support it. Even if you take the ending’s spin as fact, then it’s just a robot crafting a story about a hateful family.

To me, meta fiction works best when there’s an element of satire to it. I’m talking about your House of Leaves’ pretension, your Benjamin Stevenson cheeky fourth wall breaks. That’s absent here. This is one shitty story nestled into another shittier one. The robot chapters feel unnecessary to the family drama. It’s not like their themes combine for greater messaging, no matter which story you take at face value. Either you have a robot name dropping famous authors and characters from other works while it writes about a disabled human to process the destruction and subsequent upgrading of its own legs, or you have a human who canonically knows Andy Weir ripping off Wall-E and Hail Mary for some cliched post apocalyptic fiction. Both options are bad!

If this had just been a family drama, I’d still have my problems with its moral failings and general inaction. Zelu comes off like a whiny teenaged Wattpad author rather than a woman in her late thirties with a nuanced perspective. I’d still have problems with some fictionalized Bezos/Musk character randomly taking our main character into space and jettisoning any ethical considerations for how their fortunes and technology are even possible, let alone the complete suspension of disbelief necessary to buy into sending a completely unqualified astronaut into space for a joy ride for free.

If this had just been another robot book, I probably would’ve gotten through this with a it’s nothing new but it’s technically readable vibe.

But put together? What are we doing. I sincerely hope the author doesn’t actually believe the messages her characters are spewing. You can write from perspectives different than your own, but dear god, what was the point? This is shooting to the top of my do not read list. It’s a boring story and it’s got hateful messaging, and I think that easily outweighs any worth someone could glean from reading this.

Who should read this:
No one
Fans of diverse representation family dramas who are capable of reading critically

Ideal reading time:
Anytime

Do I want to reread this:
Fuck no.

Would I buy this:
Hard, hard pass.

Similar books:
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* I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman-character study, meta fiction, queer
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* Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter-character study lit fic, dystopian satire, family drama, mental health
* Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir-dude bro sci-fi romp
* Annie Bot by Sierra Greer-sci-fi dystopian, social commentary
* House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski-mixed media, meta fiction, character study, lit fic, horror
* Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet-dystopian satire, social commentary
* The Observable Universe by Heather McCalden-lit fic memoir linking viruses to technology
* Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly-lit fic, character study, family drama, queer
* Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley-lit fic, character study, family drama

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Nnedi takes us on a fascinating ride between these two worlds. And the end makes you want to start the book all over again.

I have been a fan of Nnedi Okorafor's speculative fiction for years (which is a tall order, as it might be my least preferred genre), so I was delighted to receive an advance copy of her latest work, Death of the Author. This work is described as "a masterclass of metafiction," and I tend to agree.

The deep themes of this book (e.g., artistry, autonomy, ableism) and the focus on intersectionality make me want to discuss it in depth.

Many thanks to the author, publishers, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me.

Zelu is a 32 year old paraplegic woman with an MFA in creative writing, a novel she wrote six years ago she can't sell, and has just been fired from her adjunct teaching position. At her sister's destination wedding inspiration for a sci-fi novel hits and she writes a breakout hit, but what will change as she rockets to fame?

I would describe this book as literary fiction joined alongside Africanfuturism sci-fi, as there are two works alongside each other. You get the unfolding story from Zelu's perspective, chapters of Rusted Robots, and chapters of interview snippets with Zelu's family and friends. I think if you enjoyed Yellowfave by R. F. Kuang, you will likely enjoy this; there are some similar themes even though the protagonists and genres are very different.

Thank you to William Morrow Books for an ARC on NetGalley. All opinions are my own. This book is due to be published 1/14/25.

I don't know how to review this book. It's rather unique, so doesn't really lend itself to easy, straightforward comparisons with other books. I liked it quite a lot, but can't say I LOVED it (hence 4 stars instead of 5).

This has a really interesting premise (story-within-story) and layers sci-fi on top of literary fiction.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC! This book was released on January 14th, 2025 by William Morrow in the US.

Full Rating: 4.5 stars rounded up

Nnedi Okorafor’s Death of the Author is a breathtaking exploration of identity, autonomy, and the power of storytelling. At its heart is Zelu, a Nigerian American, paraplegic author grappling with the intersections of her disability, creative ambition, and cultural identity. Interwoven with chapters from her bestselling debut Rusted Robots and interviews with her family, Zelu’s journey reflects an intimate yet universal struggle for self-determination amidst societal and familial pressures.

Zelu’s character is richly drawn, capturing her frustrations, vulnerabilities, and triumphs with poignant realism. Her decision to pivot from literary fiction and academia to science fiction after a cascade of personal and professional setbacks feels both inevitable and revolutionary. Rusted Robots—a story of self-aware machines rebuilding a post-human Earth—is a perfect metaphor for Zelu’s life, filled with echoes of her quest to reconstruct and define herself after the life-altering trauma of the childhood accident that left her paralyzed. The narrative deftly explores how Zelu’s paraplegia shapes her sense of independence and identity, particularly through her relationship with her wheelchair, autonomous vehicles, and the exoskeleton study she participates in.

The novel’s nuanced approach to disability is deeply resonant. Okorafor parallels the empowering and dehumanizing aspects of assistive technology, crafting a story that acknowledges the layered complexity of navigating the world as a disabled person. Zelu’s swimming scenes, where she feels free and untethered, are especially striking, offering a reprieve from her struggles and underscoring her profound resilience.

While Zelu’s personal arc is captivating, the chapters from Rusted Robots add a rich meta-textual layer. Ankara’s journey from isolation to leadership as a Hume robot mirrors Zelu’s quest for recognition and autonomy, emphasizing the transformative potential of community and storytelling. The novel’s exploration of identity—be it racial, cultural, or technological—is seamlessly integrated into a larger conversation about belonging and self-expression.

That said, the novel’s ambition occasionally works against it. The sprawling scope, particularly in the final third, leaves some plot threads unresolved and could have benefited from tighter editing. Still, these minor issues do little to detract from the book’s emotional and intellectual impact.

Okorafor’s prose is as introspective and emotive as ever, blending sharp social critique with poetic reflections on identity, family, and resilience. Death of the Author is an extraordinary achievement—a layered, deeply human story that cements Okorafor as a master storyteller and a beacon of contemporary speculative fiction. This is a book to savor, ponder, and revisit.

📖 Recommended For: Fans of introspective speculative fiction, disability justice narratives, and multi-layered storytelling; readers interested in the intersections of technology and identity; N.K. Jemisin, Octavia Butler, and Rivers Solomons readers.

🔑 Key Themes: Identity and Autonomy, Cultural Heritage and Family, The Power of Storytelling, Humanity and Technology.

Content / Trigger Warnings: Drug Use (minor), Gun Violence (minor), Alcohol (minor), Suicidal Thoughts (minor), Sexual Content (minor), Mental Illness (minor), Medical Content (severe), Gore (minor), Suicide (minor), Ableism (moderate), Death of a Parent (severe).

This book was something new and unique stylistically. I ahem never read a meta novel before. This was also my first read of anything from Okorafor. I feel like I need to re-read this before I can attest to having any firm opinions on it. I just started my sci-fi journey this year, and this may have been a poor choice with how novice I still am with the genre. It was very much a "I'm not sure if I'm following, but I am enjoying my confusion" with this one.
I can safely say that I LOVED the intersectionality and disability rep in this.
I can't wait to read more from this author.

3.5- this was definitely a premise unlike anything I have ever read before! It was an interesting experience with the meta novel, the book within the book, which timelines mirrored each other in a lot of unique and interesting ways. Overall, I enjoyed the unique experience and perspectives as it related to disability, gender, race and culture, and the intersection between all of these identities for the main character. I enjoyed the relationships in this novel, although they also made me frustrated at times as well (like family does)! I thought it was just a little too long and the pacing and plot were drawn out in a lot of ways, and the science fiction portion of the story could sometimes feel dense and inaccessible. Overall I think this is more family drama/fiction than it is a science fiction novel, so with different expectations I may have enjoyed more.

Thank you to Willam Morrow and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review

I would like to thank Harper Collins for providing digital copy of this novel. This was absolutely brilliant. Death of the Author is hard to pin down to one genre. It's about an author, the story she writes, the people that support her, and the crossing of lines between reality and science fiction. Zelu is an adjunct professor at an university who is fired from her job after an incident with students. This event propels her to write the story she wants to write, one of humanoid robots called Humes who face off against AI creatures called NoBodies in a posthuman world. In the story, robots carry the digital DNA of their creators. To Zelu and her family's surprise, this story becomes a commercial success. We see how her relationships and life in general change with fame. At the age of 12 an accident forever changed her life as she became wheelchair bound. But an experimental procedure finds her relating with the protagonist of her story to a degree she never imagined. The chapters can be grouped into chapters about the author Zelu, chapters belonging to the book she wrote, and interviews with her loved ones. The placement of the chapters is perfect within the story as the distinct formats connect in interesting ways to what is going on in the story. For example, an interview may reveal an anecdote that is important for what happens to a character in the next chapter. An event in the fictional novel written by the author may draw parallels to what is going on in the author's life. This novel touches on so many pressing issues of our time. It is a commentary on the pros and cons of automation. It also explores academia, particularly how adjuncts often feel taken advantage of by the system. It examines social media “cancel culture." Another key theme is African diaspora. Through that lens, the author explores maintaining one's culture and how children born outside their parent’s country of origin often face criticism from relatives who are native to that county. She delves into misogyny and ableism and how these manifest in different cultures. She plunges into the publishing industry and the pressure to write the next book in the series—pressure that may come from both fans and agents. Ultimately, I loved the character of Zelu. She is one of the more fully realized characters I’ve read in a while.
Death of the Author is clever, thought provoking ,and fun. It has so much to say about so many diverse topics and it does it in a way that it’s always in line with the story and helps move it along. Superb.

I really love Okorafor's work and was excited to try her new book, since it's a bit different than her other books. I did like it, but I think it wasn't in the right mood whilst reading it.

I found Zelu to be really frustrating and that took me out of the story. I did like how Okorafor intertwined Zelu's story and Rusted Robots throughout the book. I think others might enjoy this one - it just wasn't my favorite.

"What good was love if she could only see it through a window?"

I was completely blown away by this unique storyline. There are so many twists and turns and I thoroughly enjoyed the "book in a book" concept. Death of the Author was a very well written sci-fi with a splash of romance, pinch of family drama and hint of humor. Zulu is a headstrong girl that doesn't take anyone's crap. I loved all mentions of the way Zulu's family was brought together by their culture, food and traditions. The development of Zulu's relationship with Msizi was realistically beautiful along with the subtle growth of Ankara and Ijele on their journey to save the Earth. The book was a little slow for me for the first half but recovered in the second half. And the ending? Perfect twist.

I was already interested in the book because Goldsboro picked it for their February GSFF monthly book pick but I am so thankful to have been able to experience it before even having the physical book in my hands.

"It's time. Create yourself. See what happens. Only then can you really know."

Thank you William Morrow and NetGalley for providing this arc for review in exchange for an honest review.

Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, Death of the Author: A Novel (out Jan. 14), is a great book that deserves all the attention it can garner. I love the vivid characters in it, the way they face their challenges, the fiercely exuberant explorations of personhood and choice and negotiating relationships, and the sheer joy of life apparent in how Okorafor plays with ideas.

Per the publisher, HarperCollins, “In this exhilarating tale … a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human.”

I usually feel that naming a book [Title]: A Novel is a bit pretentious, but in this case the “A Novel” appendage is helpful, distinguishing Okorafor’s work from the 1967 Roland Barthes essay, “The Death of the Author.” Traditional literary theory often looks to authors’ biographies and culture (and stated intentions, if any) for clues to interpreting their work; in contrast, the “death of the author” theory can be summarized as saying that no text can have an ultimately correct interpretation, but rather they are all recast anew by each new reader’s reaction to them. The initial relationship with the creator is severed upon the work’s release and new, unique relationships are formed with each reader/viewer/listener/experiencer.

It’s plain to me that Okorafor is referring deliberately to this idea in her title, and playing with it throughout the book. From protagonist Zelu struggling to control the story of her own life, as her overprotective/dismissive family seeks to box her in with their expectations, even after she becomes successful; to Zelu’s shock as her bestselling book takes on a life of its own in American, Nigerian, and world culture; to each book chapter’s narration switching from interviews of those close to Zelu, to Zelu herself, to robot Scholar Ankara, and back around the cycle; to the conflicts among robot societies after their creator-humans have died off — all of these shifts in perspective (all third person past tense) illustrate how stories always change, often drastically, depending on who is telling them and who the audience is. There’s also another major shift in perspective later in the book, but I won’t spoil that for readers.

About those robots: Zelu writes her “rusted robots” book when she’s in a bad place in her life; having stayed away from science fiction until now, when she no longer cares if her characters are relatable or not, and she wants to write something new and fresh. So the third chapter of Death of the Author: A Novel switches from Zelu and her problems to Ankara, a Hume (human-shaped) robot who revels in finding and retelling stories enough to become a Scholar. Ankara has strong desires to learn, to be heard, and to form connections, and sees that many robots who claim to be guided by logic alone are merely rationalizing their own preferences. Ankara has some noble goals, even if occasionally distracted from them, and I enjoyed following their pursuit in the occasional chapter-intervals between the human chapters. Ankara is a very relatable character, despite being a robot, because the challenges faced are essentially ones that humans face too: survival, tribalism, and the search for connection.

Zelu is a pleasure to relate to; she’s a very strong-willed woman, which her relatives criticize, but she’s had to be that to maintain any independence at all; her lover is sometimes frustrated by her but admires her strength. She takes sensual pleasure in food, bright colors, movement, and sex. She uses a wheelchair, and later makes a bold decision to try out cutting-edge technological mobility aids; I haven’t had to make any decisions like that, but of course any human being is just one major accident or disease away from dealing with disabilities (beyond garden-variety disabilities like having to use glasses or take maintenance medications). And Zelu’s struggles to reconcile her family’s Yoruba and Igbo traditions with her own aren’t anything I’ve had to deal with, but anyone from a big family, or even a smaller family with strong-willed members, can relate to family arguments.

I don’t know much about Nnedi Okorafor beyond her other books I’ve read, but a cursory search shows that she is a Nigerian-American who became paralyzed at age 19 and relearned walking with a cane. I’ve seen Death of the Author: A Novel called her most autobiographical book, and obviously she brings her wealth of experience to it. But it’s a mistake to think of this book as only that. She also has great wealth of imagination, and empathy; I adored this book’s breadth of ideas, and multiple perspectives, and experiments with structure. I loved every minute I spent in Zelu’s world, and the Rusted Robots universe, and I highly recommend this book to everyone.

Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for an advance digital copy of this book.

This book isn't one I'd usually pick up. I was drawn in by the science fiction, but stayed for the Nigerian culture, disability representation, and Zelu's fierce independence. Oh, and jollof rice!

Death of the Author is the first book I've read of Nnendi Okorafor and I look forward to exploring her other publications. Whatever you do, don't read this book if you are hungry. Now I'm off to find recipes for fried plantains and egusi soup.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC: Rating=4.5 rounded up. The author stated in a recent NYT profile that "The world is a magical place." Okarafor creates magic in her genre combining semi autobiographical novel about Zelu a paraplegic initially unpublished author who is enmeshed in her large Nigerian family. Within the novel her science fiction novel "Rusted Robots" is a fascinating compelling story of a post human world where physical robots and artificial intelligence robots battle while facing outside threats. Both stories build steadily and their connections become more compelling and almost disorienting. A fascinating book that covers so much ground and topics. The semi-autobiographical novel features interviews with family members who add insight into Zelu's story. The NYT article clarified the portions of the story that were based on the author's life, but at no point in this magical story did it feel like a memoir. The interplay of the two stories leads to a powerful ending.

This book was incredible! Zelu is a Nigerian American paraplegic in her early 30s. She loses her job as an adjunct professor and basically hits rock bottom and has to move back in with her parents. She writes a sci fi novel and it changes her life. I enjoyed the different interviews throughout the story. I loved the story within the story.

Ok I need to get the physical version of this because I can tell this is going to be one of my favorite books of all time and I realllllly want to make sure I have a physical copy of this gorgeous book. I should have looked at the book length as I am realizing physical books are much easier for me to process if the book is past around 250 pages. I am still getting used to using an reader.

I need to purchase 15 of these the second I am able to. I have a very strong feeling this book is going to win multiple awards. I had chills just from the beautiful writing in the first chapter and I knew I had to let myself half the full experience with this work of art.

Future note for self: try to avoid requesting books longer than a certain length, as my brain is still getting used to digital reading.

Apologies, and thank you immensley for the opportunity to sample this work of art. I want to get the physical form so I can take photos as well.