i posted a whole review when i initially finished this novel and have since deleted it and lowered my rating to a one star.

9 months after reading & I am still thinking about how infuriating and bleak this book was for me. there’s no doubt Doerr can expertly craft a sentence but with over 600 pages, that’s the only redeeming quality I could find

Also, very importantly, I will never forgive the way Seymour’s character was treated and do not understand why more people don’t talk about this!!!