Honestly, I went into this with a synopsis, the faint recollection of positive reviews, and one person who said “oh that was really good” and didn’t elaborate further. None of that prepared me for just how undone reading this would make me. I liked the explorations of a variety of difficult topics, and just so much was unexpected. Extremely well written too; I’ve had trouble getting fully into written stories lately, but this properly sucked me in and I completely blocked out the outside world while reading it. A strange escape, but an escape nonetheless.