Man, I'm starting to think my impression of Jodi Picout's writing is that every book is a plea for people to acknowledge how smart and poignant she is and how clever her writing is because she included this one kind of funny quote her son sent her from reddit once.

It's not actually *bad* in any way I can specifically put my finger on, but it feels faux intellectual and needy for validation.

I wanna keep trying because I *want* to understand the popularity, and I just don't yet.