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Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
DID NOT FINISH: 1%

You know the stands at the front of the library that have new books facing outward? They got me. I borrowed this for the cover, knowing nothing about it, and... I'm just glad I saw it at the library and not in the store. 

The writing made me feel like I was back in an undergraduate creative writing course I took. He compared her accent to an apple. Am I supposed to think that's clever? I've been scouring reviews, and I feel validated in ending this journey here. Vibes are off, friends. 

I officially stopped here, at this heavily contrived display of woke-ness:

"My brother," said Frank to the man behind the counter. "Happy New Year."

The man looked up from his newspaper  where he was reading about more government-sactioned tortures in his country. He wondered what made this white man think they were brothers, then smiled.