Another should-be COVID-isolation classic (consult your physician), that takes you behind the impossibly heavy eyelids of America, just trying to get through another day at the minimum level of consciousness possible. Full of elements that remind me a little bit of other odd books. The young solitary misunderstood misanthropic narrator on a bizarre quest reminds me of Exalted. The whole quest for pharmaceuticals & the elaborate sleep preparations remind a lot of the elaborate & bizarre drug routines in Infinite Jest. The blackout drug that the main character is using to sleep to avoid feelings, but which has her attending parties, wakes, etc during her supposed “sleeping” hours (along with her ultimate disinterest in these “sleeping” activities) reminds me a lot of TV Severance. The psychiatrist kind of has a Catch-22 character vibe.