Author: RJ

The biggest problem I had with this book was that it inspired almost nothing in me. It had five POV characters, all of whom had identical voices. Luckily, it was easy to tell from context who the POV character was, but if I stopped reading mid-chapter I might have to take a moment to remember.…

“I’m under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.”

“If you’re always aiming for perfection, you won’t make anything at all.”

“Every golden age is as much a matter of disregard as of felicity.”

“If I have to choose between work and you, between a story and you, between anything and you, I’m picking you.”

“When there is only the memory of affectionate yet mild proximity to sustain a friendship, it tends to wilt and eventually droop to the ground slowly enough that it gives nobody any cause for alarm.”