Dec 28, 2025
To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.
-Aimee Bender, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
#do NOT come for me about the commas they are original to the text#also this book had a TERRIBLE ending#it's about a girl who can taste emotion in food - so angry cook = angry food#FASCINATING premise#but you know what hte author chose to focus on to the point of the final scene being about this?#how her brother...drumroll please...TURNS INTO A CHAIR#yes that is a significant plotline in the book#her brother turns into a chair#sigh#it was well written but I could not#aimee bender#the particular sadness of lemon cake