#jan botm

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Salvage

I liked this one. I enjoyed the tension that permeated the story. I also liked the brief touch on why bad things happen.

Anna is a bamf.

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Come, Gentle Night

I liked this one. But I think I liked the note afterward even more lol.

John declines relations.

Which on the first night could actually be seen as sweet. And I mean, if she totally didn’t want that at all, good on him.

Buuuut...

6 years later and she runs away and divorces him on the grounds of non-consummation.

Then gets remarried and ends up having EIGHT kids lol.

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Ballad

Damn.

Just...damn.

This one was sort of depressing. It took me a bit to get into it. And then the last few pages were a flurry of emotion. Anger, disgust, pity, compassion, sadness.

Overall this might be one of my favorites from the book.

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Night Vision

I enjoyed this one. While Franny is only 9, I found her to be relatable and I was totally cheering her on.

I was nervous for her.

The ending made me happy. You go girl!

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“I think colour is when you can taste something with your eyes.”

—Emma Donoghue, The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, “Night Vision”

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Revelations

This one...this one was bizarre. But in the sense that there have been many instances of cults over our history. And I always find it weirdly fascinating.

Also, I would like to kick Friend Mother in the shin.

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Account

Not going to lie, I did not finish reading this one. It read too much like a history book.

No thanks.

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For the discussions I’m going to do it by each story in the book. I’m just going to kind of do a word vomit on how I felt about each story. Feel free to jump in and agree or disagree or add anything!

Here we go!