This book is very strange, but I love reading it.

Josiah's review (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1634228559) pretty much sums up what I want to say. (Actually, all of Josiah's reviews are very good. Better than mine. :)

(Note: There are some characters with OCD which

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actually turns out to be a genetic disorder created to control them, and there's a cure

. I don't know anyone with OCD and can't say how accurate the portrayal is, especially since

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they are mostly cured by the end of the story

.)

“When you hear a true story, there is a part of you that responds to it regardless of art, regardless of evidence. Let it be the most obvious fabrication and you will still believe whatever truth is in it, because you can not deny truth no matter how shabbily it is dressed.

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read 1/30/2019
reread 1/7/2020