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Whoa. Ok. I‘m a Patricia Lockwood fan. I loved No One is Talking About this. I love how she thinks. But I found this stream of consciousness work barely readable, too self-indulgent, too needlessly difficult, too difficult. There were parts i got and parts i liked, but mostly I forced my way through what was nearly incoherent to me. (Probably the cat understands).

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

The first two stories really grabbed me but the rest tells almost like nonfiction at times.

If you've read any Patricia Lockwood before, you'll know she has a unique way of expressing herself. She's a singular, irreverent, poetic voice, and I respect her work.

Some of her latest writing is pure fire. Some of it is so abstract that it lacks clarity and I found it a struggle to extract meaning.

This book explores how the pandemic left her feeling detached from reality both mentally and physically.

Varies from chapter to chapter!

I will surely reread this in a few years and remain mystified and awed by Lockwood. She can be so weird and profound and vulgar and vibrant. This novel feels like a working through, ruminating in a similar vein to No One is Talking About This but ultimately more muddled and not as powerful. Still brilliant and full of unforgettable prose.