I did not know what to expect out of this book, especially starting in the middle of the book. I did not know how easily I would pick up on the story. Boy howdy did it get going. I got caught up in the section about the skin the most. I think I read that section in its entirety like 3 or 4 times. It was written beautifully and it resonated with me for some reason. Maybe it was because I was reading this book at work on a gloomy morning where the context of the book articulated how I felt about the cloudy sky that coated over the wait for tables at 9 in the morning. Or maybe it was because the section took its bluntness and explored it way deeper than I thought it could ever take it. Something as simple as “these dead skin cells make up the part of you I am the most familiar with” was made into a 2 page section that really exemplified how much the narrator cared for Louise.
Something that I have tried to improve recently in my own writing is detail, and I think I am going to use this section as a resource when I need guidance on how to do it. Something about this section fits with what I tend to aim for with my writing, and I think that this will be a good guideline for what I should try to do.
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