I decided to take a break from nonfiction and pick up a novel; I ended up devouring it in a few hours. There are two things that, without giving away any plot details, really distinguished this book as a piece of writing:
- The non-specific narration in the second person styled as a self-help book. No names of characters or places are ever used!
- The contrast in focus spent on the main character’s events. Life events surrounding “you” and your family are skipped over between paragraphs, whereas a single thought may be examined over multiple pages.