anthony doerr said fuck ai give me something human!! a story about the stories that help us “slip the trap” of living at the end of the world (just like everyone who has ever lived). extremely earnest, and occasionally a tiny bit sappy for my taste but mostly it was so hopeful and gorgeously written. despite long and frequent paragraphs of description i never felt my attention wander. it kept my childlike wonder alive, and i always held onto the possibility that at any moment a character would transform into a bird and take us away from this world and that’s what it’s all about!