Educated reminds me why I love memoirs; they let you peer into experiences that you would otherwise never have known the existence of. Set against the backdrop is of a deeply religious survivalist family, Tara beautifully paints the story of her childhood, with all its horrifying and yet, somehow endearing moments laid bare for the reader. At the same time, she also weaves a deeper story of the pain and trauma and internalized guilt of simultaneously loving her family and wanting to escape the chokehold of a bipolar father and volatile household. A really great read.
Not as strong a set of short stories as his later collection (Exhalation), but still interesting what-if scenarios playing on bibilical/theistic and scifi concepts
800 pages flew by much faster than I expected - Rare that you get an author that so deftly balanaces such a hefty amount of world building with great pacing and characters. Jumping straight into Book #2, A Clash of Kings.
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