I got #S. by #DougDorst and #JJAbrams for Christmas, and have been attempting to read it ever since. I'm only on pg 39, and have had to reread already as I try to figure out my "plan of attack" so I actually get what's going on. The main text is a story called #ShipOfTheseus by fictitious author #VMStraka and tells the story of a man with amnesia who gets shanghaied (is that still an acceptable term for it? Probably not. I'm gonna have to look into that later, but if someone else corrects me in the comments before I make an edit, here's a pre-emptive THANK YOU!) and finds himself part of a mysterious crew where he is apparently known as "S".

In the #margins is a conversation between two fictitious college students named Jen and Eric. They've so far never met, but converse via the margins of this book as well as random bits of paper they tuck between the pages. Most of their conversation revolves around solving the mystery of who VM Straka really is, but also some flirting and some comments on their own lives.

I'm having a bit of a hard time keeping both stories straight in my mind, so I think my plan is to read each chapter with the corresponding comments and bits of paper, then going back and rereading the chapter with JUST the text of Ship of Theseus. My brain is currently doing a GRAND job of keeping Eric and Jen's part of the story straight, so it's just the main text I need to revisit

Has anyone in the #bookstodon #fediverse read this book yet? Any tips on how best to proceed? This #book is definitely an amazing experience, it's just a lot to take in at once!

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Effluvium: an unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge.

"The tavern is a low brick building on the corner of two streets that must form the nexus of the city's stink, a powerful mixture of dead fish, low tide, and human, canine, and feline effluvia."

#ShipOfTheseus by #VMStraka (#S by #JJAbrams and #DougDorst)

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