Show Notes
Did you love this GIGANTIC bestseller from nine years ago? Let me remind you why! It was SO fun to dig in to how Ng makes fiction do what fiction does best: her narrative stance, structure, plotting and characterization are so strong.
OR--maybe you didn't quite get the hype?? Allow me to offer a couple of explanations as to why that might be.
This lecture--underscoring why certain novels are such gigantic phenonemena--ended up being an excellent way to help you become a BETTER READER (though I think you're perfect the way you are). Treat yourself now!
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