well, i've just been swallowing audiobooks this month it seems. it's good, keeps me out of youtube. plus, i've been meaning to read this one for ages, and i'm glad i finally met this frogman...

a story of a lonely housewife who falls into a special relationship with a frogman, that made me a little sad at the end.

i'm not sure how i feel about this book. it's likely just a one-time read for me. but it was an intriguing story, touching on topics like gender roles, the death of marriage with lack of communication, the peculiarities of human relationships and attachment, cheating husbands (my fav ofc), and the definition of a "human being". and, i guess, also how the news exaggerate things, blow them out of proportion. and a little bit on the psychological treatment that consists of mainly sedating the patient.

and there's a lot of coffee drinking. and avocados.

i found it a bit unsettling just how quickly Dorothy and Larry-the-frog-man got into copulating [and so many times, jeez]. it was just a little bit... too abrupt. that's too magical for me, i need a rational, step-by-step explanation of how their attraction emerged. right now, i can only think of "she is a lonely housewife" and "mr frogman is just taking what he likes". and Estelle [Dorothy's friend]... apparently being the one with whom Dorothy's husband had been cheating, and he is also shagging Estella's daughter... i mean, what the heck?? Dorothy really should have turned into a mermaid and swam away with Larry-Aquarius and his strong muscular arms... oh well, but he never came.

one final thing: if Larry-the-frogman was taught language via punishment being at the in between of young and middle age... is he really communicating? is he able to feel the connection, or is his language merely a way to go by without punishment? yes, he is inquisitive about human beings, but i'm really unsure how well does this co-exist with the way in which he learnt language in the first place.
[slowly preparing myself to read the Dumb House and find out all the more about the nature of language and some horrors that might make my sleep even worse than it already is].

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really, really not sure about this one... maybe gulping down audiobooks is not good for my comprehension.

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can someone get me a bag of avocados? i'll make the scrambled eggs and we can have a feast and maybe go to the beach after.