A debut book by such a young person really has no right to be this wonderful! From the very beginning I knew I was reading something special, the way Mortimer has experimented with form and voice is incredibly dexterous it’s almost breathtaking. I found the characterization of her cancer to be incredibly effective, it was a parasite and a monster but also an onlooker, a cohost, and an omnipresent narrator who lurked around every corner. I am still unsure I even scratched the surface of this book, so I’ve already put it on hold to listen to the audiobook performance so I can go through it again in another format just to see what i get from it that way. Truly so special and devastating I loved this so much!