swapping my phone screen time with reading books for a WEEK... and it changed my life

And I absolutely loved this. It was exquisite. This is a five-star recommendation from me.

I could not put this down. It is haunting. It is compelling.

However, that buzzing-ness was misplaced because this is not good. I'm not enjoying it at all. I am 80 pages in out of 150, and I'm very close to DNF-ing it.

But the book itself was fantastic. It's about a woman who, after graduating from university moves from Dublin to Hong Kong to start teaching English. And it's one of those books where nothing happens, like nothing happens, but you stay for the writing because it's so sharp and witty.

This was such a cracking book. A certified banger. I loved it.