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Re: Books - Sky Daddy (Kate Folk)

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This was such a bizarre book, from start to end. I've never actually read Moby Dick and the book draws obvious inspiration from it, so maybe I'm missing something here.

Linda's a 'weird girl.' Her narrative voice struck me as distinctly autistic, and most of the humor in the book is the matter-of-fact way she addresses the most ridiculous goddamn things, like how she joins a pilot-focused dating site for the express purpose of getting access to flight discounts or how she's getting off to the turbulence in her flight. (I, blessedly, had a turbulence-free flight.)

But for all that Linda's fantasies are weird, the real world she lives in is also weird as fuck. She works as a content moderator for Definitely Not Facebook, where she gets free snacks and a nine-minute wellness break every day. She lives out of a windowless (and likely illegal) in-law unit that she rents for $900/month. She accidentally engages in a love affair with her not-quite-boss because he's having a mid-life crisis and thinks flying to random cities is peak spontaneity. Girl's weird, but life's weird. It only stands out because it's her.

Anyways, this turned out to be surprisingly heartwarming, but in a bizarre way. It's very much about friendship and existential dread, but I also learned way too much about planes in the process. I'd recommend, but only to the right people.