{"id":22148,"date":"2023-08-14T18:01:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T22:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=22148"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:20:13","slug":"better-than-people-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22148","title":{"rendered":"Better Than People"},"content":{"rendered":"

Better Than People<\/a><\/em> (2020) Roan Parrish<\/a> (Garnet Run)<\/p>\n

\"Better<\/a><\/p>\n

Every day had dilated to a month, every night to a year, and Jack found himself wishing for anything\u2014 anything\u2014 to break the monotony of lying on the couch all day long and in bed all night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This part was always the hardest. The moment when he could see the person he would have been\u2014 the connections he would have made\u2014 if only he weren\u2019t like he goddamn was.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Simon wished the floor would open up and swallow him. He sucked in a tight breath through nostrils narrowed with panic and squeezed his eyes shut tight so he couldn\u2019t see himself be seen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Simon didn\u2019t like this side of himself. The side that saw others\u2019 struggles\u2014 and how simply they could sometimes overcome them\u2014 and raged. Wished he could trade places.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Carina Adores<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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