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Has anyone finished The Salt Almanac?

Hi all —

I picked up The Salt Almanac on a whim last weekend and I’m about ninety pages in. The prose is doing something strange with time and I can’t tell yet whether I love it or I’m just stubborn.

Before I commit the rest of the month to it: did the back half land for you? Or is this one to shelve until winter?

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