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		branchless on June 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aneurysm I nearly crumbled under the opposing pull of reading each word of excellent prose vs skipping to the end to find the result. Thank goodness I went into programming and not brain surgery!

lmitchell on June 18, 2015 [–]

I on the other hand almost just stopped reading - I absolutely hate sad stories and I was sure it was going to be so sad :( I'm so glad I finished it though, it was incredible to read and I want to read the rest of the book very badly now.

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