The Plot

I think this might have been more enjoyable if I were part of the literary/publishing world? For me it was an unlikable protagonist doing questionably problematic things and lying to himself about them, which I guess is something we should all learn to recognize from a cognitive dissonance perspective but it didn't capture my interest. The book didn't feel super thrilling because the stakes felt pretty low and unless I missed something the multiple meanings of “plot” and book-within-a-book tropes/themes fell a little flat. I did like the ending but it didn't salvage the whole book.