I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a surprise. I never thought I'd have an opportunity to read something like The Road but only have it good-natured--even in the face of declining society, murder, bobbing bodies, slavery, and total dystopia.

Most Dystopias I've read really double down on the ugly, laying it really thick on how bad people are. But while this one has that, it feels VERY much like an INFP novel, trying to find inner peace and the good in the world while it all falls apart around him. In other words, like me.

So yeah, I thought this was a surprising great novel, even if it exposes my weaknesses--while also pleasantly highlighting a few of my own strengths. There's a line he won't cross, and while he's weak in most ways, he's strong in the ones he values--and never mind what others think.

Solid.

To my synesthesia, it's a journey, and all journeys smell of trail mix, sweat, and campfires. Especially of burning wood.


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