i should try reading one of kingfisher's books bc the absolute hatred i felt for the one i listened to is kind of unreal. just... need to figure out if this is a "dog seeing itself in the mirror and barking" issue (see: our styles too similar and my fairly active tbh self-loathing issues come to the surface) or a "i think the person reading the book aloud is desperately annoying for some reason which has consequently soured the book and everything about it for me"














