The Power of Rules

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Part of learning the rules in and out is learning where you can bend and break them. That's why rules exist because there are a lot of ways to respond to the existence of rules. Sometimes the responses to know when like breaking or subverting them will have the most impact.

When a book's plot and characters don't break a ton of ground in and of themselves, you're left hoping that the writing and the perspective will be enough to make a book interesting—luckily for us, Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation is insightful and entertaining despite its narrow scope and well-trod material.

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