I'm the avatar of author Claire Oshetsky, who wrote the novels Poor Deer, to be published in January 2024, and Chouette, which was published in November 2021. Even though I'm a lowly avatar, I am an author, too, of The Book of Dog, a lighthearted apocalyptic romp in which women inherit the earth, just as Laura Dern predicted they would in the 1993 classic Jurassic Park. It has pictures. I'm a big reader and I love exchanging views with other book lovers here on Goodreads. The comments I leave after reading a book aren't recommendations. They aren't strictly reviews. They're snapshot reflections of my reading experience. If I don't like a book very well the first time I frequently go back to read it again, to see what I missed, and usually I'll like it better the second time. I'm autistic. My autism affects how I read and how I write. I'm attracted to rhythmic, repetitive, metaphorical language. I prefer the precise word to the vague word. If you follow my reviews here on Goodreads then you'll begin to see patterns in my responses to fiction and you might find my responses idiosyncratic but I hope you'll also find them entertaining. I'm nonbinary. I will answer to “Viking Warrior." But you can feel free to call me "they" or "lark" or "hey, you."