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Finished off my reading year by spending a couple of weeks reading J R. Going in, I knew the book was largely comprised of unattributed dialogue, so I figured I'd probably need to take notes on all the characters this time, after not taking any when I read The Recognitions a couple of years ago (I'll do that the next time I reread it). I ended up writing down 426 unique characters, excluding all the real-life people, and I'm sure I missed some of the nameless characters that were only introduced in relation to someone else.
This ended up being my favorite read of the year among three other five-star reads. The dialogue must've been the best of any other book I've read so far. My favorite characters ended up being J R in conversation with Bast, and Mr. Whiteback, with his convoluted and choppy style.
A lot of the business jargon was a bit hard to understand, having not really had much experience with that before, but regardless, it was still a thoroughly enjoyable read. Definitely intend to reread it in the future.
The link to the spreadsheet with all the characters and connections I could find can be found here.
Notes on other books I've read:
The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
The Garden of Seven Twilights by Miquel de Palol
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