Honestly… no clue. I just needed to. I remember when I finished it at 3am at a summer camp and just stayed up crying until it was time to get up. I was a massive nerd is how, and once I was obsessed with something there was no escape until I’d exhausted the subject.

Now? At 25, I lose focus after reading an email and my eyes are too tired to look at a book without falling asleep most of the time. Burnt out disappointment of an ex “gifted” child, prime example, right here :’)

Les Misérables when I was 13/14. Man I wish I had that drive as an adult. I was absolutely obsessed with that book.