“Judder” in Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet ugh.

Philip K Dick uses “ersatz” probably 7 or 8 times in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Good writing, but the storyline was basically #hurtfic #angstfic #comfortfic if you’re familiar with fan fiction - it was clearly a woman writing her fetishes about gay male pain.

A Little Life is the worst one I finished, Big Swiss is the worst one I abandoned.