A review by kecordell
The Clasp by Sloane Crosley
3.0
"Was there a worse compliment than the one with no adjective? You have a face. It's a sweater. He does a job." p.28
"He was easily dissuaded from plans. He would force himself to write a few 'you out tonight?' texts and if he didn't hear back before 10 PM, that was that. He was in for the night. And yet, as much as he hated leaving the house, he also refused to have people over. Here was Victor's suddenly sacred space where so many hours were spent alone" p. 30
"I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing" - Guy de Maupassant
"He was easily dissuaded from plans. He would force himself to write a few 'you out tonight?' texts and if he didn't hear back before 10 PM, that was that. He was in for the night. And yet, as much as he hated leaving the house, he also refused to have people over. Here was Victor's suddenly sacred space where so many hours were spent alone" p. 30
"I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing" - Guy de Maupassant