if you don’t like conversations with friends, i get that
people who don’t like conversations with friends always have the same criticism: they don’t relate to frances. they can’t fathom how anyone could possibly sympathize with such a wholly unlikeable main character. that’s lucky. frances is the kind of character for people who can’t drink coffee without their fingers going tingly. frances is for mirrorball listeners. she’s for people whose best quality is their intellect, and who’ve put themselves back together when it failed them anyway. people who are only attracted to much older minds who talk like they wrote the encyclopedia from memory. people who overthink their email signature. hypochondriacs. shitty drivers. sweater wearers. people who hate bright light, but can’t articulate why. people who can’t say no to anything. history students. people who use vague euphemisms to avoid talking about their mental illness. hand writers. people who lose their car in the parking lot. the only way to like frances is to get her, and if you do, i’m sorry.
