Have you ever read a book you thought was a retelling and then you read all the reviews to find out you’re the only one? That’s what happened when I read You Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey Cranor & Janina Matthewson. I started thinking it was a retelling of the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The book is written in a unique narrative because it is a fictional autobiography with footnotes and interludes. Miriam is a psychological researcher who has literally and figuratively perfected intentional detachment. Her odd, almost unreliable narrative is explained by her last when she grows up during The Great Reckonin g. The idea of an apocalypse is a comfort, because it makes death seem like something we can all experience together, in a single moment, a colorful firework burst.” Miriam seemed like a sociopath to me. She uses her research to disassociate everyone with the New Society (big brother). We also have Dr. Rosem...