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#142: Can We Like A Character Who Makes Stupid Decisions? and Other People vs A Five Year Sentence
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Celia Dale! Bernice Rubens! Stupidity! Welcome to episode 142 of Tea or Books? In the first half of the episode, we ask if we can like characters in novels who make stupid decisions. In the second half, we compare Other People
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