I enjoyed hearing the snip-its of story through the letters but the facade presented on the superiority of this method of communicating quickly broke down for me leaving me feeling that this person was avoiding human interaction but desperately trying to convince others of her rather royal communication choice. The hurt, anger, and loneliness could be seen in the way she communicated and many times, what she wrote was a narcissistic dump of trivial details that could have been said to just about anyone. She enjoyed not being interrupted or bothered by opinions, and was not mindful of who she was writing to. There were some deep control issues going on here where she was desperately trying to keep her little boat from being rocked. The last 10% saved the story for me, but that meant that 90% of the listen was a bit of a slog. There is an old Buddha saying that suggests we create all of our suffering by avoiding and resisting what is versus how we want it to be (the first 90%) and some people spend a life time in that battle, never finding relief. Anyone who has been brave enough to confront their own demons recognizes the pain that deep dive is but ironically enough, once they allow their feelings to be heard, a great release occurs (last 10%). I definitely sympathized with the chains dragged most of the way through the story, but that doesn’t mean it was enjoyable. The only other comment is noticing the author’s need to make their political views known, as well as social agenda, something not uncommon in many books today, but I just feel it is unnecessary.