# The Shards  ## Metadata - Author: [[Bret Easton Ellis]] - Full Title: The Shards - Category: #books - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: The text follows a group of friends navigating complex relationships and conversations, especially focusing on the dynamics between Thom, Susan, Debbie, and Robert. Misunderstandings and tensions arise, leading to moments of uncertainty and unease within the group. The interactions and conversations hint at underlying issues and unspoken feelings among the characters. ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > Many years ago I realized that a book, a novel, is a dream that asks itself to be written in the same way we fall in love with someone: the dream becomes impossible to resist, there’s nothing you can do about it, you finally give in and succumb even if your instincts tell you to run the other way because this could be, in the end, a dangerous game—someone will get hurt. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j0g4nz0fcem027hgghwzaxkc))