When I was reading Small Read I kept thinking what an oddly fascinating book. Some may find this story slow going, but I like medical stories (think Washington Post Medical Mysteries or NYT Diagnosis columns), which this is, and, I also like poetry, and the main character and his partner are both poets. The unnamed main character experiences intense pain and winds up in the ICU during Covid. The story follows his experiences with illness, hospitalization, and of course his thoughts on the meaning on life, love and poetry. Unlike the hazy days of being in a hospital, I was carried along. Dwight Garner found this novel to be interminable, I don't agree. I found it to be daring and profound.
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