Status Updates From A Quiet Adjustment

The style, the style. But this second act was a bit turgid with intensity and unhappiness. Byron and Annabella's relationship is so awful, so far from what a loving partnership can be. And the worst most hurtful part? How hard Annabella works to accept and live with it, to do her duty as a woman.

This book is so so good at pretending it was written in 1814 and I freaking love it. It's slow and syrupy and dense as heck but a delightful study of a young woman's struggle for self determination and recognition in a world that idealises the male.