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“But she was eighteen. Her frontal lobe wasn’t fully developed yet. And what was death compared to love?”

not the main character reminding me she’s a teenager when I’ve been thinking she’s childish for the past 100 pages 😆

“It was a good thing she’d dedicated her life to scholarly pursuits and eventual spinsterhood.” 🕰️📜🪶

we’re so connected 🫶🏼

This was going alright (premise believability aside) until we hit the lengthy villain monologue infodump, an unrealistic romantic near-miss, and then a perfectly clear remembering of an event she’d entirely forgotten until plot convenient.

“It was always prudent to have a book on hand.” 🕯️📖🖋️

dare I say 5 star feels ✨

“He read to her every night, fairy tales that were hundreds of years old, that hinted at a world different from the one she knew. It saddened her to think that by the time her great-grandchildren read the books of her youth, nothing would have changed. Was a fairy tale even a fairy tale if it didn't reveal the mysteries of some bygone era, if it didn't give society a glimpse into its own past?”

I keep getting pulled out of the story by how nonsensical it is to have a world where people aren’t supposed to create anything: inventions, innovations, new ideas, dreams… children??? Because each one creates an evil demon with creepy red eyes that prowls after innocents. I know it’s fantasy. But still. They couldn’t have carriages and their posh lifestyle without innovation.

Library audiobook grabbed on a whim. I like inventing? Let’s give it a go.

she wears a ribbon in her hair and she’s an inventor, welcome back violet baudelaire ☕️📜🪶⚙️

I’m actually dyinggg😭😭😭

This is so bingeable

Wait this is so cool I’m locked in

IM SO INTRIGUED WTH🤭