Status Updates From Brighter Than Nine (Darker ...

I feel like the 3 plotlines between yiran and zizi and rui are so convoluted and the writing in general just isn't as good as the first book 😵‍💫 what are we doing!!

literally almost every important moment / lore drop in this book is conveyed thru dialogue btw. also moments that r supposed to be emotional just... happen 😭 like yiran is having the worst day of his life and I don't even feel a thing

"this is someone who would love you even if you were a worm."
ewww this feels like the equivalent of mentioning tiktok in novels bc why are we casually mentioning a social media trend this is so cringe-y 😭😭😭

I'm genuinely just reading something that is halfway between a plot outline and a Wikipedia summary of a novel

y'all don't read something if you didn't enjoy the first book enough to remember anything that happened.... dawg I didn't even remember the premise of the first book but i sure don't like it enough to reread it so we're going in blind! thank god tan had the foresight to drop recaps here and there 🙏

"Songs and books went on and on about the pain of romantic relationships ending, but they hardly spoke about the death of a friendship. Sometimes, it was slow and soundless. Other times, it was like a crash of thunder against a clear sky. Shocking and quick. A different kind of heartbreak that was no less deep."