Status Updates From Bleak House

"Now there is a sound of putting up shop-shutters in the court, and a smell as of the smoking of pipes; and shooting stars are seen in upper windows, further indicating retirement to rest. Now, too, the policeman begins to push at doors; to try fastenings; to be suspicious of bundles; and to administer his beat, on the hypothesis that everyone is either robbing or being robbed."

Nothing in this book has hit me as hard as Jo’s passing just has :(

I am enjoying this more now!! Esther and Ada’s relationship is so sweet. Esther’s chapters are so much more enjoyable compared to the third person pov that it switches to at times- largely because those chapters tend to follow characters that I simply don’t care much for despite understanding their relevance to the plot… Smallweed family I’m looking at you