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You can tell this is written by a man bc it opens with a man wanting to save a woman running for her life in the woods and ALSO every female body is described as either essentially beautiful or not, depending on the woman’s age and appearance (per the author’s preferences, which are assumed to be every character’s preferences. Bc ofc.). Stuart, dude, that’s weird, man.

I don’t TRUST this guy. He’s definitely not good enough for the girlie. ://

This man is not a green flag. I understand that’s part of the point. Men written by women vs. men in reality etc etc. I get it. But also. GIRL.

“Cruelty, I resolved, was better than ex-communication”

I’m being haunted by the concept of being a secondary character in one’s own life.

Read for “marathon reads” challenge

Also featured on “books on books” list

Read for “community picks” challenge, June

Reading for “escapist reads” challenge

“When I feel most distant from my neighbor or even my own kin, what is the song that will bring us back together?”

Absolutely loving this so far!

My fellow Greek mythology kids, can I get a WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO! LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

I appreciate that this book is just us, the audience, being invited into this guy’s obsession with Homeric epics. He’s such a nerd. Respect.

“While other friends wanted to go to college and pursue careers to make money, I wanted to make a difference” ma’am. What is this sentence. Who told you this was a good thing to include. I get what she’s going for (plucky, driven narrator voice who can hold her own in the business world but is still Connected to her humanity), but WOW did she miss the mark. This plus the context of some earlier lines, oof.

“I was one of those readers who experienced many things first through books and only later in real life, not the other way around”

IT’S A NORAH JONES SONG?

“Was this dystopian horror or a perfect emancipation from the patriarchy? She didn’t know.”

“They were never supposed to date. They were supposed to be something rarer: creatively in sync”

Sorry, what?? Why is the discourse about this treating it like a love triangle?? IS THIS NOT A HORROR STORY ABOUT TECHNOLOGY??? WHAT? IT’S NOT A REAL LOVE TRIANGLE FRIENDS. WHAT ARE WE DOING.

This. The section on coercive force and power dynamics between adults and children. This is exactly the resource I have been seeking. THANK YOU, BELL HOOKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.

Dnf’d

This book feels like the inside of my brain when I was taking caffeine and anticholinergics (officially antihistamines) at the same time. This is how I learned that Covid does in fact impact the cholinergic system

The book feels a bit like watching a spider weave a web after you and the spider have both had six cups of coffee (complimentary)

Sometimes I wonder if I pick up books on sickness bc I feel some evidence of a sickness coming on that exists below my conscience ability to register it. Sometimes I wonder if certain books carry the power to make people sick. I don’t know which one this is, but I’m like two chapters in, and I don’t feel super awesome, friends.

Hester is a saint. Henry is the WORST. Genuinely failing every possible good husband AND good person test and inventing new ones to fail along the way. An expert in boyfail.

“‘Why am I such a magnet for self-effacing geniuses?’” is one HECK of a line for establishing BB’s character

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OHHHH MY GOD!!! OH YM GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!! KDNSKDNSJHFJEJDHSJDJIDHEJEJHRJEJFJEKEJFBJWLEJFHEKEJHRKWJFHDKEI!!!!!!!!

Not as full of “wit” as the quote on the cover promised, but pretty good so far.