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Why did I think I wasn’t going to enjoy this?

“I believe we lose immortality because we have not conquered our opposition to death; we keep insisting on the primary, rudimentary idea: that the whole body should be kept alive. We should seek to preserve only the part that has to do with consciousness.” Ironic that this is a subject, seeing I’ve just finished The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

Not sure yet. Our main character has pick-me-vibes and so far it’s just short chapters of some events and thoughts, but little reflection

So far this is soooo slow

Immediately falling in love with this

My postpartum heart cannot handle animal cruelty in books. Or child neglect for that matter pfiew

“I have always thought that the best thing to do is to be quiet, in those situations just be quiet. Because once you start yapping it gets worse, you have to take the punches. It’s the nature of the beast.”

This one is double the size of the other two, and so far there is a lot of repeating what happened in the other two. Normally I wouldn’t mind, but I literally just read the other books

Listening to the audiobook and loving the little pieces of Lisa Marie’s actual recordings on her life and father

Loving this book overall, but what is up with this essay

I like the different POVs, but those chapters / letters from Cathy are waaaay too long

‘Similarly, knowledge of the future was incompatible with free will. What made it possible for me to exercise freedom of choice also made it impossible for me to know the future. Conversely, now that I know the future, I would never act contrary to that future, including telling others what I know: those who know the future don’t talk about it. Those who’ve read the Book of Ages never admit to it.'

‘What distinguishes the heptapods’ mode of awareness is not just that their actions coincide with history’s events; it is also that their motives coincide with history’s purposes. They act to create the future, to enact chronology.’

I like the idea of this, but so far having trouble connecting to the characters, I think because of the writing style

“It doesn’t matter so much where this story begins as that it begins. And if, as I’ve come to understand, the story is infinitely expanding, rather than a line or thread, then wherever I start is merely that—not the beginning but a mere moment, a way of happening, a mouth . . . “

Loving this so far, intriguing start

“There is no God, child. There’s religion but there’s no God of theirs. Their religion tells that we will get our reward in the end. However, it apparently doesn’t say anything about their punishment. But when we’re around them, we believe in God. Oh, Lawdy Lawd, we’s be believin’. Religion is just a controlling tool they employ and adhere to when convenient.”

‘In their clean-shaven androgynous bobbing, their regulation shorts and spoonable food, the juice drunk through straws, the birthday bunting, the early nights, the enforced innocence of dutiful days, they all have moments up here of a sudden obliteration of their astronaut selves and a powerful sense of childhood and smallness. Their towering parent ever-present through the dome of glass.' [2/2]

'They look down and they understand why it’s called Mother Earth. They all feel it from time to time. They all make an association between the earth and a mother, and this in turn makes them feel like children.‘ [1/2]

Ik moest er even inkomen

' I want something else. I pass through the Rock Musical section—nothing—then find myself in Horror Comedy—ditto—and suddenly I’m seized by a minor anxiety attack. There are too many fucking movies to choose from.' - Even then!

'Patrick is not a cynic, Timothy. He’s the boy next door, aren’t you honey?”

“No I’m not,” I whisper to myself. “I’m a fucking evil psychopath.”

“Oh so what,” Evelyn sighs.'