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NO STALKING IS BAD EW

Racism is wrong. I don't care that this book came out last century. It's still wrong and inexcusable.

"Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body." Something tells me I'm going to like this book.

"Being let down by a girl like you would be a fucking honour." Oh boy, is this foreshadowing?

GET IT CHARLIE

"I even bought some tobacco once and lit the pipe and smoked it just to see what would happen." Ashley, I love you but you're an idiot <3

I hope people who feel as deeply as Ashley and Uncle Sung never lose those deep feelings.

"How can one man kill another and not really know the reason why he does it, except that the other man wears a different colour uniform and speaks a different language?" Man, Michael Morpurgo hits HARD.

"It's as if he [Emilie's dead brother] never lived except in our minds." Ouch ouch ouch

"I had seen the same grey faces looking out from under their helmets somewhere before. All that was different were the uniforms – they were grey now with red piping, and the helmets were no longer round with a broad brim." Michael Morpurgo, you utter master of the literary arts.

"We saw the cheery soldiers smiling under their ten hats as they marched off to the front line, whistling and singing and joking as they went, and we watched the remnants struggling back haggard and silent under their dripping capes in the rain." This single sentence highlights war and its effects perfectly. Morpurgo is a master.

"The crumpets arrived with a big teapot, and he took them without thanking the waiter." I'm willing to take bets on when Q's going to turn Reese Davies into an amoeba.

I'm just here to say that Jessa >>>

"Little Miss Prude", making Amelie's biggest gig yet all about you, ignoring her when she's being sick in the bathroom... Reese Davies I hope Q gets to you and turns you into an amoeba

Winnie the Pooh namedrop I'm winning

"There's nothing much here except us and the cows." As a farmer's daughter, I felt this.

"the few miserable pence they give you" GET THEM, MRS MURPHY

The mention of "The Catcher in the Rye" at this point makes the review from The Times (“"The Catcher In The Rye" for the digital age”) funnier than it should be

"That's why he is a real perfect person. Because he is a real person." I did NOT need to cry this much on a Sunday afternoon.

"Changing an environment doesn't change a person." Alice Oseman you icon 🥺🥺🥺

"Your hands are cold." This sentence was for all of the Pride and Prejudice (2005) stans who picked up this book

"There comes a point, though, when you can't keep looking after other people any more. You have to start looking after yourself." RIGHT IN THE HEART

"It has started to rain. The drops fall on the richer, water meeting water, and trickle down the window like the glass is crying." Alice Oseman, you absolute legend.

The mention of Scooby-Doo has the Loveless fan in me SCREAMING

"...we all have one story that defines us, it's embedded in our souls." Bless you, Francis Turnly.

"What? It's true." Oldest daughter-ism at its finest.