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I’m so entranced i love the way she talks about people & relationships i’m obsessed with the way she talks about sex and desire like this is nonfiction there aren’t any sex scenes but just the way she discusses desiring someone is more enticing than 90% of the sex scenes out there i wanna read everything she’s ever written

6% into the audiobook and I’m willing to bet good money there was significant AI usage and writing in this. Every other sentence is “not X, but Y” it’s literally the first time I’ve ever read anything and could immediately tell a human did not put most of these sentences together. Her other work (at least of what I read) was never good but at least it was HER work. This is so gross

hell really is empty and all the devils are here or whatever shakespeare said idk i’m horrified

no amount of fiction and made up horrors will rival the cruelty of real men knowing they will have to face no consequences for their actions. i’ve never read something so horrifying in my life i wish i could unlearn all of this

Two specific “The Secret History” mentions while I’m reading both books at the same time feels very serendipitous I love when this happens

i'm UPSET we were chilling for so long now i'm so stressed

this got so dark so fast like 70% in .. I know the whole book is about people gruesomely dying and stuff i just wasn't prepared for the specific shade of darkness this turns into

I love how clearly you can see the Howl’s Moving Castle inspo in the plot 😭

This started off SO strong omg and then it just nosedived because he seems to have like… beef with an artist’s technical skill, as if that’s not PART of being an artist ??? It makes sense after looking up his stance on AI, he thinks art is just the ideas and that honing your skill to execute said ideas is not as important, which also aligns with how he so greatly believes in rushing execution
I’m annoyed

this is a romcom why do i despise everyone in this book but especially the fmc i don’t even want her to be happy at this point

idk how I’m going to feel about this book by the end of it cause books can really go sideways based on their reveals, but it’s definitely worth noting that I’m listening to this in the middle of the day, sun fully out, I’m in the middle of doing my makeup, and I’m genuinely terrified. that’s so fun??