Cynthia > Recent Status Updates

"We are carrying little pieces of the people who came generations, centuries before us. Doesn't that amaze you? Our genes and chromosomes, they tell a story of who we are, where we came from—it's not just one story living inside us, but thousands of stories just waiting to be understood, stories that link us to people who lived generations ago, who couldn't even imagine our existence.”

“I was seven years old the first time I went to jail.”

This memoir hurts already.

“Your neighbors are fighting again. You've never seen these people. You've only heard them through the walls, you know them only by the loudest words they hurl at each other: childish and goddamn you and bitch. Your neighbors have money, their apartment has windows, but they, too, are alone.”

“Your neighbors are fighting again. You've never seen these people. You've only heard them through the walls, you know them only by the loudest words they hurl at each other: childish and goddamn you and bitch. Your neighbors have money, their apartment has windows, but they, too, are alone.”

I am worried.

Being honest with myself despite almost making it to the halfway point. I really don’t care about Natalie, and I’m pretty bored. Goodbye, Fallow.

That last section scared me more than actual horror books ever do.

“Florence hated cats.” Despite all of your other misdeeds, this is what has truly made me loathe you, Florence.

I’m here to find out what all the buzz is about.

“It’s a little scary, isn’t it—Inheritance? That we don’t get to choose what we inherit or what we pass on?

The blurb on the cover calls this a dark comedy and twisty thriller. I’m still waiting for it to be one of those things.

Well, I guess I regret seeing this one through. Sigh.

This is ridiculous and I love it.

I cannot say I found much value in Phillipa Perry’s perspective. She’s really a psychotherapist? The things she had to say were strange, to put in mildly. Take this, for instance, “For example, suppose two young people look at each other and, although he doesn't know it, she reminds him of his mother's ankles.” Even with more context, it still feels off.

I am very worried.

This is so messed up, but what’s really scary is that it is probably quite accurate.

I fully support possessed dolls taking revenge upon the men who took their lives.

It can’t be a coincidence. She definitely named places in this creepy town after some horror greats: Grady’s, Tremblay’s, and Katsu’s.

Eager to find out what’s really going on here at Black Swan Farm.

This is all over the place. 😕

Revisiting for book club, and doing the audio version this time. 🙂

5 stars so far.

I can’t stand Claire.

I think this book is going to have to do something enormous to redeem itself for me at this point, and I just don’t know if it can pull it off.