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i keep putting the book down bc i can’t stop screaming at this prose

some absolutely bonkers prose in here
the french really have a way with words huh

i fear i have developed an obsession with this man

"Each man lives for himself, using his freedom to get what he wants, and he feels with every fibre of his being that at any particular time he is free to perform an action or refrain from doing so, but the moment any action is taken it becomes an irrevocable piece of history, with a significance which has more to do with predetermination than freedom."

LEO STOP

this book is driving me crazy i need to own it immediately

how is a book that is so short SO POWERFUL...

let me photograph you in this light in case this is the last time... [explosion]

unfortunately i am deeply obsessed with this man, his writing style, and his queerness

i gotta stop reading reviews of this book because everyone's like "3 stars, i finished this after 8 months, it was fine" and it's just like ??? are you not MOVED?? are you not ENTERTAINED??? are you not questioning your EXISTENCE???? maybe you should go listen to the great comet soundtrack and then you'll calm down

reading the great comet of 1812 scene is just me going BLORBO FROM MY SHOW!!!! like babe it is just a comet

don’t let anybody make you feel bad for committing to the bit i was RIGHT to want to read this for loving the musical so much it’s SUCH A JOY TO READ

wow the anatole natasha affair really is so deranged that man just swooped in and took advantage of her huh

love going into a book with no idea what i'm in for because i've seen this cover for YEARS and knew it was probably something i'd appreciate but HERE WE ARE. APPRECIATING. and i already want to do something drastic. beautiful writing, beautiful translation.

listen, i'll be so honest, i don't care if this is short, i want to read a french translation and i just don't have the time to read hunchback of notre dame AND war and peace....but once i finish this i am DONE WITH MY TRANSLATION CHALLENGE! kinda crazy i haven't read a french translation all year

me reading the section of war and peace that dave malloy specifically quoted in his musical: whoa this is exactly like the dave malloy war and peace musical!

anyway, WELCOME TO MOSCOW !

oh not the third act breakup jesus christ

this is cute i am entertained

this is nothing spectacular but it IS fun and that's all i care about

what the hell sure, more hockey yaoi for me i guess!!

i’m so fascinated by what lines dave drew out to use…

i love how contemporary real world romance novels are actually the most fantastical stories of our time like this man really thinks he'll die on a plane without talking to his beloved lahkfjs ijbol

me gritting my teeth: WE HAVE TO BE SO OVER TO BE SO BACK

jaw on the floor every time there's a direct quote in here that dave malloy put into comet

ONLY QUITE AT EASE AFTER POURING SEVERAL GLASSES MECHANICALLY INTO (HIS) LARGE MOUTH *electronic synth music*

these two make me wanna bite my arm off

HUUUUUGE NEWS
WE HAVE FINALLY HIT NATASHA PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 TERRITORY

THE ZEST OF LIFE HAS VANISHED ONLY THE SKELETON REMAINS!!! SMILES ARE HUGE!!!!

i read for an hour and somehow i only move 1%

but i’m almost to page 600!!!!! the comet plot is happening any minute now!!!! we were angels once don’t you remember!!!!!

HOW COULD THEY NOT KNOW!!!!

half of this book is the sweetest shit you've ever read and the other half is devastating depression

natasha is such a fascinating character and i keep wondering if i was at all like her when i was sixteen

this section on god and christianity is actually fascinating maybe i do need to get back into theology