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i love this book but i really wish patricia highsmith had consulted with an italian speaker before writing these sentences because what the fuck does "Pronto la collazione, signor" even mean (the correct sentence should be "La colazione è pronta, signore")

"Although there was not a leaf on that farm that did not make her want to scream, it rolled itself out before her in shameless beauty. It never looked as terrible as it was and it made her wonder if hell was a pretty place too. Fire and brimstone all right, but hidden in lacy groves. Boys hanging from the most beautiful sycamores in the world."

"Suspended between the nastiness of life and the meanness of the dead, she couldn’t get interested in leaving life of living it" 4 pages in and we’re already eating i see how it is

wish i had half the confidence of american authors who write dialogues in languages they dont know LMAO

this is gay panic: the book

NOT THE CAGNES-SUR-MER MENTION LMAO CÔTE D’AZUR RPZ

this is sooooo fun

je me suis jamais autant ennuyé pendant une lecture, je crois que je vais dnf

struggling with this, hope that changes soon 😬

does the author think readers are stupid like girl you dont have to hammer things in like that...

whyd they make her go through that BEFORE signing the nda????? ? ??

ok that seems like a crazy coincidence lol as if the sister of the guy she slept with works for the same company as her AND is the ceo’s niece. sure

je reprends la lecture après une pause de quelques semaines donc je consulte la liste des personnages fournie au début pour me rafraîchir les idées et qu’elle n’a été ma surprise quand j’ai réalisé que la liste des personnages fait du spoiler 💀

i had no idea that tove jansson illustrated her own books, i looooooooove the art in this!!

male authors don’t mention a woman’s boobs in your book challenge impossible

PAGINA 994 GAY RIGHTS FR FR FR FR FR (HO PIANTO) 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

"Adam sorrise, allegro. Ronan sarebbe stato in grado di dare il via a guerre e dare fuoco a intere città per quel sorriso vero, elastico, amabile." 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭voglio che siano felici per sempre 😭😭😭😭😭

(pagina 929) "Aveva memorizzato, in particolare, le mani di Adam [...] Nei suoi sogni, Ronan se le metteva sempre contro la bocca."
"I suoi sentimenti per Adam erano come una perdita di petrolio; aveva lasciato che straripassero, e ora non c’era un singolo punto dell’oceano che non sarebbe andato a fuoco qualora lui avesse gettato un fiammifero acceso." MI FA MALE IL CUORE

"E poi c’era Ronan. Come un infarto che non si ferma mai." il mio personaggio preferito signore e signori

perché ci sono 3 personaggi con lo stesso nomeeee maggie stiefvater mi stai simpatica però sei anche pazza

"Quando la bocca di Adam si piegò all’insù, l’espressione di Ronan si fece immobile per un attimo prima di trasformarsi in quel sorriso rilassato che era solito riservare alle battute di Matthew. Adam sentì una scarica di soddisfazione e nervosismo al tempo stesso." io che mi contorco per terra come se mi avessero sparato

se adam e ronan non fanno qualcosa QUALSIASI COSA per risolvere questa tensione omoerotica mi ammazzo

"Ronan Lynch, sognatore di sogni, nemico degli uomini, saltatore di lezioni" il mio idolo

i want to finish this for the historical aspect but on god it’s the worst book i’ve ever read prose-wise

this is so poorly written it’s almost unreadable 😭😭😭

the author keeps head-hopping and it gives the writing a sort of amateurish vibe 😶 she also has a way of shoving descriptions/historical details into the story that’s very unnatural and not seamless at all imo