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Opened this to start reading and gasped when she said he charges $30 an hour (this is 1980ish) closed the book and have just been sitting with this information for days

mixed feelings about this one so far. i’ve loved all r.f. kuangs work but this is kind of missing the mark for me. far too much time spent reading about alice’s repetitive thoughts about peter—she doesn’t understand him, she thinks their dynamic is strained, he’s so perfect and that’s annoying to her.

lots of theory (LOVE) but the story around it is falling flat for me (so far)

keeping an open mind !

this is puzzling. a drowned stranger shows up on the shore of a soon abandoned seed bank near the antarctic, and despite a family saving her life and taking care of her, she is immediately and constantly suspicious of them and her safety.

also, i suspect this will turn into a romance at some point and I’m preemptively annoyed

only a few pages in but…. does the writing kinda suck? hoping the story will be juicy enough for me to forget that this reads like trash

currently hating this this it’s so short i have to push through 👍

soooo slow getting into this one. maybe updating my progress will propel me forward?

one chapter in, have already looked up 10+ words OH i will be learning something from this one

a true masterpiece i can’t wait to reread

Up to this point i’ve really been enjoying this but the relationship between Lauren (18) and Bankole (59? 60?) has honestly disgusted me. What was the point of this?