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Couperus is de enige man die weet wat ik wil in een boek

Is the entire book going to consist of these unpolished fragmentary sentences? A novel can't survive off vibes alone...

The exponential growth of the vampire community makes me wonder more now than when i was 12. Like this can't go on like this!!! They'd have devoured all of America within months at this rate!!!!!!

'I'm too spellbound by Lenora's presence to notice the tilted floor anymore. Or the view out the windows. Or even the presence of Mrs. Baker behind me. All I can focus on is Lenora.'

Okay but then why are you listing all the things you don't think about in first person present pov?? Do you think about them or not???

Oké dan!! Normal backstory for normal characters

Ngl Morrel is echt een zompige boterham 😩

Eugénie I love you...

Why are there so many books about women in their 40s/50s loathing themselves? Is this what the future holds or is it an unfortunate book club feature???

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Freddy, die zich nu verlaagde, om den man, die haar dierbaar was, nabij te komen. Maar zij verlaagde zich, nu het te laat was. Zij had zich eerder moeten verlagen, had zij gelukkig willen zijn 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Omdat ik mijzelve als een zottin op een hoog voetstuk stel, omdat ik mij, zoals Theodore het uitdrukt, 'voel'!

Frederique is feeling herself 😩😩😩😩😩

Dit leest als een combinatie van Madame Bovary & The Age of Innocence & ik kan me helemaal voorstellen dat ik vol spanning zou wachten op elk nieuwe hoofdstuk in het feuilleton!

Oh I do love me some good vengeance

I had not realised how many exclamation marks this book contained

Been more than 15 years since I last read this. Let's see how it's aged!

Coming to realise that maybe I don't hate Dutch literature. Maybe I just hate 1970s male literature (which was the majority of what we read in school).
Alternatively, Martin Amis secretly Dutch??

Oof i can see what people meant when they said this suffers from the "not like other girls" trope...

This is like reading my boyfriend

Literally this book is so good, it's making me feral

Treating myself to this masterpiece 😊

Playing Judith with his head!!!! 🤩

She's literally just had her tooth pulled 😐

Realised what the second person sections remind me of: the letters in "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous". (This is not a compliment.)

What the FUCK is this interlude 😭😭

This is a book that isn't afraid of using 50 words where 15 would do.

Oh that's pretty horrifying

Ngl this book makes a strong case for political lesbianism. I'd forgotten how much I loathed Theseus lol

Dracula Daily started again!!!!
Very much enjoying the emails from my good friend Jonathan

"Finally, Juan was the object of increasing jealousy felt by Cesare, who (...) was his brother's rival in affection for their sister-in-law, Sancia."
Who wasnt married to either Cesare OR Juan. Poor Joffre 😔