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hear me out it's a terrific book guys trust me

i can fix them

must-read omg

"the Netherlands, land of education" yet the Dutch government can't be bothered to give agricultural courses to the Dutch settlers... making me go insane...

je vois même pas what they mean by "c'est pas un récit historique standard", well i wish every history book was written like that🙏

and when you think it's already horrendous and the worst crime ever committed, it just gets even worse!!!!!

hurrying myself to finish it before 2026 because I am not bringing any of that energy into next year

at times there is an occasional banger but most times it is a genuine torture to read; a surprising lack of self-questioning given the substance of what he is trying to tell us

j'abuse clairement à le log sur goodreads à la deuxième page et jvais sûrement le skim et dnf mais mec c'est abusé relis tes phrases et pense à ton argumentation, work on your structure quand même c'est vraiment grave

c'est assez difficile pour moi de lire vu le niveau académique et les domaines concernées que je ne connais pas assez bien, mais je m'accroche parce que je suis super super excitée; deux de mes passions réunies

« 'The problem is that the Chinese have convinced themselves that they're the most superior nation in the world,' he said. » GOD I wish I could be more of an old Englishman in the 1830s so that I could be this uncritical towards myself; this is the path to self-love methinks

"He despised them, he knew they could be up to no good, and still he wanted to be respected by them enough to be included in their ranks." AHHHH TOUCHÉ😔

man i wish we were allowed to argue like this in college essays... "One might for instance insist that the team of engineers should be all of one sex, but this would not really be satisfactory, for it is probably possible to rear a complete individual from a single cell of the skin (say) of a man."

"DARES WAS LITERALLY A CHARACTER, THE TROJAN WAR DID *NOT* HAPPEN IN THE EIGTH CENTURY BC" louise screams at her book, baffled at such a big mistake "HE WAS NOT AN EYEWITNESS"

can't believe my 9/11 recent rabbit hole is also featured here

je comprends enfin ce que "roman haletant" signifie

C'EST SI BIEN

personne pour me dire à quel point c'est un banger????

putting it here on goodreads so i move my ass to finish it before 11am (it's midnight right now)

victoire told me he was more of a drama queen than me

j'aime penser que sa grosse maladie c'est une mst qu'il a choppé à rome

ils attendent qui??? godot ou quoi 🤣🤣🤣🤣

that something about your first sapphic yearning that leaves you utterly destroyed

(66.6% hihi)

sûrement un banger dans les tavernes mais javoue que 400 ans après jai pas la ref

je comprends un mot sur deux mais go off nathanael