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Obsessed with absolute objectification of women from page 1. never thought I see the words "animal peasant girl" strung together but they have been & I read them with my own two eyes. can't wait to read more!

in an incredible turn of events the main character is likeable (I love you r. f. kuang)

Ngl feels pretty obvious that this was written by a white man in 1965 (don't tell me that there's gender equality in this society when women are treated like objects)

"[The United States] can no longer afford the luxury of wasteful exploitation. It is possible that it may not even be able to afford the luxury of a free democracy if resource destruction continues. Other peoples have accepted a dictatorship as their resources depleted, hoping that a strong leader could regain them a lost standard of living."

Hitting the truth in 1955.

Reading this for a class of mine and I honestly just feel that it's somewhat outdated. I'm reading the version updated in 2019, but even still... there have been a lot of changes in evolutionary science since then.

Very obvious that's she's a journalist rather than a scientist, but I like her more narrative style so far! Except for the random details with zero connection to the point. May have needed a liiiitle bit more trimming.

I've already cried several times so we're off to a great start

"Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."

SO good. C.S. Lewis never fails to hit.

I read a ya book literally last week but I forgot how much tension there is specifically in m/f relationships???? like girl you exchanged about three sentences with this man and already you’re willing to stab him. hello (Greatly Enjoying it though lol)

“Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become aquatinted.”

BUT THEY DO. I love Narratives That Resolve

my only question is what does akemi dawn bowman have against sisters?? why are they always dead

screaming

what I’ve learned so far is that Vikings were kinda obsessed with walnuts

I didn’t come this far for anyone to die. I hate resurrection however I’ll tolerate it for this book and this book only

GIRLBOSS

sobbing