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“difficult at parties”
idk, i really didn’t get this one.

im left with a lot of questions after reading “the resident.” what was the deal with the painter? how did she “meet herself?” was that thing in the woods her? as time went on, i began to connect with it more, and the thing im left with is the characters profound sense of isolation, her inability to fit in anywhere, be it girl scout camp or the residency. i liked how she embraced this by the end w lydia.

i enjoyed “eight bites” more the second time around. my only complaint is that i wish there was more, because i thought it was really well written and symbolic and all the details fit together really well.

read “eight bites” for the second time. i got more out of it this time around, though i guess im still not totally sure what the point was. why do the women fade? it seems like for the metaphor to work there’d have to be a reason. though then again it seems like it happens to all women just at different times, so ig the overall message is that all women are subject to the same horrible treatment. i loved petra.

“especially heinous” honestly confused the fuck out of me. i had never seen svu so i was lost from the start, and even when it became clear that it wasn’t really about svu the story itself wasn’t super clear. im getting used to machado’s dreamlike writing style that often leaves stories vague and without closure, but this was more like that than others imo. i liked how it was told in chunks like inventory.

just finished “mothers.” i didn’t quite get the ending, but i liked the way it was told, with the “not-memories.” i wanted a bit more from the story, though it’s still complete by the end. the description of the house was really well written and i felt the character’s yearning.