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"Americans love ice" that didn't age well 😵‍💫

As a long-time fan of Tim O'Brien, I can tell I am going to love this book. I want to stretch it out over my lifetime, and read it all tonight. It expands on his past works, and introduces me to new ones. New fav book alert? We shall see

Nick just DELETED tumblr from his phone ‼️ Jaw on the floor. Out of character!!!! (/hj)

Muse Origin of Symmetry mentioned ☝️

If I took a shot every time the protagonist said "Evelyn Hardcastle is going to be murdered tonight" I would be dead

"The butler's body, the butler's pain, heavy with sedative, it's like coming home" okay chronic pain #relatable

The yellow wallpaper ⁉️

Is this just 'The Most Dangerous Game' but a novel instead of a short story

No one says 'pontificating' anymore. I love to see it here

bts references are everywhere for those with eyes to see

Love the contrast (juxtaposition 😩) of violence, war, and capitalism from Robin's perspective and from Griffin's perspective.

"Larger on the inside than its exterior suggested" all roads lead to doctor who if you only have eyes to see

"And for six seconds it had nothing to do with Adrian" pretty sure kissing your husbands son has something to do with him butttttt yeah okay!

Pret A Manger mentioned ‼️

My review for this might be a small essay actually because Letty? Guys. I can't start the vent now but trust my review of this book will legitimately be an analysis on race, class, ignorance, and how they all intertwine in society and lead to so much BS!! To put it lightly.

I love that Ramy is described as sleeping like "protective parenthesis" is possibly my favorite thing

Give me one swing on Mr. Baylis and I'll knock him clean to next century

"Survival's not that difficult...but you've got to maintain some dignity while you're at it"

Dead parent + secret sibling combo was a killer in the same paragraph 😗✌️ at least her sister is alive though

"It had been so long since a thought had fully formed in his head" me too buddy

I love knowing the subtle word choice of "Robin, Ramy, and Victoire walked with Letty" was not just intentional, but confirms the underlying rift

"She looked like starlight" my heart 🥹😩😭💖

Why do the final exams sound so fun. Being given a story in hieroglyphics and the translated English and having to explain, with no knowledge of the symbols, the potential struggles of the translation? Yes please let me deeply analyze a language I have no familiarity with while my college career is on the line >:)

"His smile was as contagious as a daycare measles outbreak" oh okay yeah got it

The fact that she calls her three cats "the ingrates" is crazy. Maybe it's my personal issues with that word but they're just gatos pequeños!

Feel like I'm getting hit over the head with "He knew that was nonsense, of course. What did the color of fur have to do with anything? Tons of people milled around Brooklyn clad in all black and nobody ever stared at them suspiciously or shooed them away"

"it was actually quite easy to put up with any degree of social unrest, as long as one got used to looking away" 🍅👎😒 what a privileged opinion

"And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods"

Being deep within study and creation of literature is like making magic. So true

"He was not simply a student but a colleague" a difficult truth to accept lol. But Robin's unique experience of language acquisition serves the same purpose of my unique academia experiences. So if he can be a colleague, why can't I?
In this essay, I'll be unpacking why so many higher education students struggle to call their professors and mentors as colleagues. (A self psychoanalysis)