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To only get a degree to acquire an “educated husband” aka a “mrs degree” is a theme so reoccurring it makes me sick. as a woman in higher education, who has dreamed of going to university since she discovered science, this is actual horror.

the type of book you will give 5 stars, but would never ever recommend.

maria (“sabine”) i fucking hate you. and i hate that u fascinate me

now that was a (wlw) scene that makes me want to find love again woah..

loving the audiobook so far!! such a breath of fresh air

i don’t want to continue. i’m miserable

jesus christ this is dark. they tried to drown Locke in a coffin of horse piss, then killed little Bug right in front of him. and why???? why??? all of that js bc he knew too much?? all of that js to get rid of a pawn that’s done its job????? why kill Bug literally why. That little boy was only wholesome thing this book had left (only the Locke-Jean romance can save this i fear)

what the hell was that ending and why did i enjoy it so much

sun is out, so you know what that means: picking this book up again. i started reading the first book when i was visiting family in italy in april 2022!!! the contrast of dark moody dublin and south european sunshine, perfectly matches MacKayla’s personality LOL. she’s a gag fr

amazing how i started reading this book 2 years ago and can still pick it up as if no time has passed.

this will take an eternity to finish. but i am taking my sweet time with her. she reminds a lot of myself. the way she thinks and writes. has inspired me to write more poems too

sooooo fun so far! and narrator from new zealand that’s a first one for me. she’s the perfect voice for Yat. i’ve never read ab this sort of mc before: where she’s both indifferent (not anxious), but also held back. more like a private person than a shy person. i really enjoy this so far! and the world is so refreshing too

why are we seriously considering putting yoghurt up your vagina. sorry what did i read that right????? i did…

“Als haar man nog had geleefd, had hij dat ook nooit toegestaan. Maar goed, aan hem had ze niets meer, hij stond al jaren ingeblikt op de vensterbank.”

Ingeblikt bro 😭😭😭😭😭 ik ga stuk

“‘Ik wil best die moeder [gecremeerde as] voor je vriend wegbrengen, Joop. Het arme mens kan hier niet in de gang blijven staan.' zei Dora. 'Maar ze ziet er wel een beetje zwaar uit. Als ík nou Guurtjes rollator mag lenen...'
'Van mijn rollator blijf je af,' Guurtje klonk onverbiddelijk.”
Ik ga sttuuuuk. En het is geen as, het is 10kg cocaine ik kan niet

Studie Engels. Vrienden Engels. Thuis Engels. Voelt toch vreemd/fijn om eens Nederlands te horen, al helemaal met dit bejaarde vocabulaire😭

Absoluut absurd. Stel bejaarden die (semi per ongeluk) de cocaine handel in gaan om hun tehuis over te kopen

“To suffer unnecessarily is masochistic, rather than heroic”
As an argument for why sitting in ur suffering will give you depression and what Franklin calls the “existential vacuum” (a loss of a will/meaning to live), and instead you should see enduring suffering in and of itself as an accomplishment.

“There was plenty of suffering for us to get through. Therefore, it was necessary to face up to the full amount of suffering, trying to keep moments of weakness and furtive tears to a minimum. But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. Only very few realized that.”

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Sensitive people who were used to a rich intellectual life may have suffered much pain, but the damage to their inner selves was less. They were able to retreat from their terrible surroundings to a life of inner riches and spiritual freedom. Only in this way can one explain the paradox that some prisoners of a less hardy make-up often seemed to survive camp life better than did those of a robust nature.”

chat I’m too woke I’m 13 chapters in and realize by “indian” they don’t mean Indian they mean Native American. I feel so dumb

“You are either born rich or you get lucky”

As many people died between 1980s - 2000s died from potentially curable TB as from world war 1 and 2 combined. All because of medicine restriction (both location, policy and (mainly) economical reasons)…

Is the world evil?

This is getting ridiculous, kinda lost me there. I like a realistic open ending better than the victims trying to get away with accidental murder bc “they would never believe us!”

Realism kinda broke now

bro I’m so overwhelmed too much going on

Rachel… i- spoiler:

this woman, kept in a basement for 15 years, had a baby inside said basement and after finally breaking out 15 years later, reuniting with her oldest daughter, she had to pretend nothing had happened to save her… all the while pretending her younger daughter isn’t hers but her brother in laws…

What is even reality. How do u even conjure this shit show up??!?

Idk how this book is SO LONG and also so thrilling. I thought it was so slow and boring at first but Holly Jackson did it again and I’m so attached to everybody. It makes the mystery and the clues not js a mystery but a tragedy and I’m so moved by it fuckkk

I thought this was so boring at first but I’m SO locked in rn!!!!

Idk almost 2h in and not the biggest fan so far. I like Evie but it’s a little dull and the clackity is so cliche its not scary :/

I think I’ll continue to give it a shot cuz I love Evie’s grunge little attitude. Shaving an undercut at 12y old is badass