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still trying to figure out whether the sexism (here referring to the reduction of ALL women, at all times as nothing more than a sex object) bothers me enough to abandon the interesting lore, the dog, or the widow.

if either of them die in the end i’ll kill myself.
also.
why did nobody tell me the lesbians were writing great fiction in the 1950s???

so far: i have nobody to root for and the only reason im reading this is as a favor for a friend but GOD it’s dark. super not my type of book but ill try to finish. if anything else i love the little puck illustrations.

intense, but really high quality of writing.

i am part obsessed and partly reading with my hands over my eyes.
i can’t tell who i am supposed to be loving and who im supposed to be loathing…. i think that means this is a fabulous book. i just. gwen is so painfully real to the middle school me who was so pretentious but so scared and art is just. he’s just. so. him. and it hurts to read him.

finals season is killing my book mojo :(
any audiobook recommendations to help me get out of a slump?

I have now cried twice (IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS) because of this book. Valarie Kaur can see straight through my soul and is literally changing my life as I read.

i am loving this book. it’s prompting a ton of thinking about my life and personal experiences with both my queer and religious identity