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This book is the definition of meandering but with a mission. I hate books that wander towards nonsense. This book is facts that trail off into more facts. The people complaining about this aspect is why I added all of his other books to my shelves

Love love love that it’s diving into americas relationship with slavery. It’s talk about how it was portrayed that African American women were hyper sexual beings so male owners didn’t feel bad about assaulting them. That’s so sad :(

Hearing her talk about cutting open living dogs just to experiment for her class was jarring. Also using the word “negroid” is insane. I actually went and looked it up. It’s no longer even in use so that’s crazy to have included it

I love her omg!!!! I relate so much to her with the finding bones and trying to put the bones together

This book is a study of parasocial relationships …

She’s using graphology aka pseudoscience to get to know him better. This is actually insane. She is nuts

Bruh. She says he was approachable because he was told about some tea that someone had been insulted. That doesn’t mean shit. She just makes random assumptions

Bruh. She’s acting like she knows him. That she saw in his character it was unlikely he murdered children and instead sent them to safety. She doesn’t even know him. She only discovered his body based on vibes alone. She’s low key nuts and cries if anyone “disrespects” him aka says he has a hunchback instead of scoliosis. This is bonkers

She has such a hard on for Richard. She’s so dramatic. Why is why crying. She had a crying fit because they said hunchback. Jesus Christ. This is insane.

This book is also terrible….

This book is written for audiences familiar with the royal families. This is not for curious global/ American readers that know almost nothing about English history

This book is so boring. It’s just talking about digging in dirt and who she got funding from

It’s so interesting that she brought up the king being haunted by nightmares of battle and demons. Sounds like ancient PTSD. I wish she had explored that more rather than just moving on

She just brings up random topics like the river sawyer ???? archeological dig but like no context. I’ve never heard of these and have literally no idea what she’s talking about

I love that they dive into the neurobiology of the drugs as well vs just the social consequences

This book is a study in racism. The inequality of care is just downright sad. I feel much gratitude in the equity healthcare is beginning to have. However, so much more has to be done :(

I love how she dives into the science

I forgot about the 2023 atmospheric rivers. It was right before I got sober and it was wild. All of the flooding. It also reminded me of the bug spattered cars my parents had in the early 2000s :(. My car has never looked like that

“Now I had nobody left to love”

This book fucks with me. The existential horror of solitude

Two left. This book is so sad

“Survival is no more than putting off the moment of death”
“You cannot grieve what you do not know”

I love both of these quotes. Reminders of what survival during active addiction was vs the life I have today (thriving).

This book is fucking me up. It’s a similar existential horror as a short stay in hell by Steven peck. That book messed me up for days and this I’m sure will be the same.

Goodnight Dorothy. You were loved by the 39 women who called you a friend. I also forgot to mention it, but it kinda messed with me the image of the women beneath the blankets and how uncomfortable they got when explaining why they were paired

Bruh. This book is fucking me up. I didn’t think it was realistic. Nope. It is. The women trapped in a cage that didn’t get out is very realistic. This book is sheer horror conceptualized.

This book is so sad. And it’s not even that sad yet. I just am getting attached to the characters :(