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a confusing a large stretch of the book but i’m getting the hang of it,,, the hunger games comparisons don’t look good on this one

incredible narrator, like really one of the best i've ever encountered (tim gerard reynolds), he's able to give every character a lot of distinction, the worldbuilding isn't crazy but it's clear and the story has a lot of forward movement. during the beginning i was just thinking i can't wait for him to go to the competition or academy or whatever it will be and just now i realised that part of the story had started!

already into this

tripping in a field with sarafina 😍😍

interesting choice to write a woke civil war confederate soldier character...

i'm such a Constant Readerrrrrr i love stephen king so much this was a perfect choice to pause my proustery and sontaggery with i'm enjoying it so much!!! characters so far are mid, some nice ones some very very plain ones, but i'm getting sucked into the flow of the story amazingly, i love stephen king!

‘he could even see them whispering from his piss slit’ is CRAZY!!!! 🖤🖤🖤

i finished my first book from the 'must read in 2026' list!!!!! yay!!!!

"[...] die liefde, waarvan iedereen wel eens iets voelt is onvolledig, verdrietig, omdat zij zich richt op dingen, die niet kunnen antwoorden. Mensen willen daarom die liefde overbrengen op een wezen dat hun gelijke is, op een wezen dat deze liefde kan beantwoorden, <> kan zeggen en zich geven kan."

"He made Odette play it ten times, twenty times, demanding that while she did so she should not stop kissing him. Each kiss summons another kiss. Ah, in those first days of love, kisses come so naturally! So closely, in their profusion, do they crowd together; and it would be as hard for you to count the kisses you give each other in an hour as the flowers of a field in the month of May."

feeling the yearn...

"If I had fallen seriously ill, if I had been captured by bandits, convinced that my father was in too close communication with the supreme powers, had letters of recommendation to the Good Lord too irrestistible for my illness or captivity to be anything but empty simulacra that pposed no danger to me, I. would have waited calmly for the inevitable hour of my return to the correct reality, [...]"

kind of speechless

i love it so much but i'm going so slowlyyyyyyy let me get my shit together

like a breath of fresh air after the strugglebus that was bonita avenue.. i can breathe and the air is made up of beauty

5/26 The artist as exemplary sufferer

how do you even write like this??? it's so lovely to read yet so dense with meaning and intention and she goes on many tangents yet it feels like it's all on topic. christianity views suffering as seriousness whereas classical culture viewed seriousness as the avoidance of suffering and pursuit of happiness,, what does that do to a culture????????? incredible

4/26 Sartre's Saint Genet

omg this lady makes me want to read EVERYTHING i'm about to embark on a whole new journey of nerddom and hopefully my writing is also gonna be influenced (more inspired)..... can't stop thinking about (paraphrasing) 'it is the job of critics to show for an artwork how it is what it is is and even show that it is what it is, not to show what it means.' GRAAAAAAA

"The young Camus writes as a French Nietzsche, melancholy where Nietzsche is savage, stoical where Nietzsche is outraged, impersonal and objective in tone where Nietzsche is personal and subjective to the point of mania."

"Typically, writers' notebooks are crammed with statements about the will: the will to write, the will to love, ... the will to go on living. The journal is where a writer is heroic to himself."

2/26 against interpretation

OH MY GOD oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god this is so good

finally!!!

1/26 -- Simone Weil

really interesting, especially because i'm reading weil right now. what makes us interested in these 'character' writers? who are not only known for their views, but also (and maybe more so)for their radical personalities, habits or lives; i think sontag has a point about insanity creating some sanity + truth in the reader. i also think that i like to read such things to /absorb\ some part of it

it’s just so perfect it’s so gnarly it’s so nasty it’s so mean

omgggg new nick
cutter book in may so i’m gonna try and (re)read all of them before then 🥰🥰

"Zij gaat met gespreide benen voor de vergrotende zijde van de scheerspiegel zitten en maakt een snede die de opening naar haar lichaam moet vergroten. Ervaring heeft ze daar inmiddels mee, zodat zo'n snede met een scheermesje geen pijn doet, want ze heeft al vaak geoefend op haar armen, handen, benen. Haar hobby is snijden in haar eigen lichaam."

bijna net zo radicaal als clarice lispector, vervreemdend, meeslepend

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