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“He sat in one of the desk chairs and swiveled from side to side while he waited for him to answer.” Scott Hunter is me

Wow this is the first time we actually kind of hear from the family directly, and it’s the last page. 10/10

These people are pissing me off. But it’s so realistic. If this happened in real life, of course people would use it as an excuse to be racist.

Anyway I’m glad charges weren’t filed because if they were I would be so mad. I’ve been on the family’s side. Also, why has nobody theorized that it could’ve been the boyfriend? Especially since they ended things horribly. IMO if not accidental, he did it.

“This is a good place. With good people.”

Omg so at BEST, he was 25 and she was 17🤮🤮

“For good people, name is everything.” TITLE DROP

I LOVEEEE how Zorah is either too modest and controlled or too liberal and wild depending on the perspective. From all the Afghan perspectives, they think she shows way too much skin and is disrespectful to their culture, but to her friends, she is too controlled and very respectful of her culture at all times.

“Now he laughed and other people didn’t.”

I am loving all the perspectives we get in this book. I assumed that the gossip the blurb talked about would be liked interludes, but it appears to be the whole book! This is going to be a blast to piece together <3

“I will never speak of biscuits again.” Lol

“Women—we look out for each other.”

Idk how he lied, but he lied. I hate the miscommunication trope😔

Thank god they finally kissed

LYDIA NOOO

If Lydia is dead, I’m gonna be so mad :(

Just stopping to say that I love that they have an age gap but not in the traditional sense. She’s 25 and he’s 22. Perfection.

“In the end, only you can make you happy.”

“Its time to figure out what you want. Loving yourself and feeling complete isn’t about catching a man—that’s an added bonus that comes later. Your emotional growth and well-being should start with you, not someone else, and it should be for you, not someone else.”

“You are the prize, the sun, the moon, and the stars.”

“We know you may not believe it now, but this breakup is the best thing that ever happened to you because he was not “The One.” So why not dress for the occasion?”

“But you know what? We weren’t put on this planet alone. Sometimes you just have to accept that you don’t have all the answers and that you can’t fix everything.”

“How you handle it when you make a mistake is more important than the mistake itself.”

“And you know what else I realized? He was not sitting around wondering what I was thinking, feeling, or doing, so why the f*#k was I wasting my time? Sometimes the cold reality is that guys just aren’t thinking about us at all.”

“So if you really want to know what he’s thinking, it’s probably this: He feels bad about hurting your feelings, he misses you sometimes and even thinks of calling, but ultimately he is relieved that it’s over.”

“It’s a harsh reality, but the truth is that he was already partially or even totally over it before you even knew it was going down.”

Go back for the egg soufflé recipe

“The right guy is out there right now, wondering when he’s going to meet someone like you.”

“Being honest with yourself won’t hurt you—in fact, it’s the only way you’re going to grow from this experience.”

Dumper’s Remorse: second-guessing yourself

Revisionist Romance Disorder: an acute case of 20/20 Blindsight, creates an inability to see the past as it actually happened; those who suffer from RRD cannot control the need to rewrite their relationship to match the feelings they want to have about it