Taylor Vandenberg > Recent Status Updates

I fear I might have to DNF this book. The concept is so good and there are a bunchhhhhhhh of really important conversations in this book that could help some of the typical readers of this genre… understand what they’re saying or supporting when it comes to annihilating certain groups of people or countries… love the meta morals of this book I’m just having a really hard time following along and keeping up.

Some tropes are tropes for a reason and Leo is grumpy with a soft underbelly to a T reminds me *exactly* of so many other grumpy MMCs

This audio book is just words in my ears

Hahaha i don’t know if this is a personal or generic vendetta but this book @‘s ballerina farms. 🙃
Lovingggg the concept so far.

Woof the first few pages of this book are a doozy 😵‍💫

Save a horse ride your husband who is also a horse

I’m considering suing because I think this author met up with my old therapist and my old therapist sold our therapy notes to her to write this book

L.o.v.i.n.g. The book so far!!! I do feel keenly aware of what the author might look like, be like, and believe, if I was made to guess… I wonder how accurate I would be just based on reading this book …

“Hitler’s crimes against humanity have since repeated themselves the human race has learned little despite promising never again” -coco

Reading this line on holocaust Remembrance Day it’s so interesting because of the parallels going on in America with ICE. never again should mean never again to anyone not just Jews.

Loving it so far! So fun and chaotic. Even in 2026 you still have to double check you’re on the same page about nazis 🚫👎

Hangin on to the plot for dear life 😵‍💫

I feel like this book is what the second chance cinema wanted to be

Overwritten with detail a little bit but maybe only because I heard the ending is effing crazy so I am eager to speed read/listen but I feel like you should enjoy the wordiness, but I’m just feeling impatient because I don’t wanna read about more child neglect and abuse

The cannibalism I can deal with it’s the “special kisses” I’m not so sure about (aka child abuse marks)

Not to be mean but this book was either written by AI or someone whose never been in a relationship before or met a woman

Did I miss something? Is this set in the 40s? Why is this the worst communicating couple I have ever read about.

This story has me GRIPPED

We get it he looked at you with disgust and you didn’t ask him why and now we’re all doomed to assume

Took until about 45% for something to really happen but I am loving it now! So creative and fun! Love the plant poisons and antidotes part. Feel of the time period vs the language used doesn’t match up which is jarring & take you out of the story sometimes.

I am 10% in and I’m guessing Tommy is the demon no real man is that nice?

These tasks to get out of diyu are so disorganized

Having a really hard time connecting with the story, you’re dropped right into a very climactic point in the Mulan movie and move on from there, but I don’t feel like it allowed for any building of a connection or a relationship between the reader and Mulan/ping.

Girl. Come on. I’m begging you to be smarter.