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“…hope is the correct response to the strange, often terrifying miracle of consciousness.”

my harvey moment was while reading looking for alaska in middle and high school. to see john green express his moment understanding the importance of hope—even if he doesn’t necessarily know in what, yet—is so meaningful to me because that is exactly how i felt after that book

i think why i love this so much is that it reminds me of weird but true books and i used to devour those as a kid. but also philosophical!

the books circling in on each other based on the seasons of the show they’re on is such a fun detail too. cotg as the lightning thief, wottg bringing back circe… this is the best

it feels wildly out of character for percy fatal-flaw-is-loyalty jackson to ditch the city he’s lived all his life in, his family when his mother is having a baby, and the camp he’s called home since he was 12 and has fought 2 wars to protect

and i also like that percy apologizes and grover tells him that he can be stressed about it, because it’s true that percy should be stressed about it! i also have to also confess im relieved to hear from percy himself that they’ll only be in new rome for college, because the idea of the two of them leaving new york and camp half blood to go permanently live across the country makes my heart hurt for them.

i am actually content with this fight between percy and grover. this doesn’t feel like reaching or anything, it makes sense. (and also doesn’t treat grover like he’s stupid and careless, which sometimes the books accidentally slip into. he’s the lord of the wild and a cloven elder for crying aloud and an expert seeker who found all 3 of the big 3’s kids)

annabeth lives for haunted houses dogs mexican food and pj sets she really is my queen

the stranger things finale devastated me beyond words so i need to be happy for 5 seconds

i forgot how much i missed john green’s voice in writing until i opened up the first page and couldn’t stop smiling. he was one of the predominant narrators of my teenage years through his fiction. to have him again in my 20s as a nonfiction writer and learn about his life beyond the pieces he’s “written in code” is beyond delightful. i already know from the jump this is one of my new favorite books

i wonder if this is inspired by when harry met sally bc that’s the vibes it’s always given off to me

reread in anticipation for the movie 🤭

the cohort is so found family rn and if this gets crushed bc of the hermes society i will be so sad

i bet that robin is stealing one of the grammaticas at some point

ramy has immediately made a strong impression as one of my favorite characters

i can already tell this book will take me a long time to get through because of how dense it is, and for the first time in a while that actually excites me! i love the conversations and commentary on the power of language, its origins, and how understanding not just words but culture gives someone agency.