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This was fun! It gave me similar vibes to the creepypastas and r/nosleep stories I would read in high school, but in a longer novel format

hey Goodreads, why are a bunch of my ratings suddenly blank or missing? the Fable app could never

I’m loving this era of fiction of the weird, the unhinged, and the unreliable

(See also Best Offer Wins and Chlorine)

It’s been 3 hours and NOTHING HAS HAPPENED

Is this how people feel when I say they need to watch The Office or Parks and Rec and just need to get through season one

What should be an important moment of self reflection and and familial grief is once again ruined because Violet can’t shut the hell up about Xaden’s abs

Mapquest mentioned 💯💯💯

And I thought I was frustrated by house hunting

Oh my god the protag is an English major who also spent their whole life writing about Jane Eyre who also wrote similar work to mine what the heeeeeeck

I know I’m the last person to ever understand military or military strategy, but I don’t think Yarrow doesn’t know what she’s writing either

Oooooooh I love some good juicy town drama

I hate feeling like the book is going to be a solid 4 with a chance of turning into a 5, but then the last half and third aren’t great and it drops to a 3 😭

I too would reject a man who wears shoes with toes

I love a good mystery with a huge list of suspects but we have got to give the characters names that don’t start with the same three letters

“THERAPYYYYY” I scream from the rooftops

I’m eating every second of this up, it’s so much fun

“Never Give a Man a Chance” A Novel

Lots of great information and additional details on the history of reproductive care, especially the historical lead up to second wave feminism.

As usual, all our problems lead back to men who don’t know what the f*** they’re doing and can’t handle ever being wrong about something.

This is a second book of Annie Harnett’s that I’ve read. I really like her writing style, but the fact that this is her another time of writing a adult male character who takes zero responsibility and all the other characters (especially the women) walk on eggshells and don’t call him out for their bad behavior gets old.

Okay, but this is actually pretty good? Solid world building, standard magic laws, and really good chronic illness in women representation? And the romance leads aren’t unbearably annoying?