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I do think Emily is my favourite Bronte sister because she was the weird one, but Anne seemed v witty

Picking this up after months of not reading it is challenging because all of the many long names has me very very confused

This is quite misogynistic and racist. My kindle version is 840 pages and if it keeps up like this by halfway point i will prob dnf

Clondalkin mentioned 💪
Already loads of Dublin slang in this and patiently waiting for "geebag" to pop up

Sorry but unless something amazing happens within the last 100 pages, this book is so underwhelming and i cannot understand the buzz around it. Maybe im just sick of the trad wife trope idk

I love how the feeling of loneliness is created in these books. I also find them so cosy

Girl is really risking it all for a posh protestant

Love that Cyclops lad

Ok may or may not be reading this in preparation to sit and judge Christopher Nolan's slop later this month, but have also just put it off too long now, and 2026 is the year i read the intimidating classics on my tbr

This is literally a comedy

The more i read of Austen's work, the more i am convinced that she was a genius satirist

"Gobshite" being used in this is so funny and random? The translator must like Irish slang

Struggling with this. Everything that happens once she starts onlyfans is so unrealistic i just cant buy it, it is also so obvious that this 19 year old character is written by someone who was 19 many many years ago.

Sublime book cover

Douglas Stuart's writing always making me weep like a baby

I am scared for how sad this is gonna be

Jane Austen said men are dumb because they only read non fiction, and women are great because we love a good gothic novel

I flinch everytime i see an irish writer use "Mum" instead of Mam :(

Crying about Circe the cat

The online muslim boyfriend who is supposed to be some sort of terrorist is making me feel weird and is v questionable, even weirder now that ive seen Israel is mentioned at some point too

This is so devastating why do i do this to myself ahh
Silly lit fic is in order after this because i am a mess

If this continues the way its going i may need to dnf, didn't realise the central story is a relationship(my fault) and the man is so horrible ive been skimming paragraphs lol

When will Americans stop calling the Irish famine "the potato famine"

Growing up in Catholic Ireland is mad isnt it? Raised to make your communion+confirmation as a child, then attend an all girls secondary school as you go through adolescence.
We have turned our backs on the church over the years, but it is still ingrained into society in certain ways, and generational trauma +Catholic guilt are apart of many people's lives from the years of abuse inflicted on women and children.