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Oh, Hohenheim.. 😭

Over halfway, but I'm not really feeling the tension yet.

To be honest, unintentionally skimming this one. The writing is too floral and poetic for my taste. My mind often wanders off and I'm only getting vague impressions, not really retaining much.

Naming a newborn baby 'Rylee' after the mother's brother, Ryle? What in the Renesmee is this?

Volume 1 ****

I'm greatly enjoying this. It's good to be finally getting around to it after having it on my radar since somewhere near the end of secondary school.

"Why are they burying papa?" ... "No, it's raining."

I'm not crying. You're crying!

I started out with a fondness for Mary, but in these final pages I am liking this rendition of her less and less. The miscommunication and irrational choices are irksome.

I got this thinking it was a fictional book about a fictional poem, only to discover it's a memoir about an actual poem. I guess the 'Foyles Non-fiction Book of the Year' should've tipped me off, but here we are..

I started this one anew in 2024, as my husband and I fell out of the habit of reading this one to each other each night.

Conrad's Fate ****