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Achilles being too angry at Agamemnon to actively participate in the first battle of the war is sending me…also the whole chapter dedicated to naming the Greek tribes on the Achaean side felt kinda unnecessary but I’m sure if I was listening to a bard tell this story in Ancient Greece it would have been more relevant…

Oh I wasn’t expecting the homoeroticism but I’m not mad about it…

I really don’t know if I like Gately all that much tbh…his story is compelling I guess but I feel like there is a part of his character we are missing that isn’t letting me fully connect with him. I do absolutely adore Mario and Hal’s relationship with each other. My favorite parts of the book have honestly been the parts about Mario and how he sees the world.

Hal's achilles tendinitis is the most relatable part of the narrative so far. I've found that the humor in this novel is very subtle. Some jokes definitely have flown over my head but the ones I do catch are pretty funny.

300 pages in…only 27 per cent…so far lots of addiction, some s*icide, a TON of tennis, a fair amount of humor (several chuckles were had), and a gradual and inevitable union of disparate storylines.

1000 pages…equal parts scared and excited

There are parts of this book that are so hard to get through…and honestly it’s not even the violence itself but rather how NORMAL it is to the people in the book that makes it so unnerving; it truly feels like another world completely.

East of Eden, but make it Evil and Nasty

Very excited to learn more about the Great Migration!

El pobrecito de Gaspar solo sirve para ser manipulado :( me da ternura

A little bit over halfway done and I already cried once…

Not even fifty pages in and I can already sense this book is going to shake me

The author opening every chapter with a vivid and attention-capturing vignette...other non-fiction authors need to be TAKING NOTES!

The military strategy chapters are lowkey boring and honestly I feel like one of the main characters should have died by now considering Singapore is being constantly bombed.

Girl some (most) of these characters are not very likable…which is to be expected from 20th century British people in Singapore…but stil

God I love this story sooo much

Time to lock back in

Heathcliff’s ethnicity being mentioned in literally every chapter so far and they still cast Jacob Elordi…choices…

Going through the first part of this book was a struggle but now I’m actually invested so hopefully I can knock this baby out soon

The prologue was very intriguing…I’m looking forward to continuing reading this story before watching the movie!