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Compared to the other book in reading this does plot twists well and the story lines and well webbed

I want to DNF this book sb. It’s the kinda book that tries to have every plot. I also understand why she’s mentally unwell and moves the way she does but at the same time the plot is getting a little too warped for me

Idk if I’m the target audience for the book. The protagonist is irritating

“But the price of error is higher for you than it is for your countrymen, and so that America might justify itself, the story of a black body's destruction must always begin with his or her error, real or imagined…”

“You are all we have, and you come to us endangered. I think we would like to kill you ourselves before seeing you killed by the streets that America made. That is a philosophy of the disembodied, of a people who control nothing, who can protect nothing, who are made to fear not just the criminals among them but the police who lord over them with all the moral authority of a protection racket.”

‘"Good intention" is a hall pass through history a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.’
CLOCKED

If I become a housewife, please lobotomized me

I actually hate Yash. Well okay hate is a strong word. But I strongly dislike him and think she needs to stop engaging w him

This book is getting annoying. She has an anxious attachment style and I’m kinda over it. All of this for a man??

Like any good book starts, I was on a flight, had it in my kindle library and started it wo knowing what it was about and OHHHHHHH. Um so kinda disturbed w a lot of what’s going on but also I can’t seem to stop reading?

This year’s Booker Prize winner and like yeah okay I get it

I’m fully sat. This book is MAUH chefs kiss. Ngl I’m learning a new word every couple of pages but I love that shit

EV, Ave D, Apt 2B & she’s at Rays 😭


Close to what was once home. Reading books based in NYC always make be reminisce

This book PMO. Why wasn’t her DAD called up?!?!? Like helloooooooo

OOOOOOPPP. So we’re at the juicy part.

Yes, the tumblr-esque quotes are LOL but fully sat rn. This is giving lifetime thriller movie

I like the overall plot + learning about bees. It can, however, be a little cheesy / cringe at times

There’s not a whole lot of plot tbh. But nevertheless I’m intrigued enough to keep reading. Summing it up to the protagonist having a very distinct, clear voice. It’s hard not to picture him in action

This scene just PMO. This kid can’t catch annnyyyyy break??????????????

I HATE IT HERE. I SWEAR, THE FASTEST WAY FOR A WOMAN TO RUIN HER LIFE IS TO END UP W THE WRONG GUY UGGHHHHHHHHHHH

Prose is so good. Plot is kinda sad :/ Really enjoying it nevertheless

What the actual f***

Earlier Everest expeditions were messsssyyyyyyyy like stay home. I wonder how current ones compare. The yearn to trek base camp is there, I know my limits and wouldn’t go farther

Loving the mix of history and story retelling. He has a good vocabulary

“…American dream has therefore become something much more closely resembling a nightmare, on the private, domestic, and international levels. Privately, we cannot stand our lives and dare not examine them; domestically, we take no responsibility for (and no pride in) what goes on in our country; and, internationally, for many millions of people, we are an unmitigated disaster.”

“It was another fear, a fear that the child, in challenging the white world's assumptions, was putting himself in the path of destruction. A child cannot, thank Heaven, know how vast and how merciless is the nature of power, with what unbelievable cruelty people treat each other.”


Fully sat and captivated once again by James Baldwin

Straight up, f*** Pete. I actually hate him and he’s a prime example of ‘men are the problem’

It’s not that I don’t like reading it but I find myself not itching to pick it up

Yeah Baldwin has a way w words, we know that. But it’s those sly sentences that really latch on to you like oh wow what a perfect way to describe something/some feeling.

“…the truth is that I recognize Daniel by the light in Fonny’s eyes”

OH sorry sir didn’t recognize your freak. Surprised? No but still a little gagged

The dry humor is up my alley and although doesn’t relate reminds me of umbrella academy

The format of this book tickles my brain in all the right spots