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About damn time. I was starting to get pissed off. I hate to see a woman losing herself bc of a good for nothing man

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Wha the actually helly. The characters’ backgrounds are …………..

Hate this book. And the tragic part is that it’s my pick for book club

Miss ma’am is overly freaked out

Reading this for book club, would’ve DNF’d otherwise

SOMEONE NEEDS TO CURB STOMP JAMES

This is INFURIATING

No bc the husbands audacity is INSANE. WTF

This book is poetic af

“She's looking forward to returning home, to a place familiar, where coherence and clarity might make an appearance.”

IS THIS STOCKHOLM SYNDROME?!? WHY WHY WHY WHY DOES SHE MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP W HER FAMILY!!!!

Gahhhhhhhhhhh this book has me CLENCHING my teeth

Are we surprised a man killed the vibe?

Really liking this book, it reminds me of ‘No Exit’ by Jean-Paul Sartre

“America hates women. What a comfort to remember.”

Bro actually km

Bro Peter is actually the worst, I need Pat to stand up

I need to lock in. I like it so far it’s just intimidating lol

Ummm Lillian might have three or a thousand loose screws but this book is fun. I neeeeeeddddeedd something fun, trying to dig myself out of the reading slump I’ve been into

“Waiting on a Western judicial institution to cast judgment on a killing spree financed and endorsed by the West means, inevitably, watching a disjointed ballet of impossible reconciling.”

“That summer we self-destructed more than we ever had before, and yet we had never been more full of life.”

Oh word

Um so yeah l almost started crying in a cafe so had to take a break

Me if I had to work in office lololol 😭😭😭

Wanted to also say, Dexter is ………. Hmm for the lack of better words, a big headed a**hole

“I love him, she thought, I'm just not in love with him and also I don't love him. I've tried, I've strained to love him but I can't. I am building a life with a man I don't love, and I don't know what to do about it.”

Poor, pitiful Emma

Not to be a b****, but Emma’s life is soooooo ….. unfavorable and dull

Really enjoying this - it’s offering new criticisms and ideas I hadn’t thought about before

This book, as all of James Baldwin’s books tend to do, is going to do something to me.

The foreword by Stacey Abram’s was all I needed to know. Mentally preparing myself

I hate men fr

Started the book w minimal background & only a recommendation. It’s not disappointing- idk what’s going on but like in a good way. A mystery that’s building and I fuck w it

I do think it’s something sus. And it might involved the dad