Cameron Sant > Recent Status Updates

My wise girlfriend convinced me to DNF. Something feels off. Everyone is v. polite and conflict is quickly smoothed over (except for the 10-page-long “looking for a bathroom” bit.) Feels like the “good” characters are bland and lack depth; Dr. Thompson is complicated, but don’t worry, all her bad behavior is immediately excused. I’m shocked at its high goodreads rating and high-ish number of reviews.

“I’ve been to enough weddings to know all that love is patient, love is kind stuff, but love is also selfish. It wants and it needs. It pleads for what it wants and refuses to let anything else get in the way.”

Welp, “Grace” by Vicki L. Sears made me cry

From the introduction. “The dogmatism of Western literary position has consequences that go well beyond the world of literature, which include the Western abhorrence of mixing races, classes, or genders (which is why homosexuality and lesbianism are so distressing to many Western minds.”
This was published in 1989!

Teens getting high and deciding they're gonna have kids? Not what I expected

I just finished the first book in the book... gonna read something else in the meantime. I really like the world building and all the secret organizations and stuff, but I can't stand Paul right now. I hope he's more likable in the next book...