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What are we even doing here

Kind of a weird energy so far—as if the Colombian parts are more spectacle than people's actual lived experiences. And I wish the Greek chorus part of the book were more at the forefront... let's see where this goes..

"Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable.”

The writing of this book makes me feel unwell... it's hauntingly beautiful

Powering through this because I've gotten this far......but MAN, how is there still 20% left. All the supposed antagonists are so laughably incompetent or cartoonish that it's impossible to take any of the stakes seriously

I know I'm not the biggest romance fan, so maybe I'm just being too critical...but I have to roll my eyes at the "love at first sight" in the context of this... Shesheshen is just going to fall for the first human that's even remotely nice to her, no build up whatsoever? Why am I supposed to care for Homily, she's barely had any character building; why should Shesheshen even care and not doubt that kindness at all?

Why does this book keep feeling the need to quote The Haunting of Hill House?? 😭 I get the homage, but it feels soooo unsubtle to do it repeatedly. Especially on top of the already unsubtle themes of the book. Our house was like Hill House, EXCEPT it ISN'T because Hill House was apolitical and ours is a fascist!!!