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it's,,,fine. the writing style is plain and leaves a lot to be desired. starting to finally get into some scrumptious family drama though?? so i'll stick around to see more of that i suppose

i feel like it's astronomically unfair to any new book i read after finishing a morrison, but this is okay so far! i like how i can put on ny-themed lofi in the background. that's cool.

how was this book published in 1977. it feels so much more modern than that. something that honestly scares me off a bit from reading morrison is because they're Old and i won't be able to really connect with them but then i DO and it is magical

what the FUCK. i love this

i forgot that there is nothing quite like reading morrison. fuck. she's so good.

dicky is nick. this is so much fun for me. gatsby but it's set in the late 1930s and everyone's a little more unhinged

very strong gatsby vibes. katey, tinker, and eve feel like jordan, gatsby, and daisy respectively. i love this so much more than i thought i would, which is saying a lot since i adore historical fiction from this era.

still can't get over the fact that this book and TLH are connected. they're actually at the camp in the adirondacks. a boy will fucking drown in that same lake 16 years later. that's insane.

i just knew the name wallace wolcott sounded familiar and i'll be damned this book and the lincoln highway are CONNECTED this is woolly's uncle. the odd mannerisms. reference to the camp at the adirondacks. THE WATCH. tlh is one of my favorite books of all time and it was published a whole DECADE later. finding these shared details feels like such a treat. i am so much more invested now.

lush. has a gatsby-esque feel. still settling into the world and characters. lovelovelove books where i can put my old jazz playlist on for background music.