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This book has used the word queer maybe 10,000 times to the point where it is almost every other page. P sure they had thesauruses in 1911 but w/e.

Random singular use of the n word mid way through the book that didn't relate to anything in the plot ??

Plot is good, pacing is excellent, characters are fun, themes are rich, 4.5* rounded down so far

Mr and Mrs Bunting, about to lose their house/business, are living in fear of destitution and then a mysterious, eccentric stranger arrives in the middle of the night and offers to pay a month of lodgings on the spot. The Bunting's can't believe their luck. Cries of 'Killer' echo through the London streets. I'm so freaking geeked I'm hooked already !!

I don't really know how I feel about this book at the moment, I'm not hugely engaged with it even though the pacing is good and the story is okay, if a bit easy to spot where it'll end up.

I think it might be that the characters are a bit lacking so I'm not really invested in any of them ?

This has got sooo much better, it started at a 2* and at this rate it could get rounded up to 4* (so prepared to be disappointed)

going from pride and prejudice to this is crazy - it's okay so far, split narration between a couple selling their house. male author writing a female character's perspective will always be a bit too surface level and vapid for me.

Lydia is so teenage girl in the best way

"she has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's" 🙏💀

Mr Collins needs to take a hint smhsmh

okay maybe Elizabeth and Darcy got me GIGGLING

They're currently arguing over whether Gary's DID is real or not and I fear this book is too dated for me

Obsessed so far - this is unlikeable character done SO well I'm obsessed with all of them and hate their guts <3

i know its he point but i hate herrrrr

this book is so slay 10/10 so far

this is actually pretty spooky freaky scary

honestly might have to dnf i just don't care

My first time reading this kind of fantasy novel so we'll see how it goes

Can't remember how many pages I read today and I left the book downstairs so I've guessed it's 101.

Audio transcripts this time which would be fun if I didn't have to take minutes at work based off AI transcriptions so not as fun as The Appeal yet - I will give it time!

Got second hand offended for my mother bc the mc is born in 1968 and called himself an "old man" I BEG YOUR FINEST PARDON

Things are heating uppp - I don't find the texts between the two law students necessary, they just re-hash the info you've just read and then follow every obvious red herring. C'mon besties we're smarter than this!

Theme for today's books was clearly amdram

Okay so Issy let her obsessive side out so I don't feel so bad for her

Enjoying this book so far. I really like the mix of texts, emails, posters etc. But everyone is SO mean to Issy and I don't understand why, she seems very sweet so far, I fear she could be an undiagnosed autistic woman trope (obviously not 'fear' of her being autistic, but 'fear' that that will be used to justify everyone being horrible to her).

Okay so Molly talks like she's from the 1940s which is actually kinda fun juxtaposed with how everyone else speaks. Hoping there will be a plot twist bc otherwise we're just working with the answer anyone (other than Molly (or Fayre from ACOTAR)) could work out from chapter one.

Love the mc, enjoying the plot so far. A little repetitive on descriptions but that's helped me actually remember key points.

girl, ANOTHER ONE?!?

got this book from grace so i know it'll be good - already enjoying the writing style and the sister dynamics