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DNF note: i did think this was funny but i wasn't latching onto the plot or people + i read some reviews after i started reading that said it dips into zionism later? and i'll be real that wasn't enough to deter me bc this is my last prompt fill for broader bookshelf BUT then i realized i can fill that prompt with the next wayward children book instead so. sorry ms cash. i guess you're pro-genocide so maybe not sorry

DNF note: girl i hate this guy. it's like the goldfinch but if theo was more pathetic and more evil and kept talking about his own semen i can't be here anymore

DNF note: it's fine i just don't care about anything

DNF note: i wish goodreads allowed pictures so i could put the dark fucked up hamburger helper mascot tweet here

DNF note: i think it's like fine and i've been limping along for the last 15% bc i do kinda want to know what happens but i don't like the vibes ... it's so 2012 and there's a manic pixie dream geek girl who won't stop talking about google and i just don't care. sorry mr. penumbra i did like you. also i hope mat and ashley get married

DNF note: i really want to like this book bc i love the concept but i'm bailing bc 1. prose is not very good & i'm a pretentious asshole 2. sensing absolutely no chemistry from either couple 3. donna's body issues are driving me nuts. huge pet peeve of mine is women w/ low self esteem who have to get told by men that they're pretty/good; for some that's a fantasy or is healing but it repulses me esp written by men

if you also follow me on letterboxd i don't want to talk about it

read this for a class & we skipped the middle half; don't know when/if i'll circle back to it because after reading ebora and seeing how people talk about ferrum i doubt i'll have the discipline to stick it through for fun. got a lot out of os and sal. notanda is arresting; started reading it with the intention of lulling myself to sleep but it woke me up instead. glad i got a glance at this.

i have never made a mid-book update before let alone a mid-book update ten minutes into reading but i just feel like i have to document that dick harm took me OUT like it's so stupid but i need to be honest and say that had me genuinely and literally full-body laughing i am the target audience for dick harm