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There's so much more of these it’s not even funny. I want to say I’ll update how much more life changing this book is after class discussions in the spring. But I’m probably gonna be too overwhelmed to do that . But just know now. IT IS! Thank You God! All I have is gratitude I’m telling You. ALL I have. I don’t deserve You. I’m so broken and yet You still want and love me. Now how can that be? Just how?

“Atheists do far less harm than hypocrites" pg127
"Biblical words in anti-biblical ways. It shares with biblical Christianity the same vocabulary but not the same dictionary" pg41
"Our homes are not our castles. Indeed, they are not even ours." Pg100
"God is so merciful to me, a sinner" pg157
And ofc my fav: "love the sinner and hate your own sin" pg32 "If you can't hate your sin, you can't fight your sin" pg124

"Because where God is in your loss matters more to a doubting and cynical world than where God is in your plenty." Pg93
"Idolatry is dangerous— as well as delusional." Pg87
"For your unbelieving neighbors to know the truth of God's love… you must be close enough to be seen in transparent and vulnerable ways." Pg56
"Imagine a world where people fear God more than men and serve God more than comfort" pg. 220

Open and read this book in the beginning of September… a required book that i technically didn’t have to read bc we’d just go over it in class in the spring. Yah I think NOT! I've said it once I’ll say it a million times, it was completely and utterly changed my entire perspective on literally everything. How I approach others, life. Like I just can't. Like some of these quotes have a DEATH GRIP on me now ->

Wow. Wow wow wowwww! GOD! What a book. What a testament of You through the lives of others. This book changed my life completely and fully. And I haven’t even had class discussions on it yet. THATS INSANE! It’s just unreal but shows just how PERFECT God’s timing is. Every. Single. SOLITARY. Time. I NEEDED a book like this after the whole Ava situation in Aug. and poof. A month later I just “decide” to ->

This is literally one of the greatest books I’ve ever read in my life. It has changed my perspective on EVERYTHING! Love the sinner and hate your sin. HELLO!

I knew how the whole book went bc I watched a YouTube video on it before, and yet still it was rly good. So it’s definitely getting a 4. This is the first school book I’ve actually read all year. (Sorry Beowulf, Paradise Lost, All the Light We Cannot See, and Hamlet…)

Classic. I truly see why this is a classic. It’s honestly such a good book! Like I just pulled an all nighter bc I had to finish it for LiT (starts at 2:15am and ended at 5:31am) but I was really enjoying it as I was reading it. Like I lowkey didn’t want to put it down. A little bit of it was adrenaline and motivation to finish it, but I really did think the book as good. And what’s even better is I knew

Yah it definitely WASNT a YA and for sure rated R. I mean I’m 17 and do this and still uncomfortable a lot. But again it’s good and I neverrrr wanted to put it down and didn’t unless I HAD to or to gts.

Idk. I’m crazy, broken, need help, and a CHILD OF GOD! How He loves me, I’ll never understand but thankfully I don’t have to!

I mean it’s 3:17am rn. I literally read 240pgs today. Like hello. But idk I think it’s bc it’s all new and only in dire situations that I do it and don’t like talking about it or even saying it. Like ah just no. But it book was for ppl in situations way more extreme than mine. Idk. Ik im giving it 3.5 stars but idk how to feel about it. Like good obvi. But idk. It didn’t convince me to stop ot anything.

Should bc think about it. Everyone is mad and the idiots will call it “selfish” if I do kms. So I do this instead bc it’s hidden and no one will get mad and yah. But trust I’m also DEEP in the Word. I need it so bad. I’m so screwed up. Ik. I have God and I need NEED Him every single day. Especially so I don’t die randomly. But for the book. It’s good. I haven’t read someone that fast in idk how long

Suicidalness big time. Like I mean I don’t have active suicidalness anymore. It’s back to suicidal ideation so get hype I think?!? But I learned that ppl do it and aren’t suicidal. Now that doesn’t make it any sense to me but I don’t want to understand why bc idk it just makes me very uncomfortable. And ik it’s probably wrong especially being a Christian, but I don’t feel as much guilt as i probably->

Different perspective on it. Like I do it bc I want to die SO SO bad and I feel it all throughout my body and chest, so it releases all of the pain instantly (And feels soo good in the moment). But it’s better than killing myself so I’ll take. I mean I wasn’t able to in Ohio once and I just starting hyperventilating on the floor for what felt like forever but I think it was 15 minutes. I do it bc helps w my ->

Um. Idk. I really don’t have that much to say. I obvi chose it bc I can kinda relate to it. Ngl it was kinda really uncomfortable when they just talked about how deep they went and just ah all of it. Like idk. I’m uncomfortable now talking about it. But I mean yah I do do it also but it’s not all over my body. In fact it’s veryyyy hidden, even with a bathing suit. But it was just interesting reading a ->

It’s the same vibe as If He Had Been With Me but not. I can’t explain it

Oh this is gonna be good

For each other very well. Idk. I also don’t care for mystery if someone doesn’t die I’ve realized over the years. I’m also in a mini reading slump so maybe that was why I didn’t enjoy it that much. Idkkkkk. Over it’s fine. I was gonna give it 3. But Ryan and Evie/Lucca’s relationship at the end being restored and understood perfectly was too cute. So I’ll give it a 3.5. Cami overhyped it for sure tho

It was fine. Like George being Mr. smith was not that crazy at all rly. Idk what I was expecting but it was just not crazy plot twists. Like yah I didn’t see that coming that Amy wasn’t rly bad but that didn’t shock my world or anything. It was like “oh meh” idk. It was fun to read but the reading wasn’t rly satisfying at all. I do love Evie/Lucca and Ryan’s relationship. It’s cute and they work ->

I’m starting to lose hope. There’s 20 pages left and WAYY too many holes still. Mr. Smith is Ryan I’m pretty sure but wouldn’t be shocked if it was George or Devon. I rly hope it’s not Devon tho.

The book is pretty good. Idk where it’s going. I rly hope it’s not like “The Last Thing He Told Me” where it just ended. But there’s 80 pgs left. Idk. Nothing is actually happening that’s crazy minus the non car accident but I never want to put it down ever when I read it so that’s always nice.

Dude this book is GOOD! Evie is so smart for making all the politicians be invited and get them caught in some scandal so when she’s in trouble she can use a “get out of jail free” card.