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i know we're covering decades here but this book just feels so long

we're getting a wrap-up but there's STILL a lot more book left

well, the mystery part is just kind of over now... but there's still a lot of book left..

so far it's just a bunch of old people having affairs

peter heller really only knows how to write one protagonist and it's Guy Who Likes To Fish

imagine both your parents trying to gaslight you into thinking the years of physical abuse and death threats from your brother never even happened. jesus christ

hope shawn dies ❤️

"idk if i wanna go to college, what if i get brainwashed?" girl you are ALREADY brainwashed

she doesnt even know how old her daughter is......

denying a child an education is absolutely terrible, but this guy also forces his young children to do dangerous work, without any sort of protection, in a scrapyard, and every single one of them gets serious injuries like severed fingers and getting impaled on metal bars, and after all that he refuses to ever even take them to a doctor? that's actually straight up evil

i feel like it has to be some kind of criminal negligence to have your children injured in a car accident, and your wife injured with what's clearly a serious head injury, and not seek ANY medical help

this is like a single-family cult... why are the other adults in this family enabling the father's delusions?

still so confused about this girl who is OBSESSED with the school politics and playing the game, yet constantly refusing to do it right. and always being mean and bullying even though she knows it loses her any chance of friends, yet even at the risk of her own survival she insists on continuing to be mean and pushing people away. i dont get it

sorry, "open sesame"? really?

at what point do i start to like the main character? her constant misunderstanding of the situation is becoming very frustrating

not a fan of this narrattion style. she just went from fearing for her life to judging the paint job of her would-be murderers house?

this is a loooot of exposition

first appearance of a female character.

also, youre telling me james isnt gay? i dont believe it

this is a lot of lore up front

... i probably should have seen that coming

this may be a wild stroke of inspiration to come from a story about a woman who goes missing on the appalachian trail but... i think i know what i want to spend my pto on

hey he stole that joke from pink panther

oh no, more letters?

confused why we're trying so hard to humanize this nazi?

dump him girl

i feel like they could have just cut out everything with juliet and made the book take place during the war just following the club

is the whole book letters??