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The passage of time… The patronizing traditions of heteronormativity… Way too real, way too ouch. (In a good way)

KYS MAX.

Also, the glaze for him is… a lot. But if I try to think about Saeyoung the same way…

“Saeyoung was as solid as a Sequoia, high as a Redwood and as broad as the prairie. He was earthly and godly; elemental and ethereal. Both not of this earth and a poster boy for it. ‘Hey,’ his voice was low and soft; the distant rumble of thunder.”

Still too much imo.

very witty! dolly alderton’s humor oozes from every sentence she writes, even through exploring nina’s schedule for her 32nd birthday. from the ring of a certain song in the morning to her night routine in the evening. i feel like i need to take notes though! of her friends and family (non-creepy way)

i think one of the biggest parts of this book’s unmarketed (and real) psychological horror is the fact that we will only get snippets of the grief, tragedy, and misery in the lives of characters who are not our protagonist. only what’s been told and shown to jolene. and we can’t know deeper than what the book is showing us. i’m absolutely devastated and heartbroken for caitlin. for rhonda, for armin…

oh we’re so fucked.

oh, caitlin… oh no… (as someone who’s known red-flag, controlling men, i have a bad feeling)

i don’t dislike caitlin anymore at this point 😭

i’m actually starting to like this so far. more and more layers behind jolene’s coworkers are being peeled back, and if nothing else, natalie sue can sure cook up a really sweet, caring and goofy ML! she knows what’s good.

okay i may have spoiled myself by reading the last 2 pages, but i wanted to make sure jolene does get a happy ending. she does, i’m happy and not as anxious while reading. so far, her workplace still feels like hell, but i’m seeing more of the human aspect, when jolene thinks that she doesn’t want rhonda to be fired actually. (maybe caitlin though)

toeing the line between comically relatable and nearly unrealistic. i can see a glimpse of characters being human, but it’s overshadowed by mirroring high school politics at work and pushing much of family and peer pressure. there is a lack of grey area that i see is more common in the adult lives around me. very trope-y and more psychological horror than comedy so far from jolene’s perspective 😭

initial reading so far: there comes a time when there’s such a thing as too much witticisms in a page, when they can be found in nearly every paragraph. however, i do love jolene’s dry, currently pessimistic perspective of things, in contrast to cliff’s golden retriever-like attitude! (but, jolene, caitlin’s soup does not justify such a postscript 😭 [and cover your tracks more!])

not a lot of progress rn, busy with training at work

dawg idk where they put followed authors in here but imma just note them down in bio instead:
- ann liang
- ashley poston