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This is why I would rather read in English!!! I had to spend 5 minutes searching the internet for what Firmeza is (it’s Standfast) - also no map in this book, but luckily I have one on the walls of my room and I can check when I get home!!!

Please let John start to heal!!! He’s so messed up… and there really needs to be a balance between accountability and guilt eating yourself from the inside out

Done with the first story, which means I’m ready for the show!!! (But first I’m gonna reread the graphic novel tomorrow)

I didn't pick this up before because I've read the graphic novel adaptations, but the new edition (with the show cover) came out & I was excited & wondering if I should get it in Portuguese or English (deciding English is better bc it's easier with the names - I already had to check two places so far, bc I have such a hard time figuring out the translations). And then I saw this at the library, and I'm not waiting!!!

John is such a mess, he's completely broken in this... but also there's an interesting conversation here about accountability vs punishment...

Okay, the book is available at the Internet Archive, so still finishing it now!!! But what the hell?!!! Why was this addition cut short?!!!

I think I'm missing pages on this!!! The book just ended, and it ended mid sentence, and I'm checking online and nobody is talking about the book ending mid sentence!!!

Glinda will forever be in love with Elphaba!!! This girl is never moving on!!!! Also the way this ties up with the musical so much, and Glinda still talking with hope for [SPOILER]!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her still being alive {SPOILER]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My heart!!!

Don't you love when you get spoiled without realizing you got spoiled!!! Earlier today I was reading the description from some other Oz adjacent book Goodreads was recommending to me, and I thought to myself "ohhh, funny, this character shares a name with a character here", and yup, girl, it's not a coincidence, they're the same person!!! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ I'm so dumb... but glad I was not spoiled!!!

I LOVE Nor so much!!! I really appreciate her actually being back in this book!!! The pain she went through, and she still having love to give but being so unsure and fearful of it... my heart!!!

Finally making sense why we have a map of the City of Shiz!!! So that's exciting!!! But also for most of the book, I've been really wishing we had of Oz, instead of just Shiz and the Emerald City, because we have been traveling a lot!!!

Starting to wonder if the musical influenced the book series more than I thought, bc they’re now raising questions about the ending

I LOVE Nor so much, she's my girl and I feel for her so much... and she's either making Brrr so much more interesting, or just you know, this book is just so much better than the previous one!!

I'm really glad I ordered this before I even figured how to order "Lion Among Men", because I'm really loving this!!! And I feel after the trainwreck the third book was I would have put off ever buying this one...

I feel you really see the impact of the musical in here, because I think Glinda may finally be taking more of an important role (though the part is shared with Rain, and they may take the center stage)!!! And you really feel her vibe from the musical here!!!

I love seeing how some myths are so similar between different cultures, but also loving seeing Zaratan, and realizing they were probably the myth that inspired the world of Discworld!!!

At 7 letters I’ve now been able to decode all the secret messages until now!!! But also I really like how the atlas/enciclopia of monsters is inserted into this diary… which makes the messages scary…

Não percebo este ponto dele sobre os votos brancos… eu acho que votar em branco tem muito mais o impacto da mensagem que ele quer do que a abstenção… Tu ao votares em branco fizeste uma decisão, saíste de casa, olhaste para os candidatos e disseste não… Abstenção parece mais uma não-decisão do que qualquer outra coisa

I knew there was not Astrid here, which put me on the fence about this, and now I realize there's journey of moving Berk to caring for Dragons instead of killing them... they're already training dragons... I don't know if this will live up to the movies!!!

The Other is awful, knowing now all he’s keeping from him… the gaslighting hurts so much!!!

I was going to pause on page 400 to leave the rest for tomorrow, but then I realized it was the girls' chapter, so I had to read it and now they just got interrupted, so I cannot stop here!!! Will I finish the book tonight is the question everyone is asking!!!

AHHH!!! So good!!! Also the importance of them establishing boundaries and safeword before they start their "game"!!! Ahhh, they're so good and excellent!!!

Ahhh!!! I LOVE the kink vibe here!!! I LOVE it being explored without being sexual!!! The writing is just so good!!!

Nooo!!! Celia... this hurts... the expectation hurts... but I also like that she was the one to come up with the plan here!!!

Okay, I’ve been out at ease about the divorce!!! They’re the constant in this book and I LOVE them so much!!!

Their little family in this!!! AHHHH!!! And I’m so scared of what’s to come!!!

The final line is killing me!!! The book does such a good job keeping the suspense and making you curious!!! Also going into Harry and Evelyn's marriage and I LOVE them so much!!! And so curious about why they divorce and then marry again...

I'm loving the vibe and atmosphere of this book!!! S.T. Gibson's writing is just so GOOD!!!

Starting the war years, and I’m curious to read the letters from them… I’ve always heard about Tolkien serving in the War, not sure if it’s just the first one… but his older children are grown by this time… and that definitely impacts a family

I LOVE Evelyn and Harry with all my heart!!! Fuck my heart!!! I'm crying!!! And I can't wait for them to be married!!!