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the stream of consciousness that ended chapter 5 coalesced the main themes of the first 4 chapters and the dynamic between the main characters so beautifully, im obsessed…

i really really like this

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favourite story so far is “real women have bodies” oh to fall love in motel rooms while you & your partner’s bodies begin to fade…

the switch to rosalyns pov is really refreshing. that paragraph of all the details she noticed about hero rly tugs at my heart strings… oh to be Loved and Noticed like that…

the noche buena party scene… rosalyn doing /that/ for hero… kiligs all Round yall.

love seeing these boys happy (for now), i just knowwww something bad is going to happen

something tells me this shouldnt be my first DFW book. so far very vibrant prose that compels you to read it aloud. i re-read the prologue twice, the prose is just THAT sonically and visually evocative and it carries onto chapter two, but my pace slowed down bc i couldnt rly bring myself to care about sylvanshire on the plane (yet)... prolly skill issue tho. lemme read infinite jest first

alternating btwn giggling at some of these anecdotes and nodding affirmatively like hmm yes excellent observations abt our cultural landscape

THE PAYOFF WAS SO WORTH ALL THAT PAIN OH MY GOD

it really hurts to relate to what reiland has gone through and i wish i had enough money to afford weekly sessions w/ a really good therapist

slow progress bc i reread the prologue 3 times... it was that serious. i know exactly which winding road castillo is talking about in the prologue, the only road that takes u to baguio that feels like it cuts through the clouds. i feel a bit underwhelmed by the mundanity of their american life but im loving hero and roni's dynamic! & ya the jarring lack of conflict and melodrama after that prologue is def on purpose

franny and ophelia's story is heartbreaking man

yawn

ari and dante reunited but at what cost... my heart hurts for the both of them i wish they were born 30 years later

just finished the husband stitch… i’m speechless…

really learning a lot and resonating with reiland so bad... i can't afford therapy right now and reading this is helping me a lot

its getting repetitive asf

im a little bit bored

what an opening chapter...