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I've only read the introduction, and I am immediately reminded how much I love the way Amal El-Mohtar writes. I cannot wait to get into this, but I'm going to try to pace myself through the stories!

I liked the first story, but I also am not certain that I got it. So there's that.

big issues with this so far
1 hella capitalist
2 assumes that financial incentive is only driving force of migration-- what if they don't actually want to leave but feel they have to for financial reasons? is it not better to use global wealth to improve global south instead of everyone moving to city?
4 production/consumption (and increase of both) a big focus, completely ignoring devastating environmental impacts

I dont know if it's because I took a few days break from this book or if it's just worse in book 3, but the lazy writing and silly errors are nowhere near as fun and entertaining as they were in the first two books

I’ve had this book since 2017 and got to meet Sarah. High time I give this a read

There is crack in this book

so not a fan of this book

The codependency is so unhealthy

If they drag out the whole class reunion thing to the end of the book and it turns out to be really stupid, I’m going to be so frustrated.

Also Lana is annoying, and Seth’s only personality trait is that he’s hot?

Wasn’t expecting a new contender for favorite nonfiction of the year, but a happy surprise!

So far, this is the best short story collection I've read!

The grammar/sentences that make no sense have not gotten any better, and that’s making for such a difficult reading experience

Reading the ARC version of this, and I desperately hope it got another round of editing before publication because yikes

DNFing at 41%, didn't expect the colonizer romance plotline. While it may have been in the realm of historical possibility, it's just not something I can read and enjoy.

if this turns into a colonizer romance, I'm DNFing

The amount of times he’s referred to Lucy Gray/the tributes/district people as animals makes me want to bash his head in

So far this has been like a wiki list of things I already knew about. I’m bored

I’m invested now. The main character still irks the crap out of me, but I appreciate the story

I am not loving this... Very "not like other girls" vibes but instead it's "not like the rest of my family", and it's kind of annoying.

Also if she ends up with the male character that's been introduced, I'm going to be pissed.

I am flying through this book, and I love it so much. I needed a hug in a book, and this is delivering spectacularly

This is a weird little book but I like it I think? I love the bone animals at least

I'm so angry at the things this book portrays, it's unreal. Good follow-up from Are Prisons Obsolete?

This has been a trainwreck, but I can't look away

Deciding to pick this up while Columbia threatens their student encampment for Palestine has been especially interesting

I’m only two chapters in, and I already love it

Man I forgot how good these books are. And reading it while Palestine is undergoing a genocide is chilling.