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"A winter sunset of a girl" - love that for describing someone

“We rarely get to prepare ourselves in meadows or on graveled walks; we do it on short notice in places without windows, hospital corridors, rooms like this lounge with its cracked plastic sofa and Cinzano ashtrays, where the cafe curtains cover blank concrete. In rooms like this, with so little time, we prepare our gestures, get them by heart so we can do them when we're frightened in the face of Doom.”

Disorganized (hebephrenic) schizophrenia - obsolete subtype of schizophrenia as of DSM-5 (2013) & ICD-11 (2022). Disorganized schizophrenia is still used to describe a subset of schizophrenia symptoms characterized by disorganized behavior and speech rather than hallucinations or delusions.

I know, *I know*, and have talked about how rampant transphobia and homophobia was in older books, but every time it hits me like a cast to the back of the head.

"It matters, Mr. Crawford." DAMN RIGHT IT DOES!

Typhoid and swans, love that.

is it bad that I first knew about Golgatha from Dogma?

I know the calm heartbeat in media is meant to be a like "cool under pressure thing" but I'm fairly certain that's not how heartbeats work when it comes down to it.

Ah, the shit question. It's like I'm taking 911 calls all over again.

who tf doesn't know what a moat is??

Already finished the first chapter before posting here.

Lived at the lake his whole life and he doesn't know squat about the lake's current. No, I will not let this go.

A limnologist would know that the Great Lakes have undertows and rip currents.

THERE IS AN UNDERTOW IN LAKE ONTARIO STOP SAYING THERE ISN'T

Lake Ontario *has* rip currents and undertows. The Great Lakes are NOTORIOUS for killing people because of the currents, among other things, and Lake Ontario's currents are especially hungry to sweep swimmers out into deeper water. Someone who lives anywhere near the Great Lakes should know this.

I don't know why I keep reading 1st POV books. I don't like that they tend to just... drop things on you like that.

Multiple cabins on a lake front property, one that's worth millions, and a dining set valued at *at least* five thousand dollars is not, and I quote, "middle class stretching toward upper." That's just upper class. Maybe lower upper class, but still upper class.

I understand drama, but that lawyer needs to be fired

"Your father" GRANDPA. SAM HAS CALLED HIM GRANDPA SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, WHY CHANGE THIS NOW

"Even if it means going back [there]?" Feel like this should have been a statement, not a question.

Why do authors insist on this thing where they name characters and actions without giving any explanation? Especially when written in First PoV.

HOW IS IT MANSPLAINING?

why the repetitiveness of words? why mention that his food is hot when it was already mentioned that her food was also hot??? it was a two sentence difference.

she sits down but then almost steps in a gum??

I know it's a book, it has to move and then request some suspension of disbelief, but what is that session???

potential career in writing. smut, not so much

i worry about how often and how many smelling salts this book implies that hockey players use

Is it me? Am I out of touch? To say you ship your friend w/ someone is weird.

idk how i feel about The Gays™ being referred to as a fandom