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reading this with a friend because we hate ourselves and wanted to stare into the abyss. and i genuinely need to know. are achilles and patroclus the love interests. are they making the canonical gay mascots of the iliad and greek mythology as a whole the love interests to the main female character. because if so that would be SO fucking funny.

"There is nowhere you go," said the Antari to her prince, "that I cannot follow."

i love them so fucking much

only a short way through but legitimately if this book doesnt make you angry at israel and at what's happening right now, i dont know what will

when i first read the official synopsis, i was wary about how alucard-rhy-nadiya would be handled but ngl, nadiya loreni the woman that you are i Love Her

reading this via ebook whenever i cant read my physical copy of fragile threads when i want to read, and ngl. being hilariously obsessed over andor, disco elysium, and pathologic probably prepared me for understanding the discussions presented in this book

giggling kicking my feet twirling my hair over kellila banter

my meow meow,,,,,

“Let me stay and be for you,” said the tiger, and she rose and drove away the ghosts of the Cheng mansion."

peak romance

“You don’t have to fix anything to deserve love. I love you for who you are. You can fuck up. You can do whatever you want and you’ll still deserve love.”

fuck.

god this book hits hard as an asian woman who happens to be a perfectionist with a very specific relationship with both anger and achievement, who is trying to heal from difficult relationships, while longing to do more

well. that resonated as an experience. alright.

Still indifferent to the romance but goddamn "And if you’re right, and our ship is doomed to go down, then we’ll sink together and I’ll play us a lullaby on the ocean floor." is such a banger line

i won't lie, i'm primarily still reading for jack. wil isn't hitting right for me yet, as both a narrator, character, and love interest. hoping that this changes soon tho

'I want it to burn.'

LETS GOOOOO

robin swift and ramy mirza were in love and in this fucking essay i will—

‘You want to do the right thing,’ said Ramy, bullish. ‘You always do. But you think the right thing is martyrdom. You think if you suffer enough for whatever sins you’ve committed, then you’re absolved.’

this book appeals to ALL the themes, arcs, and narratives i like holy shit

if anyone needed more convincing that this book classified as dark academia, this is it

there is nothing heterosexual about what robin and ramy have going on

‘You’re lost, brother. You’re a ship adrift, searching for familiar shores. I understand what it is you want. I sought it too. But there is no homeland. It’s gone.’ He paused beside Robin on his way to the door. His fingers landed on Robin’s shoulder, squeezed so hard they hurt. ‘But realize this, brother. You fly no one’s flag. You’re free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.’

legitimately so engrossed in this book that the only way i can describe it is “holy shit i am so pretentious”

The debate between Robin and Professor Lovell about the exploitation of language by imperialists and the hoarding of silver is genuinely one of the most engrossing dialogues I've read in awhile

two chapters in and ngl, based on all the reviews of this book, and what ive read thus far — rlly getting the impression that you won't like/care/be invested if you're white

“Someday, I’ll dance at your wedding,” he promised, and that hurt was smoothed over enough that I could laugh.
“As if anyone would be good enough for me,” I said lightly.

ily jordan baker

"It is easier to be in love in a room with closed doors. To have the whole world in one room. In one person. The universe condensed and intensified and burning, bright and alive and electric.

But doors cannot stay closed forever."

SHUT UP THATS SUCH A GOOD PASSAGE

"Being close to her was like being warmed by a bonfire, and I had been cold for a long time."

now that—that's romantic.

FUCK JONATHAN DERBY

"What awaited him farther down that slope if he was unable to stop his descent? What else might he be capable of? Well, that was it. It stopped now. If he didn’t have honor, he had nothing. No more deception. No more shady strategies. No more rationalization. From now on he’d live honestly, and if he ended up as a beggar, at least he would be a decent one."

HA, GOOD JOKE CORYO

Reading this while waiting for my copy of Addie LaRue to arrive. I'm actually invested???

"So... you're just a polite lockpick?"
No one told me this book was going to be funny as heck omfg. I love Clef.

im not crying, you are