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i sense a love triangle brewing aND I HATE IT. DON’T DO IT AGAIN, CASSANDRA CLARE, I’M BEGGING YOU

one final reread until i start The Last Hours 🥰🥰🥰

all my unread books are judging me so much rn

“We’d drink cloudy homemade wine and scream loud enough to get through to the core of life, believing that there was less in between us and heaven since we were on a roof. Today, several decades later, separated from that time by a new millennium and a new kind of world, I can still understand that scream, perhaps more so than ever, that yearning for closeness and getting to the heart of it all.”

REASONS I HATE THE LOVE TRIANGLE TROPE

- the love interests are reduced to symbolic options for the MC to choose between (good/bad, past/present) instead of individual people in their own right
- The love interests become enemies by default - even if under other circumstances they'd get along or maybe even be friends. They’re reduced to being rivals because their sole purpose is to love the MC and hate each other

i think i’d enjoy this even more if i were interested in game design

don’t love it, don’t hate it. overall: meh

josh in the movie: 👔🥵☺️
josh in the book: 🚩🚩🚩

probably an unpopular opionion but i like the film so much more than the book so far

i'm OBSESSED

i’m only 16 pages in and the MC is already one of the most annoying protagonists i’ve ever read

ffs just when things get interesting, a chapter from a useless pov on unrelated matters begins, why is it always like this????

alright this is getting ridiculous(ly boring)

my currently reading shelf says 3
my owned tbr says 55
but my heart says REREAD THE SERIES THAT MADE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH READING IN THE FIRST PLACE

and here we are

found this in a bookstore and absolutely had to have it. here's the opening paragraph:
I had an aunt who went to the dentist and asked to get her tongue pulled. "We only do teeth," the dentist said, but did it anyway. She took her tongue home in a jar and flushed it down the toilet and years later a fisherman in Half Moon Bay made the evening news, waving my aunt's tongue like a flag at the end of his pole.

every character is giving me a headache 😵‍💫 i feel like a mindreader in a room full of philosophy students. please make it stop.

ngl i’m super bored so far

currently feeling the pressure of having to like a book because it's considered a masterpiece by the majority of readers 🫣

”Quite.” Callum turned away from the corridor. “Night then.”

“It’s morning.” Tristan pointed out.

“Only for the unimaginative,” Callum replied over his shoulder.

my plan is to read two chapters of this every night before i go to bed, so i can get through it (and to help me sleep because IT IS SO BORING)

I've been taking a break from this because I was waiting for the second and third installment to arrive in the mail (i have no patience after the last page) - and they've finally arrived!! so I'm gonna devour this series now brb

not liking the pace of this so far. like when are things going to START??

i’m about to make this book my entire personality in 2024

i totally forgot that Peeta calls her “sweetheart” when she finds him by the river!! and her reaction!!!
it must have been Peeta. Who else in the arena would call me sweetheart? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

i was so excited to vote for goodreads choice awards 2023!! ... until i realised that i haven't read a single new release this year and therefore have nothing to vote for ):

LET'S TALK ABOUT TROPES!
let me know in the comments what trope gives you life and what trope pisses you off like no other.

my fave is enemies to lovers and the absolute worst is either love triangles or the miscommunication trope

so happy to be back with my favourite grumpy-sunshine couple

so happy to be back with my favourite grumpy>

i don’t know if i can keep on reading this. The man’s a sexist pig.

strong Matthias and Nina vibes going on