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Loving but wishing it was moving faster

A stabbing?
Was she always unhinged like this? Why did her mother in laws death send her off the deep end?

Im annoyed by Abby. How can you be so thoughtful and giving w Mrs Bondy then imagine stabbing your coworker. Can those two things coexist?

I should never read blurbs they always put me off. Enjoyable thus far. Abigail is giving me Eleanor oliphant vibes. NQR MC / ?unreliable

Caught up in a weekend away delayed progress w this and I’m disappointed. Big fan no complaints at this point if you can believe that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

++ enjoying this. Dunno what the difference is? Compared to other recent reads?

This is so fun

Reminding me of that other bee book I read last yr

I so want media to exist exploring modern themes but this is such a jarring change from Shirley Jackson

This is so lovely

Another irl start from like 22nd march that’s been kicking around in my bag that I’m audio-ing from 25th may while I knit.

Perfect timing Lois so glad you’re here to help

What’s the deal w Brian

Curious, prepared to be let down. I don’t think I feel strongly enough about the complexity or lack thereof in the characters.

Dunno why I enjoy going in blind

I’m not loving a child POV. Or maybe a child narrating.

Feel like I’m still waiting

Down to just protag and surveyor? How is there 2/3 to go? Is anything gonna happen?

I need to listen to things a bit faster, like 1.75 - 2x but this narrator sounds like AI when I do.
It’s definitely impacting the vibes, having seen the film adaptation first I’m taking a bit to settle in and enjoy.

I don’t think I know enough about any of these players to care which one has the most plausible cause for villainism. Feels like an obvious outcome is shouting its way through

Kinda zooming through the reams of backstory/revisionist history to justify a plot point, like in place of character building?

Everything is ugly & despondent & it feels like the protag is completely unaware of his hypocrisy?
He’s unlikable, everyone he sees is unlikable, the world around him is unlikable. He has dreams & memories with sweetness that are made bitter by their distance from his reality.
Is he grieving or just conveniently dissociated enough to excuse the effort it takes to avoid looking at himself as an active contributor?

I don’t know what I think yet. Listening, if that matters.

Audio booking because the last book I was trying was such a slog my kindle has been dead for months. I’ve also switched back to knitting fixation. Nobody’s fault.
Anyway book, not much happening, not super exciting but not deterring.
I can’t hear “his gaze” “her gaze” without hearing “his gays” and picturing a bunch of twinks huddled supportively in the background. Boots that typewriter girl.

I’m tryinggg everything’s really hard. I think I can’t read fantasy at the volume I want to read. World building 😩

We’re all back in love and on the same team and failed our big attempt but we’ve got a back up plan we didn’t see coming giddy up