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Grim. Abysmal. Depressing. Dire. Not the book....the state of the world.

Celia, girl, if you don't use that knife on that useless, dickless, brainless piece of shit, then I will. I will turn into a sentence, climb into this book, and stab that son of a bitch myself.

If this book doesn't end with a murder, I'll scream.

this is a hard read....

holy shit. i'm in for a ride.

Masterful. I've never cried over a cow before.

Every word of this book touches something in my mind or heart. I can already feel this will go on my list of all time faves.

so far this is indeed challenging- my progress is slow since I stop to look up the beautiful and complicated Russian I've never seen or used....but my god...once I got into the rhythm of Aitmatov's writing- it's like i fell back in love with the Russian language. Gorgeous, lyrical, complex- the pulse of it sings!

Hey Will Patton- why did you narrate Holly like that???? It is the most off-putting thing I’ve had to hear in this audiobook, and it’s pretty disturbing.

There’s something about snooping that triggers me, especially snooping through diaries and personal writing. I want to strangle Chess a bit.

You ever listen to an audiobook at 2x speed just to get through it more quickly?

I can already tell this is going to be a magical reading experience. One of those that comes along far too rarely and leaves me with a lasting impression and a feeling in my chest that hurts a little.

I wanna slap the teeth outta bitch-made Runner- omg a character hasn’t made my blood boil this much in a while.

Incredible. Just got to the part where a phd student writes a letter with a question to a folklorist in Russia and includes a carton of cigarettes as a bribe- I actually guffawed.

Wow I’ve never felt so crestfallen so fast about a book I’ve been this excited to read 🫣😬

I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE GOTTEN MY HANDS ON THIS AFTER A LOONG WAIT

I have forgotten how exquisitely charming and funny this book is.

The way the british pronounce croissants is amazing. QUASONTS

I'm really struggling with this audiobook narrator. It's like that kid actor Caitlin Riley parodies is reading this. What is already pretty dry writing is just compounded by the way it's being read.....but I'm gonna try to finish