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I hate knowing every series will pale in comparison to this one going forward like it’s just too good, it deal with too many great issues but through the lens of children and I’m like almost I. Tears in the back room of a Starbucks at 8am abt it

My procrastination game goes hard and this book hurts me physically

Going into this with the knowledge I will leave it a dried husk. Happy pride!

I’m blown tf away

So….. this was like getting sucker punched immediately upon starting why is this so beautifully narrated

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And then they started listing off every name and detail of the last 10 kids left and it’s fine my throat just hurts

So like I’m in pain and it’s fantastic pain I’m so impressed at yet another thousand ways Suzanne Collins can hurt me but GOD is it hurting

I’ve sobbed already so much through this book like it’s gotten ugly a couple times

I HATE ONE CHARACTER and I
Fear they will in fact stick around…

Parisa being The only one actually using her brilliant fucking mind is taking me out… also why tf did it become vaguely horror esc for one chapter? No complaints but ,Kelly? Where is this going?

So these characters are insufferable but like in the best way? Like I would NeVER wanna meet any one of them in real life but I can’t help being obsessed with each one? Like OBSESSED OBSESSED

Love this book, procrastination does have me in its grip tho otherwise I’d have devoured this by now

And if I told you I fear no lesbian book will live up to this ? What then? Like ? An actual Slow burn still at 30% in the big 2026 ?