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Lost me a bit in the “fight” sequence

This is SO hard to put down. It’s exactly the sort of dropped-in but still having fun sci-fi I like

Oh this is wackyyyyy. it gives The Themis Files (yay!) and The Croning (spooky in a mind way). My students asked a lot of questions today so I couldn’t read much but I liked what I was seeing

You know what. As annoying and self-flagellating as I find Penelope, she’s real as fuck for sticking with the union thing. It’s possibly the only time she describes people as they are (vs the overblown caricatures of her shitty friends or her rose-tinted descriptions of her men). The union parts are also the most interesting thing in the book by far

I genuinely want to reach into this book and SHAKE Penelope like what the fawk is going on akansnwnanajsnsnsnsnns I’ve never been this aggravated by boring straight girl drama before

One (1) act of vulnerability and she breaks out in hives, I wonder why none of her relationships seem to be going well!

Of all things I didn’t expect a BTS mention but it’s like a drop of water in this desert of a book

I changed my mind Penelope is annoying as fuckkk she can’t make a decision on ANYTHING just constant bellyaching and turning the other cheek

This will sound silly but having a char pour and drink a glass of water ~emotionally~ is one of my biggest pet peeves. it’s always water like can we find something more interesting for them to do while pondering? brushing teeth? Combing hair? When was the last time anyone actually drank a glass of water and pondered

Drop out???? For a man????

The prose is a bit plodding but I do fuck with Penelope

Jury’s still out on whether I like this

I’ve never thought “yay, the antifreeze!!” before today

This book is very hard to pick up but I could also just be depressed. Idk

murdering an abuser, I’m so here for it!

I have no idea what’s going on? but either way I’m seated, the narrator is kind of insane (positive)

I may not have the historical or cultural context to pick up everything that is happening here

Doing a blitz of 12 sub-300 pagers so I can stop angsting about how many unread books I have; let’s fucking go!