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Such a great book. The last 50 pages were a bit of a downer but I really enjoyed it. I almost wish there was a sequel but it’s probably best that there isn’t. Such an amazing story of gay first love and yearning.

This book is amazing. Might be the best book I’ve read this year. Never related to a book about the queer wlw experience more. Excited to see that the author comes out with next.

This book will get really stupid really fast if this girl has no survival instincts/common sense. Fingers crossed

So far so good

A lot of chess/life analogies. “In chess, as in life, possibility is the basis of everything.”

Expectation- a short page about self acceptance”she imagined accepting it all. The way she accepted nature […] She imagined seeing herself as just another brilliant freak of nature. Just another sentient animal, trying their best. And in doing so, she imagined what it was like to be free.”

This book is definitely not a typical fantasy. It’s a lot heavier- deals with depression and regret. The midnight library functions as a plot device- more sci-fi/parallel universe.

I have some theories to where this is gonna go. Honestly I’ve wanted to skim a lot of these sections. It feels like a lot of pointless filler. The animosity between her and Cat is dumb.

This whole new section with the gryphons is an annoying tedious side quest that distracts from the plot.

This 800 page book definitely could’ve been made 2 books

Atleast the fantasy plot line is getting interesting

The constant pining by the FL for the ML is grating but it’s better than when he was there. I want to sharpie out half this book. So much is repetitive and should’ve been edited out

Thank god the ML is more out of the picture and I don’t have to hear any more of this corny romance drivel. I honestly wish this was a fantasy novel with just light/slow burn romance. It’s leaning too much into the fantasy to be romantasy and it’s grating on my nerves.

Pg 200- he’s used the words “apocryphal” and “crepuscular”. Throughout the book he’s sprinkled in a number of SAT words. Thankfully not every page like Gideon the Ninth.

Babettes feast film
Big night
Lots of interesting dishes he speaks about- worth checking out this cooking travel show in Italy

Definitely the type of book I’d prefer to listen to- however, I’ll make do with it. It’s enjoyable so far. He’s repeated himself a few times. Relieved it’s largely going in chronological order.

Lots of beautiful writing- especially in her descriptions of young love. The author does an amazing job of illuminating the struggles of lesbians in the 1950s. This book was very well researched.