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DNF on page 4 because wtf do you mean this has footnotes? A contemporary romance novel? Immediately no and I’m angry I even started it.

In which am entirely unsurprised that Langdon can’t drive a manual

Holy gods how do I still have over 300 pages left? Why yes, I am annoyed.

My coldest Dan Brown take is that Robert Langdon is an insufferable know-it-all and DB greatly benefited from Tom Hanks as a casting choice to make this guy more palatable to the masses.

It’s Dad book time

Maggie, I say this gently, but you might be being a weeeee bit of a hypocrite here. Just a teensy bit. Just something to think on.

I’m not totally sure what’s going on here/where this is supposed to be going and I’m not altogether sure I care that much. Giving this until page 200 to show some life before I DNF

Sometimes when boomers write books they do things like imagine that a trio of Gen Alpha girls would use phrases like “grody to the max” and I just LOL

How is a book about a bloodthirsty dragon this irritating? Like at this point I'm praying main characters get chargrilled just to get them off of my Kindle

Draggggggging but I’m 537 pages in and therefore far too invested to stop

I love it when an FMC is addicted to candy and eats it all the time and makes it part of her personality that she just loves sugar so much. It’s so charming and quirky and not at all overused.

This is the most unserious search for a missing Alzheimer’s patient in recorded history. God I hate this book.

An Internet cafe?! This book was published in 2023. Be so ffr right now.

It’s rare to encounter an FMC whose *every single instinct* is wrong but congrats to Lee I guess

Just a minor nit to pick here but Islington’s gotta have more in his pocket than just “rotting gods!” I beg of you to find a synonymous phrase.

Why are we using British schooling terms at an American school? Is this an elitist boarding school thing? Y’all know you’re not in the UK, right?

TiVo’ing? Does TiVo even still exist?

Spoke too soon

We’ve mostly moved on from the renowned creep and I’m feeling much less squeamish about this whole affair.

Oof, starting out with Mario Batali. That didn’t age well

Did we just have public truck sex right in the residential street? Well color me surprised

I love an enemies to lovers. The more spiteful the better

Who am I supposed to be rooting for here? The pathetic stalker FMC? Or the possibly murderous MMC?

This is not promising so far

I already hate Gus but since this is an enemies to lovers let’s see how it goes. Maybe I’ll fall for him too

I’m giving this guy so much side eye. Why did we make the MMC an actual stalker?