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I'm starting to lose interest, he just keeps meeting people (no resistance) and it's like everyone has the worst possible stories or is willing to tell their most vulnerable moments.

Theo is extremely kind and super mysterious. I hardly know him or could connect to anyone except Golden the town in general.

I will try reading this for a bit longer but if it lacks more depth, then I'm going to have to stop reading.

I'm so confused, every chapter is a different POV and now it's a different timeline. Although I thought I could enjoy this, I'm not at all.

"what you're trying to do is so so hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it, but to get where you want to go means enduring disappointment along the way. Use it as motivation..."

"...just because it's been a tough year, it doesn't make you any less extraordinary. It just means you've got to double down and fight, okay?"

Such an incredible story!

there are some great family dynamic discussions that really had me thinking. this book has reminded me how far we've come as women.

im happy that the pacing picked up however im starting to get insta-love vibes between a particular couple 😩

I don't like the writing style, it's very clunky. The characters don't seem to be dimensional at all. Very surface level. I hardly feel like I know the character and the storyline is just missing so many points. Now suddenly something happens to one of the characters that will change the trajectory of the story...I really like the premise of the story but I am considering DNFing.

i knew it, i knew it! 🤭

I'm considering DNFing this story. One of the reasons is that Lili is very one dimensional. I hardly feel like I know her or what she thinks. The story is heartbreaking and I just feel like I'm just getting an info dump. I learned a lot from this story but I feel like the characters need more depth. The only thing I got so far is that Esti is courageous, Lili is learning to be braver and they have a strong friendship

Absolutely horrific. Learning that the French were the first Protestants in America seeking refuge from religious persecution and then being slaughtered by the Spaniards for their Protestant beliefs and for the territory is obscene and I'm just disgusted to say the least 💔

although it makes me so angry that the Blackshirts were aiding Mussolini and Hitler. It is good to see how there were Italian people (religious ones) who risked their lives to protect those at risk.

This story is heartbreaking 😞 hence why I have been reading this at a snails pace for so long.

hookeedddd and i don't want to do anything but read.

absolutely LOVING this story. How isn't this more popular and hyped rn? my goodness i can't stop reading. i have to physically force myself to put it down to do things.

this book is so difficult to read 💔 it's just one horrific thing after another. I don't feel much of a connection to the characters, however the storyline is heartbreaking 😭

I'm tired of the lack of communication & constant negativity, it's very frustrating 🥴 I don't mind depressing or sad literature but this has been seriously dragging and it's getting worse.

I really didn't think Ember should've been included as a POV and involved her with Wren 😒 I wish there was more Lydia POVs 🫤

I'm not enjoying this at all 😞 considering DNFing.