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"It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on."

I'm getting somewhere... finally.

Am I ever going to finish this book? What is even a reading slump at this point?
It's far from boring, but this summer is killing meee 😭

This book reminds me of why I love reading. The way it explores human nature... Unparalleled! Makes me think a large portion of books I've read so far in life are just "fast food" compared to this nutritious food for thought. Amazing!

"he was one of the main recreational pharmaceutical reps in Charon County." What an ingenious expression for a d**g dealer 😆

Lorena doesn't deserve this! 😭

I can't believe I'm enjoying a western so much

"That she was almost young to be his granddaughter did not mitigate one bit of his pleasure in watching her return to the kitchen."

Tony is a creep, Theo knows it and is fine with it.
I thought maybe I was wrong about the sexist pattern I saw along the way, but this seals it.

Minnette is successful, but miserable because her dream is to become a housewife; Ellen is homeless and insane, Shep's wife is Chalice's co-owner but we never meet her, Mr. Ponder's secretary is grumpy (of course she's a secretary), the women from Tony's story from Vietnam were "bitching at" them, someone's mother (I forgot whose) was timid and therefore pleasant... Not one woman in this story is happy.

Dark academia + fantasy. What a treat so far.

Reading this is torture. It may well be the worst book I've ever read, and I've read some awful books.
I really want to finish it so I could write an extensive review, but I'm not sure I can manage this for much longer... I'm actually angry at how bad it is.

Of course he is asking if a homeless person can read.

I can't for the life of me see how people like this book. It's so bad on so many levels.

So far, most of the female characters mentioned are/were feeling miserable for having a career and their biggest wish is to become a housewife;
The artist drew a portrait of his NIECE and put it up for sale instead of just giving her the portrait;
Everyone Theo meets is a saintly person;
The person who caused the traffic accident is described as being "illegal". Prejudiced much?
And now we enter the religious theme..

cringe after cringe
My dinner plate has more depth than this.
He's wondering where they found water for an old oak tree standing in the middle of the city. How about rain, Theo, ever heard of it?

The good sadness? Really? What's good and what's bad sadness? ffs... I can't.

I'm already annoyed.

Taking a break from this upsetting book to read a bit of another upsetting book. Why am I doing this to myself...

Feels like Orwell's 1984, but set in modern Ireland. I'm terrified, but can't stop reading.

Such a hard, but important topic...

Quinn is a master of character writing

Quinn is a master of character writing