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girls will be girls i guess !

oh this is definitely a book people will love or hate. i'm having fun tho

"Overcoming our fears and wild misconceptions about death will be no small task, but we shouldn’t forget how quickly other cultural prejudices—racism, sexism, homophobia—have begun to topple in the recent past. It is high time death had its own moment of truth."

i understand what she's trying to say but comparing fear of death to racism, sexism, and homophobia is a little bit funny to me

ugh it's just so painfully USA centric..... even when she discusses other cultures it feels like she's regurgitating a wiki she read once

kinda thought a book about working in a crematory would be more interesting

"Once for fifty years we discussed dogs and decided to spend a few years pretending we were dogs, running on all fours and eating only dog food out of a dish, or occasionally gnawing on a meaty bone. Oddly enough, it caught on and several people joined our pack. We pulled the mattresses down off the beds with our teeth and slept on the floor."

lol nice

"She steps toward me and hugs me tight. I close my eyes. There will come a time soon—any second—when she’ll pull away and this will be over. In my mind, we keep ending, ending. I try to stay here, now, for as long as we can...
We stay and stay.
Until she lets me go.
“See you soon,” I say, but the words come out thick with despair."

the double combo of losing a grandparent and losing your first love is insane

thank fuck i didn't finish this book between 2020 and 2023

book is stupid which is unfortunate but perhaps elle mcnicoll should stick to children's books

why is this town full of cartoon villains... also where the fuck are we in the world

somehow feels like watching a movie full of terrible actors