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JOMO?
Joy of Missing Out? WOW this is the very first time reading that.

Holly doesn’t recognize her friend’s voice?
Or is she not Nell’s friend, but her friend’s friend????

Oh no no no no I don’t want Nell and Edward in a romantic relationship.

I love how Nell is sympathetic towards her enemy Annabel.

As I’m reading about Fiona and Nell’s friendship drifting away, my iPhone decided to show me photos of Sophie and me…. Oh god I miss her so much.

I JUST realized that the whole “two of us makes a tribe” was in the prologue. No wonder I thought I’ve heard it before.

男と犬(男死亡)
泥棒と犬(泥棒死亡)
女と犬(女出頭)
老人と犬(老人死亡)
少年と犬(犬死亡)

え....初っ端から、宝石店に泥棒に入る「ミゲル/ホセ/リッキー」？
なんか....東日本大震災で「外国人が火事場泥棒してる！」って言ってるデマみたい。
関東大震災の時の「韓国人が井戸に毒を入れた」みたいな。
ちょっと嫌だなぁ
日本人の泥棒じゃだめだったの？

Okay, this has a strong “Bridget Jones’ Diary” vibe.
I hope there’s a cute “Mr. Darcy” in here.
I was hoping for NO ROMANCE, but it seems like that’s not happening.

Wait. I’ve read these sentences somewhere else before. Where in this book was it?????

「主だった」の誤字かと思ったけど、「重だった」とも書くのね

盲滅法
めくらめっぽう

.....文字で見るの初めてかも

翻訳がもう無理
読むに堪えない
ので、原書を何処かで借りられるようになったら読む。
絶対面白いもん、この皮肉屋な主人公のモノローグとか。

A blue rinse is a temporary, diluted blue or violet hair dye used on white or gray hair to cancel out unwanted yellow or brassy tones. It gives older hair a brighter, cooler, and more silvery look.

Wait. Liza is millennial and in her 30s???
Oh this was published in 2020.

Oh shit. This hits really hard.
全ての記述に既視感w

Huh. I thought I was reading about a woman like me, i.e. never been engage with someone, or not looking for romantic relationships. I guess I was wrong.

日本語訳のせいか、読みづらいし、面白そうなのにユーモアが全く「翻訳」されてないのでキツイ...

When Graham was still in my life.

“WHEN”?!??!!!!!

Oh now I understand why Gore flinched when he learned the meaning of the name Inuit in Pg. 23
He’s accident killed one in the past.

https://www.marmaladeandmustardseed.c...

“Quelle surprise" translates from French as "what a surprise". It is widely used in English as an idiom to express sarcasm or mock shock—most often when an expected or obvious outcome finally happens.

I like Gore’s humor.

Wait…. Is Mapo Tofu 麻婆豆腐?!?? Oh wow. I didn’t know what it was called in English.

In German, Zimmer refers to a specific, enclosed room intended for living, sleeping, or working (e.g., bedrooms, living rooms, hotel rooms). Raum is a broader, more neutral word that translates to "space". It can describe any physical or abstract space, including empty rooms, commercial venues, or storage areas.

琥珀の間（こはくのま、ロシア語: Янтарная комната、ラテン文字転写: Yantarnaya Komnata、ドイツ語: Bernsteinzimmer）は、エカテリーナ宮殿に設けられた、金箔と鏡を背景に琥珀のパネルで装飾された部屋である

ダンツィヒ！！！
わーまた行きたいな

秘密の通路ネタが1764年の本が初めてじゃないか？？？
もっと昔から中国とか日本の文学作品に出てきそうだけどな。

この本の他のレビューにあったけど、この本は西欧中心で描かれてるな。まぁそう思って読んでれば「あぁ世界の狭い欧米人だもんな」と寛容になれる。