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And....I shit you not, folks....the guy quotes THE NOTEBOOK. "WHAT. Do. You. Want?".............ewx10000000 and I've not even finished the first damn scene. Nick Sparks is garbage. Why?!

And the guy....takes her out of the line for the single toilet in the nightclub they're in....and starts kissing her. It's really bizarre. They didn't even finish their dialogue, just started macking on each other? I guess I'm too old for this shit. lmfao.

Ok so far the main character casually mentioned having major bone surgery w/o any anesthetic. I'm a lil worried. This is the first page of the book!

Just used "unalived" instead of kill. And didn't use a Chevy or whatever.....used a "custom" car. It feels like it was written with trademark in mind in a booktok sort of way which is VERY unappealing. You read books to get back to humanity, NOT inundated by this bs. This is a minor issue, but it does sort of really bother me because I already hate the MCs.

It is with great sadness that I must report: there's some tropey ickfactor things in the book. I can't really tell Declan from Abi as far as their voice goes and unfortunately it's in first-person, switching between the two for each new chapter. Oh joy. Oh excitement.

So far the main characters are boring.

Pretty interesting. Super-flawed main character, but not annoyingly such. So far it feels like an Alice Hoffman book, in a good way.

Like a grown up version of Charlie And the Chocolate Factory

I got busy with work and couldn't find time to read more. So...22% it is, for now.

In the beginning, it was questioned as to why he wrote his diary… I believe that just from the substance alone, so far, it was logging events and emotions, and debriefing his brain. Introspective and observant folks have MANY thoughts zipping through us 24/7, and it makes sense to spew them on paper, wherever they may land.

I just read Britney Spears’ memoir prior to this diary. I think that is probably really important, and the fact that it’s a diary, published posthumously. But, that being said I think I love this diarist more that the memoir-writer (who glossed over sooo much that it felt absurd at times) Anyway back to the diary. I love the humor and the writing. He’s alive again in these pages. Makes me wanna write again, too

This is so cool. I was sucked in almost right away a it just feels like it’s all happening in real-time and like these people in the book are real lol! It’s been a while since I was able to get this swept away in a book. Pleasantly surprised 🙌

I’m loving it 😍

It picked up a bit, but just a bit. It’s really hard to connect to the characters.

Super slow, so far…. Very heavy in exposition, low in the actiony bits

I feel like it's that kinda book that you read slowly so you don't have to leave the world in 8 hours, it can be 8 days. Or the pacing is slow. I don't know which is making it to where it's been like two weeks, it seems, since I began reading this thing.

Wow is all that I can say.

If only everyone could find out that their awful mothers were secreting away almost 4 mil buckaroonies.....and jump on a plane to Ireland!

I don’t read Nora nearly enough…let the escapism begin!

Super bored and a touch confused by the opening scenes. It could have been explained more, why they feared the woodsmen, what they'd do....what seers do just the whole situation at hand, really. Instead, it's in-fighting amongst the lil girls (who are..25) ok....harsh tribe life. Gotcha. get to the good stuff!" I fell asleep like three different times ALREADY?! Gonna give it another go a lil later today

I'm so frustrated by the time travel. It's what gives the book its tension, mostly...so I understand why it's utilized in this way....BUT DAMN IT I AM SO TIRED OF THE LIL BREADCRUMBS I NEED THE WHOLE PIECE OF TOAST!