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Monique's self-deprecating nature feels contrived. Like you know as a reader this is just a device for the plot.

Even I am not entirely convinced Monique has what it takes to interview and icon.

She seems to naive for her age

Monique really seems incompetent? Idk

I don't know something about Monique throws me off. I know she aspires to be the chief editor someday like Frankie but she comes across as absent-minded/zoned-out sometimes? Like do you really have what it takes to interview an icon like Evelyn Hugo? I don't think so. Even I is losing hope on her.

She doesn't sound 35 years old at all T_T She sounds like a middle-aged woman like in her 40s or 50s

Monique's voice reminds me of Jennifer Lawrence's memes 😭The "what do you mean" meme ahahaha The way Monique also said "what are you saying" gives the same vibes and she also said " what do you mean" earlier

Maybe I just got used to YA teenager voices and Monique's voice threw me off. But I already listened to Contemporary audiobook of a 30s woman navigating her quarter-life crisis and she didn't sound so old.

Oh my god Monique does not sound like a 35-year-old journalist. She sounded like she's in her 50s already.

The names are so confusing! Why would name your daughter Connor?
Why is she named Frankie when she's a woman? Why do the narrators' voices sound old? Are the characters supposed to be in their 50s already?

Omg it's already the end? I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Who is the old religious man Duke Frederick talked to?

Rosalind why are you pushing Phoebe to Silvius. Just because he's faithful and deeply adores her, doesn't mean he deserves her love. It does not mean he deserves to be loved back.

Jacques is definitely an existentialist sksks definitely he's got an N in his MBTI. On a serious note, one can't deny that Jacques is the highlight of this play. His melancholic personality is charming yet jarring.

I would like to think this is the first-ever written GL and BL by no other than Shakespeare. The Bard saw it all coming.

You're already ugly don't make matters worse lmfao. Why are they so harsh to Phoebe

Okay, wait so did Rosalind's father recognize her or not?

Shakespeare is really ahead of his time. He already knew red flags are a thing ahahasksksk

Orland, you lovesick man, you head-over-heels lover. He's so smitten with Rosalind.

There are no vivid description of the setting but I can clearly imagine it just the same through the dialogue. Isn't it amazing.

Okay, Touchstone knew of course. I was just worried he might have a slip of tongue about the cousin's hidden identity.

Wait, so Touchstone knew about Rosalind and Celia's cross-dressing scheme, right?

Jacques is so dramatic lmfao ahaha His All the world's a stage speech came out of nowhere

Come, come, wrestle thy affections

O poor Orlando! Thou art overthrown.
Or Charles or something weaker masters thee.

Sir, you have wrestled well and overthrown
More than your enemies.

Ooh Rosalind the smooth talker that you are!

Sometimes I wish the Characters section did not give away too much of the story. It felt like this is a spoiler section.

I'm pretty sure Shakespeare wanted to make this into BL but because everyone is conservative, he created this gender-bender and crossdressing genre. In short, Shakespeare is also the pioneer of BL. He clearly saw the vision ahaha

How great of a writer you are if your stories are being reused and reimagined even hundred of years later

Shakespeare the romantic tropes pioneer that you are! <3 It's like watching Mona Lisa get painted ahaha Now I know how these cliches started.