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Three chapters in and I'm already in awe. THIS is how you put a reader somewhere. 

I guess the commune pipeline was inevitable 🤣

How many times does Hannah think we need to walk through the same loop?

Oh boy, here we go again. Now casting: one (1) fiercely independent woman. Convention is a cage, men are useless, marriage and children are for fools. Addie LaRue need not reaudition. Second Schwab, same lead character. Is this all she's got?

After two weeks buried in fantastic plots and people grafted into superhuman abilities, this is exactly the hit of mundane reality I needed. No leviathans, no empires, no bodies remade for a purpose. Just a down-on-her-luck governess and one ordinary day that seems about to go sideways in the smallest, most human way. Sometimes all you need is a palate cleanser, and this is shaping up to be a good one.

“To make progress on a change, you need a way to direct the rider, show them where to go, how to act, what destination to pursue. That’s why Bright Spots are so essential; they’re your best hope of directing the rider when you’re trying to bring about change.”

First surprise about change: “What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem”

The chapter on San Francisco’s decline hit me hard. I found myself crying for San Francisco, but I was also mourning my own hometown, Rio, which I still believe is the most beautiful place on earth. It’s terrifying how completely the wrong politics can hollow out a city: first the spirit, then the safety, and eventually the everyday dignity that makes life feel livable.

Part 2 = chef’s kiss

The pulled quotes are the standout feature — genuinely delightful. They do more than serve their journalistic function of supporting the narrative; they also capture the zeitgeist with striking clarity. Reading them now, if I hadn’t lived through that period myself, I would have assumed they were excerpts from dystopian fiction rather than real statements from the time. But boy, things were as bad as I remember.

I’m just wrapping up the intro and can’t help but swoon at Nellie’s every word. She’s the writer I wanted to be when I grew up.

His book is SO unnerving.

Oh, how I missed fantasy <3

NOT what expected.

"She's pretty. Tall but not too tall, thin but not too thin, her skin rich with color" Tris describing the competition.

"She's pretty. Tall but not too tall, thin but not too thin, her skin rich with color" Tris describing the competition.

"It's really hard just being friends with you."

Page two I was already hooked. Really good :D

I don't get why Mari's part is written in the first person and Tristan's in the third. Is there an explanation?