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"Gentrification culture was a twentieth-century, fin de siècle rendition of bourgeois values. It defined truth telling as antisocial instead of as a requirement for decency. The action of making people accountable was decontextualized as inappropriate. When there is no context for justice, freedom-seeking behavior is seen as annoying. Or futile. Or a drag. Or oppressive."

Honestly a bit confused why this book is so popular. I guess I’ll see if it gets better but the writing is very difficult to read and difficult to follow. It’s hard to get myself to care much about what’s going on because there’s not even a single protagonist to follow or any signs of personality in any of the characters to latch onto.

Jumping into my English major boots again and geeking tf out

Getting a bit bored

“My fear of crying begins to be replaced by a new fear. That I won’t cry, that I won’t feel anything. ”

nvm was wrong about who did it....

I think I figured out who did it

Very confused about their ages… Elsie is 27, and Jack was said to be publishing papers when she was 12 years old..?

Halfway through this book and there are so many issues with it that it's truly difficult to figure out where I should even begin. Review coming when I finish

Boring, sorry.. maybe it’ll live up to the hype later but it’s felt like ages to get this far in the book