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I’m actually on 68% but rounding up bc funny number

Finished this the other day. Still not totally sure what I think 😅. I think I spaced out my reading sessions too much maybe? I feel like I need to read an analysis or st to learn why this is considered a classic. Changed translations partway through tho which I think was a good call. Apparently the American translation captured the vibes of the original book better

Picked a short one for my April/1940s book bc the months almost over and I don’t have much time 😅 this has been on my list for ages tho

Interesting so far. This guy sure is strange

Putting this on pause until other ppl are also reading this (our book club book). When I finish too early before everyone else - by the time we meet to discuss the book it’s been too long and I’ve forgotten too much.

I think I’ll probably need to reread this one day where I’m less sleepy so I can fully appreciate it. Still enjoyable despite sleepiness though (unlike to the lighthouse)

Was a bit spoiled for some big parts, which may have dulled the reading experience a little. I watched the end of the movie years ago. when I started this book I thought I’d forgotten it all. But then as I continued reading I remembered a lot of the bigger reveals that would be coming up and was like aaa whoopsie

Liked it. This was meant to be my March 1930s book - but I’ve only finished it halfway into April haha. I’ve been so sleepy most nights recently that I haven’t been able to read very much at a time.

Really well written. Enjoyed it a lot more after the big reveal (in the middle?). Feels quite modern to me

Eeeeeeeeee

Makes me think of The Housemaid (the movie. Watched it the other week hehe)

I did not like it 🫣

I’m sorry I think I was too sleepy to appreciate this book. Maybe in 30 years I’ll read it again and be like wow omg amazing what a classic but this time I rlly struggled to follow along and care about the characters

It’s weird bc I really enjoyed Mrs dalloway? Maybe I was just more switched on when I read that? Who knows

Wait huh???? Did I read that right?

Started reading this last night but didn’t absorb any of it. I have no idea what’s going on. Only thing I got is l that everyone thinks Mr tansley is boring.

I was probs too sleepy

I vaguely remember feeling similar when starting Mrs dalloway, and I ended up liking it. So hopefully it (/ my reading ability) gets better

I feel like I have more to say but idk how to write it haha. I liked the exploration of Oural’s character. Her fighting and her competence as Queen surprised me (considering the time it was written, and I’d thought c.s Lewis was more conservative). Part two as an amendment was rlly cool and fun. Would probs be keen to reread it one day

Really really liked this!! Especially towards the end. Highlighted so many passages. When I started I was like ehh is this really C.S Lewis’s greatest novel but on finishing I can believe it (though this is the only book of his I’ve read). Capital V Great.

Glad I picked it up. The story of eres and psyche was my fave out of Stephen Fry’s mythos.

Part two??? 80% of the way in?? Cwazy

Mmmm some more complicated sister jealousy in this book

I’m preeeeetty sure I remember this myth from mythos, but I’m not totally sure. I think it was my favourite

I liked it, easy read, page turner

Unfortunately I was spoiled oh well. I wonder how much I would have caught on if I was unspoiled. Still enjoyed it though

Watching clips of the tv show now hehe

Geez louise

Wondering how spoiled I am for this.

I watched the last scene of the tv show some years ago (after seeing it talked abt on YouTube). I thiiink it revealed who the killer was. But also I’m not sure if the tv show and the book were aligned bc that character doesn’t seem to exist in this (yet at least). I’d prefer to not be spoiled so I hope the ending is different haha

Keen to hear what book club thinks of the book, and also see how it’s being received generally by the public.

It’s a good critique of outrage culture. It’d be great if the internet and people moved past this kind of thing. With how the world is right now I have no idea if stuff like this is going to get better or worse with time.

The change at the end was unexpected and fun. Being vague here bc the rest of book club are still reading and also have goodreads

This book made me glad that I don’t have as many hang ups abt bad experiences in primary/high school. At least I don’t THINK I do lol. I feel like i processed a lot of it in my early 20s thankfully. Being inside these characters heads made me glad i don’t think like that now

“Every woman I admire is hated for something.”

Fuck, I love that as the ending line for the acknowledgements

Really liked this book. Fast and easy read, and very relevant. The internet/social media parts reminded me a loooooot of ‘nobody is talking about this’ by Patricia Lockwood. Even with the baby stuff too

Probs a 4.5 for me. At times it felt more like an essay/opinion piece than a novel

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Eeeeee 😬😬😬😬

Aaaaa oof this year 7 memory is painful 😣😣

I did not expect to cry as much as I did in the lead up to the last tournament. Maybe I’m more emotional on planes, maybe it’s my period, I don’t know. I like how it ended too. I was hoping it would end this way

I feel like this would be a fun movie. Gimme more tennis movies

Really loved this! Lots of fun. I don’t think I have one complaint. Perfect for my trip to Melb for the aus open (though I did not enjoy our day at the open lol it was way too crowded)

I feel like I should retrospectively lower my rating for Atmosphere, since I gave that a 5, but I think this is way way better. I remember Laura saying this was her favourite too

I don’t understand all this Spanish :(

Am I supposed to be Google translating as I go? Or is it assumed that readers have a good handle on Spanish?

Omg aaAAAAHH 😝😝😝😝😝

Fun so far. Finished the aus open bits in time before we go to watch irl tomorrow