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This is taking me so long that I probably won't complete the summer challenge 😩

This finally shifted focus to women's relationships with each other, thank god

Is the entire point of this book just "women are hysterical and silly and incapable of making rational decisions about men"? I thought this was supposed to be... I don't know, if not feminist then at least women-centered. Few sections of this book would pass the Bechdel Test.

Sigh. Am I getting into a reading slump or are the past three books I've read actually boring?

I only ever hear about Kaz and Inej from people who've read this book, yet I find Nina and Matthias more interesting, both as individual characters and as a unit.

I am sooooooo bored with this; please tell me it gets better.

This is so fucking funny 💀 I keep laughing out loud; the author has excellent humour, and the way it balances with the gravity of the book's circumstances is lovely.

This is so misogynistic good lord 😭
Of course the first female character we meet is almost immediately tacked with a description of her breasts, which the mmc can see through the material of her shirt (absolutely no relevance of course). Immediately followed by "Whose woman are you" like they're talking about slaves or property 💀
Idk if I can get through this, might DNF

The writing style is so stiff; it reads more like a transcription than a novel. 😬

Oh wow. The writing is gorgeous. I feel like it's been so long since I've read something poetic like this.

I need soooooooo badly for Marda Ro to find out about the Mother's involvement in everything. I want to know if that would finally shake her faith.

I'm irritated. You're a Jedi, and one of your visions has just come to pass—your Jedi mentor has been telling you to practice honing the visions for years now, and your response is "It's probably nothing, let me ignore it" ??????? Pleaaase this is not realistic for someone trained in being receptive to the Force

I've been wanting to read this for awhile, but beginning it just after learning about the "online rape academy" is really tough. I cried when I learned about all those women being drugged and assaulted by their husbands in real life; to read about films in which that *exact* scenario occurs---like "Rosemary's Baby"---is more horrific than I can put into words.

OH MY GOD
Did not see that coming

EW EW EW DIE DIE DIE
RASKOLNIKOV KILL HIM
DEATH

EW EW EW DIE DIE DIE
RASKOLNIKOV KILL HIM
DEATH

This reminds me so much of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"

He could control the frustration and the anger and the guilt and remorse. He could shape them, mold them, bend them to his will. He could use it all for good. He could put everything right.

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ELZAR NOOOOOOOOO

Writing style so "quirky" it's giving me an aneurysm

"Freedom to vote, to control one’s own body, to breathe clean air and drink clean water, to be free from the fear of weapons of war on our city streets and in our children’s classrooms. Freedom from anxiety about health care costs, childcare costs, a retirement spent in poverty. Freedom to afford a home, build wealth, provide our kids a good education. And the freedom to simply be."

Well, I'm emotional

After reading the description of Gideon's physique, I wish she was more muscular in the illustration on the cover. Those are not two-handed sword-wielding arms.

I'm tired of MCs with overdone bravado. But the writing in other respects is very good.

What the fuck am I reading 😭 This went from a five-star read to being weird, gross, and random as hell.

I have whiplash from how quickly and how many times my opinion of this book has changed in so few chapters. At times I think it brilliant, and at others awful.

I have whiplash from how quickly and how many times my opinion of this book has changed in so few chapters. At times I think it brilliant, and at others awful.
It's almost regrettable that it's a romance, considering that all the parts that make me want to DNF it are the "romantic" bits.