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The only good thing to come out of waiting at the dentist for an hour was reading these pages!

Noch immer kein Zeitgefühl, aber der letzte Satz ist gelesen.
It was a journey...
Und während es anstrengend war, kann ich nicht sagen, dass es schlecht war. Schließlich ist es Unilektüre und ich weiß welchen Sinn es hat. Spaß hatte ich trotzdem nicht.
Aber hey, ein weiteres Buch beendet so that's something...
Rezi kommt vielleicht, wenn ich die Prüfung geschafft habe...mal sehen

Ok, so, a few things:
1. I have the german edition here (which i won in a giveaway) and decided to give it another shot. I actually didn't plan on finishing it bc the CWs were severely lacking in the audio and i got overrun by some of the stuff but the german edition does have CWs so thats good
2. (Chapter 26)Jordan, we are not gonna make this comparison,k? Very off timing, my guy

"flooding beautiful, beautiful, unmistakable Lake LBJ blue"

The feeeeels.

If feels weird reading this ending tonight.
Truly a parallel universe.

Oh, Nora. You fucking genius. You brilliant, wonderful friend.

"It's the only life for him that's honest."
I.am.not.crying. you are.


(ok maybe i am. definitely)

....burn, crash, beautifully emerge into chaos?!

Ohh....it's all. about. to ...

I hope it is universally agreed that Casey put the whole fighting-screaming-confession-of-love trope on a whole other level.

Okay...here come the tears...

Zahra, you legend.

Nooooooo
It hurts all over again.
And yes, i know how it ends lalala but that's still traitor-behaviour

Okokok...i did not prepare to feel all the feels but oh, wow. There are flashbacks of last years giddinessand excitement and nerves when i read this, of imagining it happening irl, of the nervousness and the rollercoaster that was the first week of November 2020.
I already know i'm gonna cry at the end...

"She smiles at Alex, wide and mischievous, and he gets her immediately: another rebel kid."
That here, right here, my dear friends, is why i love Casey's writing so much.
In one simple sentence so so much is conveyed. I'm in awe!

In this house,we love Nora for her matter-of-fact-ness and seeing through all of Alex' shit before even he does.
Also quoting her wise words here: "I can't tell you that, Alex. That's the point."

So we're at the denial stage now. Which is
..hurtfully relatable.
But as the meme goes: if you do the quizzes...the answer to your 'am i...' question is probably yes

Jeesus f*cking Christ, Alex, you dumbass. You oblivious, oblivious dumbass.
I knew what would happen but still...

omg the turkeys!

Also you're kidding no one but yourself, Alex.

"Just text me. We'll figure it out."
And so it begins.
I am both fully prepared to fall in love with this story again and also not bc it will break my heart.
Anyway...here's to the next 100 pages of Alex convincing himself that he's straight bc he's the only one that he can still convince....

What do you do when the power goes out in your neighborhood? You are a bit spooked and then remember that you have this perfect comfort read as an ebook in your phone so you proceed to re-read it and start roasting the shit out of the mc in your annotations.

Woche i don't even fucking know anymore. Zu viel jedenfalls. War auch viel zu annoyed das zeitlich passend einzutragen.
Ich mach drei Kreuze wenn ich dieses Buch Ende Januar endlich durchhab und die Prüfung dann auch irgendwann geschrieben hab. Jeez.

I finally have the time and headspace for this again.
But can we please normalise trigger and content warnings in books?
Even if a particular topic doesn't trigger me i'd like to know what content awaits me especially if it's violent.

Woche 9. Still exhausted