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ok I was telling aidan but when I started this in january I actually couldn’t read this BUT I gave it another shot and I’m so happy I did… I’m not far enough into it for legit opinions, but it’s absurd and fun and mysterious and nice pacing, and I appreciate the french-ego boost of realizing I have, in fact, improved

(spoiler, I suppose) I did not at all remember the scene where they seize all her goods but I’m giggling bc it reads like the opening of Schitt’s Creek. Emma = Moira Rose

ok now that I’ve gotten into the rhythm this slaps even harder in french

Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote is actually hysterical

clearly I missed the prereading but is intriguing

finally reading in french — it’s as juicy as ever :P

They are both so utterly unnerving

so much more innuendo than I registered when I read this at 17…

I got distracted from my other Currently Reading….

I fear I understand the words but still not the sentences. Vibes tho!

I kinda adore this actually… queen jacqueline

trying to express my bafflement without spoilers… girl…. parenting is no one’s forte here

I have no clue how this is gonna wrap up but am cherishing (obviously)

oh no oh no the seesaw is seesawing

actually lmao on the train right now. world’s most mediocre man…

I love how there’s a distinct shift in her mindset as she gets older… feel like I’m experiencing frontal lobe development secondhand (except when she talks about a particular someone…)

the character development gives me chills also I called the secret reveal WHEN IT HAPPENED

started this on the plane and was bouleversée by how hard it is to follow.. hoping it’s just the vocab-adjustment period

read curled up in the couch while artem starts my brilliant friend. life is good

This is just so good. The contrast between Lina and Elena’s POVs on Nadia?? Delicious

why was I kicking my feet at pietro meeting her family

oh my god I feel for her but oh my god get a grip

really really enjoying — feels like a cross between station eleven and never let me go

I kinda loved the musical tales, especially Faire mugir la Tour. Also really enjoying feeling it get easier to read as I progress, so gratifying <3

sanguine / the orange woman was by far the best so far but I’m still into it

I’m sorry WHAT is M. Quiriny on???

nino does NOT know how to handle a bad bitch

oh my FREAKING goodness get it together girl… her taste in men just gets more dogshit

I am eating it up though

HOW are they getting out of this one folks… my guess is pregnancy <3