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honestly not living for it. all the exposition is so dreary and useless, the actual plot hasn't even started yet. like,,, why do i need to know so much about Jinzhen's family tree? Just say he came from a line of geniuses with giant fucking heads. God, get to the story already. Where's my rise-and-fall-of story? theres so much analogies about analogies about math and theories too, like goddamn this aint a math IA!!!

honestly not living for it. all the exposition is so dreary and useless, the actual plot (i feel) hasn't even started yet. like,,, why do i need to know so much about Jinzhen's family tree? Just say he came from a line of geniuses with giant fucking heads. God, get to the story already. Where's my rise-and-fall-of story? theres so much analogies about analogies about math and theories too, like goddamn

awalnya i thought this was a terrible purchase. gw kebanyakan mikirin nama sama sampulnya bagus, ternyata letdown banget. ternyata itu cuman 2 cerpen pertama, dan selanjutnya sebenernya lumayan. was i wowed by it? engga juga. but i think its pretty good. awalnya gw rasa penulis rada pretentious/naif banget, ceritanya acak dan gajelas, tapi itu hanya 2 cerpen pertama. as of now favorit gw "untuk bapak", but we'll see

The narrative style is rly interesting bc Rowell plops you down in the middle of the story acting like the readers know what the hell Simon's talking about, then proceeds to pummel exposition into 8 pages with a list. I assume its because she expects everyone to already be familiar with Harry Potter, but she wants to highlight the differences? Also Simon is p likeable and obv crushing on Baz and I alr love Penelope