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Tongue sticking out emoji

I’m like metaphorically smoking a cigarette and nodding along in a serious way

I might DNF bc this shi is boring and somehow taking me so long despite the big font

Already surprised about the Judaism subplot that I’m sure she won’t touch on at all for the rest of this book lmao

Finding this hard to get thru. God give me the strength 🙏🏻

"Well, look," said the visiting artist finally. "Your composition in the drawings is ... okay. I can be honest with you, right? But these paintings seem to me... sort of little-girlish? Do you see what I'm saying?"
I looked at the pictures he had spread out on the table. It wasn't that I couldn't see what he meant. "The thing is," I said, "it wasn't so long ago that I was a little girl."

Eeekkk so romantique!

“If he’d had a block of marble he could've carved the David. If he'd had a sword he could have sliced through a car. If he'd had a mother she’d be delirious with pride, holding him against her chest, wiping away his tears.”

I take it back this is lit

I really wanted some romance so I picked this up. I only have read Book People by Henry but this one is lowkey following the same exact plot and I’m confused. Trying rlly hard to not cringe at how millennial this is. But I’ll persevere. Need romance.

Having a bit of a hard time reading this without getting distracted. Male author writing about male character isn’t super gratifying but I’m trying my very best!

I already know this book will be devastating

Loving the love, but otherwise a little confused about everything else honestly