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ah of course the question shouldve have been "how do these characters/storylines connect to each other" but "are these characters the same person" 😔 my bad

wait why did i think this was a standalone 😭 i was like hmm with 30% left theres no way they can wrap all this up

hmm i dont get how these characters connect to one another just yet

is syenite pronounced like cyanide because i am

genuinely what is going on and what does everything mean

i hate to say karma's a bitch but ...

i genuinely feel for giovanni

holy internalized homophobia

is this book just a stream of consciousness?

zendaya said this is one of her favourite books, so of course i have to read it

maro was ELEVEN??? this whole time i thought he was at least in his teens but he's barely out of elementary school? oh boy

just realized "your highness, may you live a thousand years" is the translation for "hoàng thượng vạn tuế" LMAOO my years of watching imperial soap dramas have taught me well

*enemies to lovers omg

this has better not be an enemy to lover

i was yearning for a cổ trang fic (a chinese novel about imperial times, concubines, heirs, dynasties, etc.) bc i used to devour them in middle school and this delivers

this reads so much like a dystopian novel because the amount of work and effort and sacrifices that were made seemed like something that should have been taught in school or at least public knowledge, but it isn't!! so many heroic souls forgotten and buried (literally and figuratively) under the secretive government

wow the iron curtain really earned its name here bc the secrecy and denial in the face of a radiological disaster is insane to fathom??? the ussr: a tiny inconsequential accident happened, 2 dead, more coming, but no worries we got this. the new york times: 2000 dead in chernobyl!! nukemare!!! all of europe is in danger of being radioactive!!!!

holy shit how many officials and titles were there??? the author is doing his best to distinguish them and remind me who they were but the number of departments and committees..

i know hindsight is 20/20 but this was truly a swiss cheese typa accident

yo ... turns out i'm familiar with the soviet flavour of communism and marx-leninism because i grew up surrounded by a very similar system (that's unashamedly inspired by the soviet union ofc)! wait we have that, wait that is a major problem with our bureaucracy too, wait the Party also has that influence, wait our mindset yadayadayada 😭

i loved both the hbo series and the accompanying podcast, which was how i found out about this book so im expecting this to be a very good read

the urge to dnf this book omg

am i supposed to feel bad for percy bc i DONT 😭😭 lowkey i'd find her annoying

wait did i know that percy was getting involved with both brothers??

1) maybe the morning of ur mother's funeral is not the best time to have sex in the car with ur ex-gf 2) so much emotional cheating is happening omg

theres no way ur sleeping in the same bed with him, wearing tank tops (with no bra i assume) and shorts and him in his boxers, WHILE dating someone in the city who seems the think u guys are inclusive 😭🙏 is this a recurring theme?

he's a doctor with a killer six pack???? i feel like all the doctors ive seen are malnourished from hospital food 😭

percy is soo out of my tax bracket bc wdym ur friend has his 18th birthday party at a hotel in yorkville with a sushi bar AND he got gifted an audi? 😭 where are these people living!!!

percy is def not a girl's girl

sam being surprised that percy knew samwise from lord of the rings like thats not one of the most well-known media franchise is killing me