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slow start but i think it’ll be like that throughout. i spoiled myself by skimming ahead but im a little anxious for my boy. depression is a bitch. we shall see

perhaps baldwin doesn’t hate women, it’s just the character. but i contend that he’s only gay because he’s attracted to masculinity and not men. such a chauvinist. also giovanni is pitiful and men are evil

i am halfway and goddamn did it take me a long time to get there. i’m not sure if i’m supposed to be liking the main character? maybe im too far away in time to understand why he does but he does but he hates women and trans people so… i also despise yt men. waiting for it to get good. and waiting to know what giovanni’s crime was! enough to get hanged!

my copy has less pages than this goodreads one and i thought i should be accurate as i get closer to the end of the book. show is very faithful but there are some added scenes im enjoying. love watching characters pine if it’s not too annoying, you know?

i’m officially halfway. very staccato, choppy writing but it’s fine for me. the show has mostly been following the book so there aren’t any surprises but i’m still surprised by how charmed i am. this is not a bad book but im not sure what the star rating will be, since im kinda spoiled

i have started. the writing isn’t abysmal but i hired that shouldnt be a shock since this book was a cult classic. also learned that reid is not the author’s legal last name. maybe when i write my book i can be “madison murphy” or something instead. flows better

i was worried last night that i would struggle to read this cause the set up and writing has been really clunky but i’ve bought in. oh, note to future self, typos are on pages 43 & 55. not to mention the ink bleed in the BOTM print job and “LinkedIn”. but i’m still here so

the writing style is leading me to think this book will be nonsensical but what else are romances for

we are gonna be here a while folks. hoping it’s denser in the beginning as they do the set up

since i know how slowly i read histories, i’ve decided to read this one concurrently with fiction/romance. we’re currently bouncing around through a few centuries because sources aren’t reliable so it’s going to take some time

nearly done, i just wanted to comment: i think this author hates women. at least, certain types of women. very unsympathetic to her “lead”

well. these people need to get a divorce but in my anxiety i skimmed ahead and learned that they will. this relationship is about power imbalances, because of their age, financial, and mental health gaps. i hate both of them but obviously i have frank more since he has the background misogyny of a boomer. sigh. halfway there!

“Someone else being in the hole with you means you’re no longer in the hole.”

ms jane is really taking her time… we have 50 pages left and still nothing! we know he cares but not a lick or romance. sigh

my stopping point before the sunday call. nothing really happening but i suppose nothing needs to happen, jane just needs to stick the landing

i have completed the first volume. not a lot of wooing, lots of melancholy. but obviously a quick read, the language doesn’t feel as burdensome this time around

there is a marked difference between p&p and this one. i can sense her maturity with this work (more fleshed out family characters and more biting)

i have reached the final section. i don’t know what this book is about (in entirety) but it has good quotes. 4 stars

i started the day on page 86 (haven’t been tracking over the past week) and now i’m on 223. i was just trying to make it halfway (157) which seemed impossible. now i have less than 100 pages left. reading is weird. willpower in weird.

just started. the prose is simple so it is quick read but i might get bogged down by the philosophy. its making my brain hurt

read a VERY graphic sex scene (the word cock was used) on the bus this morning so i’m definitely awake. never thought that would happen lol but now i know i have no shame 🤗

never got the chance to properly celebrate halfway (210 pages!) cause goodreads is counting the 20 pages of sample chapter for another work. and now i’m 100 pages past that! 98 pages until im done with the book! it will get finished and i read so much today!

i’m not done reading in this session but something is really bothering me. first there was a statement about the characters meetings (about how they hadn’t seen e/o in days) that was wrong and now there’s a not common saying being used by two different pov characters. has she lost her plot?! lol

i will finish this book, i don’t care how much of a struggle it is. the plot is picking up but it’s been moving very slowly and i kinda just want these two people to kiss already. don’t they read the same pages i do?! lol. also i hate men too much cause this male pov is killing me😭

didn’t hit my goal of getting halfway but reading 100 pages in a day is good enough i guess

the plot’s finally getting started so yay. i might be able to finish before this is due (ugh) but good luck to my other books🙃

not much progress, i just wanted to make a note of a thought that i had. in the first chapter, at the cafe, there was mention of a local celebrity and we just discovered that lucie’s friend owns the cafe. so i think the local celebrity is gonna be a love interest. our foil.

i’m not sure this book has an understanding of virality or social media and it’s making me mad. whatever. so glad i didn’t buy it