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gagged by the satire

"Real New York was mysterious wet drips on your head when you walked under scaffolding"

Dorcas is acting a little suspicious..... but I think she's the red herring

"At the Barnes & Noble, we are anonymous. At the Barnes & Noble, nobody cares about us. It's the kind of place where you can be left on your own for hours."

"There was a redhead child in front of us, and he was touching all the plums... he just looked generally sticky, the way that most small children do."
idk why but this has me cracking up

this book is so good so far; the use of second person, the language. idk like it literally feels like this happened at my high school but it didn't. so glad i got an arc from netgalley

jack is a manipulative p.o.s. i dont think words can even describe how much i hate this man

BRO THE DIALOUGE IS SO GOOD theres parts where the author chooses to use fewer dialogue tags which just gives the convos that quippy feel to them

oh gosh this book is so intimate i feel like i'm intruding on gem and emilys relationship

the banter and sexual tension in this book so far is insane

"'But you would do something if you were literally walking past a drowning child?'"
I have a prediction that this exact scenario is going to happen to Arthur and he's gonna eat his words and have another profound moral evolution.

The pacing is a bit slow, but it's not unbearable. Very character driven and is leaving me with this feeling of emptiness(?) while reading.

enjoying this book very much so far

"'So,... now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.'"
this is charley's mom saying this to him and i feel like my body has been ripped open and my soul is exposed to the universe

all i can say is chapter 12 is 🔥🔥
having two narrators is diabolical

wait lowkey i dont like how the author's trying to justify jack's actions. like trying to get readers to sympathize with him and painting zoe to be crazy

guys what the helly is going on

loving this book so far!!! it has similar vibes to Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin but on the biochem side of STEM instead of comp sci