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“I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil; the void that presents itself to the soul; and the despair that is exhibited on the countenance. It is so long before the mind can persuade itself that she, whom we saw every day, and whose very existence appeared a part of our own, can have departed forever”

“Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice”

Starting off with a banger of a quote and it’s too long to put in this progress entry

I loved this book so much that I want to read it all over and over again.

Well, that was upsetting.

Something else I am struggling with this book: how frequently Fictionalised Hillary mentions that she is smart but not beautiful. There’s a lot of “not like the other girls” happening in this narrative.

I’ve been trying to give this the benefit of the doubt but I find the scenes between Hillary and Bill are difficult to get through! It would be bad enough between a fictional couple, but fictionalised versions of a real couple makes it somehow worse.

I am screaming.... I didn’t know this had Sloppy Firsts DNA

I’m not into this one. I think I’m gonna DNF it

I’m not into this one. I think I’m gonna DNF it

When I picked this up, I hadn't realized that it takes place in Toronto! That made me really excited to discover.

“Drinking was disguised as partying, when I know now it had been a sad kind of surrendering. I could not process the new realities I’d been given, could no longer tolerate the feelings inside of me, and believed myself to be worth very little. I drank to turn off the light, a pocket of death, a toe dip in and out again, with the promise of awakening.”

“I didn’t know that money could make the cell doors swing open. I didn’t know that if a woman was drunk when the violence occurred, she wouldn’t be taken seriously. I didn’t know that if he was drunk when the violence occurred, people would offer him sympathy. I didn’t know that my loss of memory would become his opportunity. I didn’t know that being a victim was synonymous with not being believed.”

Well, this pulled no punches already.

This character is so condescending, really thinks little of and looks down on others. This has gotten compelling though.

“Here she sat in the octopus arms of a man whose attractiveness she had to keep scolding herself to perceive and for whom she felt nothing but, now, an uneasy responsibility, as he slobbered and groaned his undiminished longing into her ear.”

I’m connecting with Sarah, finally, but most of these other characters are incredibly grotesque

I’m struggling with this one. I’m not into this so far at all but everyone seems to like it so I’m trying to give it a shot.

I got this far, but haven't made progress in weeks so I am going to take a break from this for a while.

I’m glad I finally took the plunge. I love this. However, I wish the chapters of them as adults weren’t written in italics. It’s hard to read so much italics.

I’ll be honest, I can only read this during the day. I was on a roll yesterday until I looked at the time and saw how dark it was getting.

Picked this up because I needed a break from the devastation of my other book. Hard to put down! I really like the way Miller characterises these legends that I’ve spent so much time reading about and I will likely pick up Circe.

Picked this up because I needed a break from the devastation of my other book. Hard to put down! I really like the way Miller characterises these legends that I’ve spent so much time reading about and I will likely pick up Circe.