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confused at the high ratings because this isn't very good?

wish i had done a bit more research before brainlessly snatching the copies my mom had at home because why is this borderline unreadable at times? T_T i'm going to push through because i am still enjoying it but the prose is not what i would have gone with had i known
knowing i have the eneiad is in the same collection and it's the hardest of the three classic epics is worrying me a bit but i'll persist!!

education and media chapters were really interesting

now that we left the campaign details behind, it has gotten more interesting - still very introductory, though, but i assume an introduction is what this book is meant to be

definitely enjoying this much more now that I don't mix up the characters' names lmao
the mystery is definitely super intriguing

this is so fucking BANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

feeling better about this ^^

definitely not enjoying how clumsy and over the place it feels, most likely due to the unofficial translation... but maybe i just need some more time with the setting and the characters

a little disappointed since i was expecting something a bit different - so far the focus has been on his 2020 campaign efforts, both his own and for Biden's
however, i do quite like his writing style, it feels like an extension of his own voice and the subject matter is still interesting, although very american-centric (as expected) and anti-capitalism 101

second night in a row staying up until late to read, despite the sleep deprivation!! i am absolutely cooked!!

how heartbreaking it is to read about a girl just like you, whose sorrow is so big and bursting at the seams with rage and shame... i will always love you, laura palmer

i loathe the Dupin short stories, I can't even lie! so boring!

some observations i have so far:
- the prose is often a bit too purple-y for my taste, to the point i feel like it meanders BUT so far there's been two quotes i really liked; "But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?" like, wow! yes!
- it is VERY heavy on the romance (and i say this very neutrally!); not sure if it's quite my cup of tea yet but this would have made absolute waves with 13 year old me

this is getting GOOD! maybe I was wrong about Adele, like... go off.

it was really curious to see how much some of the short stories i quite disliked previously have grown on me! "The Pit and the Pendulum" i remember hating but i've grown quite fond of it, despite the anticlimactic ending (a much more gruesome ending would have been more to Poe's quill, I believe). maybe it's a matter of patience and maturity but what used to be boring, now feels more tense

- Adele is such an overdone caricature of the perfect gorgeous housewife with secrets, it's tiring to read - I hadn't picked up a domestic thriller like this in years and yet the same old tropes remain; i want to be surprised but i seriously doubt that will happen
- Louise does have a semblance of a personality and development that does make her more endearing
- plotwise, it is intriguing and a fast read

What is more unnerving, the ghosts or the men?

This book is hilarioussss!!! I'm really enjoying it.