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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.

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LITERALLY ME RIGHT NOW.

This is getting so fucking gooood, aaaa, I can't wait to keep reading!!

Princess Marya, Natasha and Pierre >>> everything else

This might be a little too painful to read lmfao.

This has been a slog to get through but I am determined to finish this soon enough. Natasha's parts are so beautiful and heartbreaking (Pierre's too!) and I devour them, but the rest, particularly the war sections don't interest me half as much and it's when I usually put this down.

I'm actually loving this, this is so informative and helpful... wish I read it earlier.

ugh

riiiiiih, plot-wise, this is getting so exciting!!!

WHATAFRICK

this is going so well? omg, i'm super intrigued and excited, i can't wait to read more.

for the love of god, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, make this a better read than "the dark forest". i don't even beg for it to be as remarkable and good as "the three-body problem", just make it somewhat decent and enjoyable.

more and more i get the impression i accidentally found a rough draft and i'm reading that instead of a finished book.

how were the last two pages I read better than this entire book so far is beyond me.