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"She liked being drunk, it suited her, it worked for her - but it was also necessary, to subdue the dreaming."

I've already cried twice. But it is my luteal phase....

I still desperately want to be a forest sprite.

"My person, Lyra Silvertongue saw like that once. She saw everything and everyone in a light of gold. She saw correspondences and analogies and echoes and resemblances, so that nothing existed without a thousand connections to the world, I saw them with her. For her the world was rich with meaning and alive with delight. Then little by little this way of seeing left her, so I set off to find it and bring it back."

Let's fucking goooooooo 🌹

I'm a quarter of the way through, and I have to say I'm getting sucked in (in a good way).
I'm not crazily enamoured with the writing style, but I'm enjoying reading it and looking forward to where it's going, and that's more than enough for me.
I can't stand Francesca at the moment, which I think is the point. Am I still gonna hate her at the end? Who knows.