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I am CACKLING. Who knew that passing Pirates of Penzance reference earlier was foreshadowing??

"a boom shot takes us to Ginger Rogers in the room below, rising from her satin pillows like an angry naiad from the foam"- it's so poetic, but it's so accurate- there are some wonderful turns of phrase in this book, and so far it's one of the best assessments of the Astaire-Rogers partnership I've read!

I can’t really include the best quotes because spoilers, but wow some of this feels like she's crept into my brain and poured it out on the page. "All _ ever did was utter a stern word. _ only ever held them to the same exacting standards _ held themself. ... She could not shake the conviction that if she had gotten into a tizzy about it, then it was all her own fault. ... Something wrong with [her.]"

"Watching him try to give comfort was like watching a duck put on a suit." Good line!

Also I cannot included any quotes about this because spoilers, but some of the ways Peter describes... I can't even say what he's describing, but suffice it to say, it feels very relatable even though I haven't had that exact experience myself.

With this backstory reveal, I officially love Peter (not that I didn’t like him before!)

Also, I just want to lovingly shake Alice by the shoulders and tell her, "You can’t appease someone determined to be unappeasable! It only makes you miserable!"

also wild that Fred Astaire met Queen Elizabeth II when she was a baby

SO funny how most of the critics were like 'he's nothing without his sister and will never amount to anything without her to dance with'

This should not be surprising to anyone following me on Letterboxd XD