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and so it begins! part one of three finished. we have been introduced to this expedition team, area x, the tower, and the strange vine inside it that grows in the shape of words. next, the team will venture further into the tower. feeling like the movie captured the tone so far.

malone pov oooo i'm trying to care but i can't

jg ballard really likes the word chromium. apparently, chromium is the element, and chrome is a metal plated with chromium. you learn something new every day. i think chrome is the right word for how he's using it, but chromium does sound cooler, so. just searched the book and he also uses chrome multiples times, alright man.

omfg idt i can do this anymore

“If Henry’s from St. Louis,” I said, “how did he get to be so smart?” LMAOO

for years i've assumed these characters were in grad school. this whole time they're undergrads. doing all that and it's just your bachelor's degree??

listening to the audiobook and really disliking the prose :/ i’ll keep with it for a lil more

Told myself to find a lighthearted contemporary romcom I like and then started a book that’s the complete opposite #oops #thatsjustlikeme

Girl…

This is so stupid

So the last couple of hours of this are just gonna be “I’m obsessed with him/her, but there’s no way he/she wants to be with me, so I just need to get over not being with him/her.” Over and over. Which has been persistent throughout the book but at least before they broke up there were other things happening. Now it’s only unjustified and annoying wallowing.

Michael explaining what his dad did, this dialogue almost exactly being: “my dad was bad to women and I look like him and I’m the same height as him so I’m bad to women, too, for money.” And this third act breakup… oh brother this guy stinks. This is what y’all are going up for?

Also this “idk if he/she wants to be in a real relationship” thing is very tired when it’s obvious they already ARE in a real relationship with each other. Or “she’s not gonna like me once she finds out about what my dad did…” What does that have to do with you??? And she’s clearly obsessed with you, there’s not much that could change that.

This couple’s supposed romantic chemistry, I don’t believe you, you need more people! I have seen the heights of the casual relationship that is devastatingly intense from the beginning that becomes a committed relationship in contemporary romance (hollanov baby!!) and this ain’t it. And probably too straight for me ❌

Put this audiobook on to have something in the background and this seemed frivolous enough. I will probably continue avoiding romance novels after this. I was sure I would dnf, but I’m so close to the end I might as well finish it.

got more book recommendations from the intro and afterword heehee 🤭 and inspired to be more committed to words

finished! now to read the afterword and introduction