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I would love a dramatis personae

waittt 😭 this is kinda gaggy

Reading this is staring at a shallow river and then jumping in and swimming with it below the surface. And then while you’re in his flow he’ll write something even more beautiful and that’ll kill you

this is the kind of writing that gives me absolute pleasure but doesn’t blow me away. and i fuck with that

reading with Dom!

Already I am obsessed

Hit after hit after hit god damn it

The way the form and content mimic the improvisational quality of jazz music is a truly beautiful experience

I have literally no words, this is one of the best books I’ve ever read

“May you be blessed, where you’re going, for all of eternity.
May you be blessed, may you live in paradise full of trees and fresh earth, greenery, and lots of dogs.”

“May you be cursed where you’re going, too, for all of eternity.
May you be cursed and condemned to live in a hell without boys.”

I will say the story is taking a turn where Lenu has somehow developed a sort of omniscience that is not clear, and I’m interested to see if that is a result of her finding things out later from received info or she’s just switched into omniscience OR she just is imagining. Throwing me off a tad

How is no one talking about this….

sweet sweet torture

Lenù keeps getting blindsided when will she be able to rest

trying this again ❤️

RELEASE ME

“Like the faithful wife who uses her friendship with the king to solicit favors for her husband, Concetta invoked celestial grace not for herself but for [her son]. The impiety of her son made her shudder and she tried to make up for it with her own devotion” Whewie

Mouth agape at some of these genius, vicious monologues. This is fierce