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I wanna punch this protagonist

Already shaping up to be a pretty heavy read, but the sociopolitical stuff is pretty interesting so far

please this family tree is a wreath

"I'm tired, tired of being enclosed here. I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there; not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it." - this would be such a cool quote if you forget that everyone here sucks so much

everyone is horrible

I completely forgot that Lockwood gets attacked by dogs on more than one occasion lol

This year WILL be the year I finally finish this absolute doorstopper of a book.

holy crap

nah but like why am I crying every 5 minutes listening to this

I adore this book

I just learned what a 'pupu platter' is, (un)fortunately it's not what it sounds like.

ROUND THREE, HERE WE GO! Avsey's translation this time.

I am losing my patience and my marbles

man what the hell

"... new migrant churches have been conduits for non-British forms of the Bible in Australia."

oh, the irony of reading this straight after Irvin Yalom's "The Gift of Therapy"

"The body's decline creeps like a vine, Day to day, the changes can be imperceptible. You adapt. Then something happens that finally makes it clear that things are no longer the same."

so many of these antics would be unethical in my professional context lol