Emily’s Reviews > A Study in Drowning > Status Update

“The only reason anything matters is because it ends.”

“I wanted you, too. For so long. It was terrible. Sometimes I could barely eat—sorry, I know that sounds like the strangest thing. But for days I didn’t feel hungry at all. I was…occupied. You took away all the other wanting from me.”

Giggling and kicking my feet are you kidding

“Effy stared and stared at the line ‘a woman’s mind is too frivolous.’ It stung her like a snakebite, a sudden whiplash of pain.”

“Her fear had transfigured the entire world. Looking at anything was like trying to glimpse a reflection in a broken mirror, all of it warped and shattered and strange.”

“She had the sudden and familiar sensation that she was underwater, the tide rolling ceaselessly over her.”

I love the imagery in this book

When did this turn into a thriller, I’m scared 😭

“I wanted you for so long. Sometimes I could barely eat. For days I didn’t feel hungry at all… I was occupied. You took away all the other wanting from me.” Preston Héloury the man you are

“Love is a fire that cannot burn alone” obsessed