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I really like Lacey/Jo because I feel like I understand her and her motives. She is direct but not mean and really leans into her avoidance and overthinking.

— Dec 30, 2025 08:23PM

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Darby McLaughlin is on page 398 of 404

I also may be dumb, but I don’t understand why at the beginning of the whole trial and legal process, there was such a set idea that LGBTQ organizations were going to be watching the case. Idk what that has to do with it.

— Dec 31, 2025 12:39PM

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I also don’t feel connected to Gwen at all. I find her ditzy and unconnected to the struggles Lacey is facing. She doesn’t seem to understand the gravity of her life. I guess I sort of understand why Lacey fell in love with her, but I don’t feel connected to their relationship or that I want them to persist in any way.

— Dec 30, 2025 09:24PM

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I think this book is confusing me because the time jumps are not done very well. All of the sudden we’re introduced to a new setting or event in a way that makes it feel like we’ve just been dropped through the ceiling. None of the characters will tell us how we got here and the explanation is vague and off-hand. I have to go back and reread passage after passage to get my bearings.

— Dec 30, 2025 08:32PM

Darby McLaughlin is on page 240 of 404

She deserved to kill someone. I’m glad it was who it was, and not someone innocent.

— Dec 24, 2025 11:15AM

Darby McLaughlin is on page 122 of 404

The narration style is really good, I like how it really does feel like the narrator is talking about a memory.

— Dec 19, 2025 10:48AM

Darby McLaughlin is on page 56 of 404

I really like the first person POV. It’s done very well.

— Dec 14, 2025 12:52PM

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Really good so far! Moving at a good pace and I’m getting little tidbits of wisdom, but nothing too crazy, just how I like it.