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Geral(dine)
is on page 200 of 322
Quotes
Page 183 - About her father/Aunt V
"(...) Vittoria makes him feel like what he is."
Page 189- the teenager is being honest (into the void)
"I feel ugly, like I'm a bad person, and yet I'd like to be loved."
Page 191 - About her father
"In the past I had considered him far superior to my mother, but now I felt he had no greatness of soul, even in a negative sense."
— Jan 05, 2026 12:38AM
Page 183 - About her father/Aunt V
"(...) Vittoria makes him feel like what he is."
Page 189- the teenager is being honest (into the void)
"I feel ugly, like I'm a bad person, and yet I'd like to be loved."
Page 191 - About her father
"In the past I had considered him far superior to my mother, but now I felt he had no greatness of soul, even in a negative sense."
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Geral(dine)
is finished
finished: Chapter 7 (pages 305-322)
Rough ending. Solidified my impression/rating, however, so I'm glad I can be more sure of myself thanks to it
— Jan 05, 2026 12:10PM
Rough ending. Solidified my impression/rating, however, so I'm glad I can be more sure of myself thanks to it
Geral(dine)
is on page 302 of 322
finished: Chapter 6 (pages 241-302)
War is, in fact, not over.... but the book is soon, so I might as well finish it tonight 🤷♀️
..Ugly this, beautiful that, studious, monstrous, tell me who I am re ree ree..
— Jan 05, 2026 11:30AM
War is, in fact, not over.... but the book is soon, so I might as well finish it tonight 🤷♀️
..Ugly this, beautiful that, studious, monstrous, tell me who I am re ree ree..
Geral(dine)
is on page 268 of 322
P268 - spiderman meme, the lot
"I found her extraordinary when I imagined myself becoming a combative adult, and repulsive when I recognized in her traits of my father's. That morning something suddenly occurred to me that seemed intolerable and yet funny: neither Vittoria nor my father nor I could cut out our common roots, and so, depending on the situation, it was always ourselves we ended up loving or hating."
— Jan 05, 2026 10:29AM
"I found her extraordinary when I imagined myself becoming a combative adult, and repulsive when I recognized in her traits of my father's. That morning something suddenly occurred to me that seemed intolerable and yet funny: neither Vittoria nor my father nor I could cut out our common roots, and so, depending on the situation, it was always ourselves we ended up loving or hating."
Geral(dine)
is on page 258 of 322
WAR IS OVER ????!!!
"(...) no harmony, just like Vittoria's. But the mistake had been made to make it a tragedy. If you looked even just for a moment at those who had the privilege of a beautiful, refined face, you discovered that it hid infernos no different from those expressed by coarse, ugly faces. The splendor of a face, enhanced even by kindness, harbored and promised suffering still more than a dull face."
— Jan 05, 2026 09:42AM
"(...) no harmony, just like Vittoria's. But the mistake had been made to make it a tragedy. If you looked even just for a moment at those who had the privilege of a beautiful, refined face, you discovered that it hid infernos no different from those expressed by coarse, ugly faces. The splendor of a face, enhanced even by kindness, harbored and promised suffering still more than a dull face."
Geral(dine)
is on page 258 of 322
recognition of Toninos efforts to be better (after seeing him at his worst). I'll let her romanticize this one if she chooses to, cause he flew under my radar as well 🙏 both pleasantly and unpleasantly surprised
Page 258
"It was Tonino, who said slowly, with a calm that I liked because now it seemed to be his own rich invention: 'I wanted to apologize and say goodbye to you.' '"
— Jan 05, 2026 09:36AM
Page 258
"It was Tonino, who said slowly, with a calm that I liked because now it seemed to be his own rich invention: 'I wanted to apologize and say goodbye to you.' '"
Geral(dine)
is on page 243 of 322
First name-ing her parents
increasing need for distance
Page 241 - harsh daughter
"Nella, increasingly malnourished and whiny, was now my father's widow, even though he was still living, in excellent health and surrounded by comforts."
Page 242 + 243 - harsh father
"On another occasion he said to me: it's good you're spending time with people who are better than you, it's the only way to go and up not down."
— Jan 05, 2026 08:01AM
increasing need for distance
Page 241 - harsh daughter
"Nella, increasingly malnourished and whiny, was now my father's widow, even though he was still living, in excellent health and surrounded by comforts."
Page 242 + 243 - harsh father
"On another occasion he said to me: it's good you're spending time with people who are better than you, it's the only way to go and up not down."
Geral(dine)
is on page 238 of 322
finished: Chapter 5 (pages 177-238)
from her parents, to Aunt V, to Roberto. She always needs someone to look up to or at least romanticize 😩
This is a teenagerism that's a bit unrelatable to me so I'm just staying for the fire 🔥 pen rather than the (for the most part) unlikables. (I wish I was reading my brilliant friend again)
— Jan 05, 2026 07:45AM
from her parents, to Aunt V, to Roberto. She always needs someone to look up to or at least romanticize 😩
This is a teenagerism that's a bit unrelatable to me so I'm just staying for the fire 🔥 pen rather than the (for the most part) unlikables. (I wish I was reading my brilliant friend again)
Geral(dine)
is on page 224 of 322
Gobbling up a few pages during lunch break! 🌮☕
Quotes
Page 208
"(...) maybe it confirmed for her that, since my father's departure, neither of us had been able to live with dignity. She murmured that we had to protect what we were, we had to be aware of ourselves."
"(...) the more I threatened to violate them with my bad behavior, the more forcefully I was excluded."
— Jan 05, 2026 03:19AM
Quotes
Page 208
"(...) maybe it confirmed for her that, since my father's departure, neither of us had been able to live with dignity. She murmured that we had to protect what we were, we had to be aware of ourselves."
"(...) the more I threatened to violate them with my bad behavior, the more forcefully I was excluded."
Geral(dine)
is on page 174 of 322
finished: Chapter 4 (pages 129-174)
Enter.. teenage hormones and family troubles.
— Jan 04, 2026 02:24AM
Enter.. teenage hormones and family troubles.
Geral(dine)
is on page 173 of 322
Quotes
Page 152
"Maybe everything would be less complicated if you told the truth."
(...) Lies, Lies, adults forbid them yet they tell so many.
Page 163
"A very violent need for degradation was growing inside me --a fearless degradation, a yearning to feel heroically vile (...)"
Page 173 - spell undone
"(...) If Vitorria really is that, I thought discouraged, then she is ugly, she has the ugliness of banality."
— Jan 04, 2026 02:22AM
Page 152
"Maybe everything would be less complicated if you told the truth."
(...) Lies, Lies, adults forbid them yet they tell so many.
Page 163
"A very violent need for degradation was growing inside me --a fearless degradation, a yearning to feel heroically vile (...)"
Page 173 - spell undone
"(...) If Vitorria really is that, I thought discouraged, then she is ugly, she has the ugliness of banality."
