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Matthew Van
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I struggled to read this book today. I think it's a mix between time and lack of caring for most of the characters. I know Margo is missing and I'm interested in that, but it feels like people are stalling to find her. Not to mention, there's another slur to add to the list of what this book has said. The R-slur. Oh well, what can you do? I'm still going to keep reading but I doubt there'll be a very high rating.
— Jun 08, 2026 04:33AM
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Matthew Van
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Day 4: I am not allowed to say anything without spoilers. I do like most of the characters now though. Especially Q. I still don't like Ben. I never have. Doubt I ever will. I'll start part 3 tomorrow.
— Jun 10, 2026 04:20AM
Matthew Van
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Day 4: I am not allowed to say anything without spoilers. I do like most of the characters now though. Especially Q. I still don't like Ben. I never have. Doubt I ever will. I'll start part 3 tomorrow.
— Jun 10, 2026 04:20AM
Matthew Van
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Day 3: I still don't like Ben. He's still making comments about romanticizing Q's mother. I don't think I can say anything else without mentioning spoilers, but I'm starting to like the other characters. So I'm guessing the 1980s are important here. Lowkey really don't like Ben. No new slurs today though :)
— Jun 09, 2026 04:51AM
Matthew Van
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Day 3: I still don't like Ben. He's still making comments about romanticizing Q's mother. I don't think I can say anything else without mentioning spoilers, but I'm starting to like the other characters.
— Jun 09, 2026 04:06AM
Matthew Van
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Day 1 of reading this book. It's strange. I've gotten into the proper plot of the story but it took a while to get into. I don't know how much I like the main character, Q. I do like Margo, she's cool. I don't like Ben at all. I feel like Radar isn't really relevant to the story just yet and I don't like the use of the F-slur by Chuck. Other than that, I think I'm going to see this through because the writing style.
— Jun 07, 2026 04:27AM