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Sarah
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Why would Shannon have a camera with film in it?
Why does Natalie do laundry in the 19th century using cold water?
Why does Mary think gray water left over from bathing is suitable for laundry?
How much laundry are they doing? I get the feeling she thinks that things will be washed after each wearing.
— Jul 29, 2026 08:08PM
Why does Natalie do laundry in the 19th century using cold water?
Why does Mary think gray water left over from bathing is suitable for laundry?
How much laundry are they doing? I get the feeling she thinks that things will be washed after each wearing.
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Sarah
is 87% done
Found the infamous error where someone is apparently knitting with sewing needles.
It feels too late in the story for any twist reveal.
The scene where Natalie's mother revealed that she had in fact divorced Natalie's father after her own infidelity didn't make any sense. It doesn't explain why the father couldn't be a part of his children's lives. Or offer any insight into Natalie's unkind personality.
— Jul 30, 2026 03:34AM
It feels too late in the story for any twist reveal.
The scene where Natalie's mother revealed that she had in fact divorced Natalie's father after her own infidelity didn't make any sense. It doesn't explain why the father couldn't be a part of his children's lives. Or offer any insight into Natalie's unkind personality.
Sarah
is 51% done
Is the modern-sounding dialogue in the historical Yesteryear evidence that it is fabricated or just a lack of effort from the author?
How is it possible that both Natalie and the people she despises are so despicable?
— Jul 29, 2026 04:15AM
How is it possible that both Natalie and the people she despises are so despicable?
Sarah
is 48% done
Natalie is worse and worse. The only character I don't hate is Mary. I don't see any way out of this. And I don't believe in any aspect of Natalie's characterization. Or Caleb's. Or Reena's.
— Jul 28, 2026 09:35PM
Sarah
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If hypothetically Natalie is capable of learning and changing, is the moral that she should expand her sexual repertoire?
— Jul 28, 2026 05:36AM
Sarah
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I hope I don't have to wait too much longer for the thrilling revelation about what Yesteryear really is. All of the characters are portrayed as horrible.
— Jul 27, 2026 08:58PM
Sarah
is 15% done
Really disliking the structure going back and forth between Natalie's youth and her foray into the 1850s or thereabouts.
Puzzled as to why her eldest daughter in the 1850s seems to know that she doesn't understand anything.
Are both Natalie and her enemies bad? In the first section it seemed like her prejudice against the Angry Women was just smug but her first day at (inexplicably) Harvard was truly nightmarish.
— Jul 27, 2026 05:58PM
Puzzled as to why her eldest daughter in the 1850s seems to know that she doesn't understand anything.
Are both Natalie and her enemies bad? In the first section it seemed like her prejudice against the Angry Women was just smug but her first day at (inexplicably) Harvard was truly nightmarish.