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And Emily, I empathize with her so much. To want to try “to be perfect, to do everything her parents asked. She’d made herself into this model daughter, inside and out.”

I empathize with Spencer in the books so badly, at least I used to. I read a line from one of her inner monologues and I could’ve sworn I’d written the same thing in my notes app years ago. Never read a sibling dynamic before and felt so seen LOL. Not relatable anymore but still

Fun to see the description and nuance I guess behind each of their characters — there’s a better understanding of their family dynamics and their own sense of identity than would be possible to convey in the show. And I can appreciate how they adapted it.