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Not poor Polly trying to DIY a new family out of Tom and Ann!! :'0
It is actually so interesting seeing how vague the relationship between Tom and Polly is - I think most of the time Polly sees him as a friend, then he almost acts like a father figure when her own dad fails, and then things get really blurry. I struggle to see how the natural progression of this is romance - maybe romance was never the intention...!
— Aug 29, 2026 01:51AM
It is actually so interesting seeing how vague the relationship between Tom and Polly is - I think most of the time Polly sees him as a friend, then he almost acts like a father figure when her own dad fails, and then things get really blurry. I struggle to see how the natural progression of this is romance - maybe romance was never the intention...!
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yun
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I'm trying to read this from the perspective of the adults this time and... they're all crazy lol. What do you mean Ivy lets Tom babysit Polly without ever having met him before!! Maybe the 1980s were just a different time lol. It's also quite sinister thinking of Tom's obsession with "hero business" knowing what he admits to later in the story...
— Aug 18, 2026 05:59AM
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5th read... I know the friendship between Polly and Tom is a bit bizarre but it's still so comforting to me!!
— Aug 12, 2026 09:22AM
yun
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Comfort reread. Stow-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds is described almost exactly like Castle Combe, now that I think of it...
— Jul 06, 2024 03:16PM
yun
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Ok... there are accidental kisses, and then there are accidental kisses in front of the other person's fiancé, and THEN there are accidental kisses in front of the other person's fiancé that continue into very much not accidental kisses
Tom, I know you're standing in your grave with the Laurel situation but was there not a better moment? Or, like, a word of affirmation you could have used instead?? lmao
— Oct 08, 2023 07:08PM
Tom, I know you're standing in your grave with the Laurel situation but was there not a better moment? Or, like, a word of affirmation you could have used instead?? lmao