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Read upto to chapter nine, and the photography being a translation is so true, because it does capture something, but can it truly ever capture the true essence of what we see and what we feel by seeing it?

I don't like Letty.

Rami is not only Bengali but Muslim too? I wish I could hug the author rn, seeing him in this book, I don't think I can make anyone understand how much this means to me.

I am on chapter three now, our boy Robin is on his way to Oxford, and I wish to comment that I love how R.F. Kuang's book has a beginning, it doesn't feel like the story starts from a middle, it feels like we're reading the characters' life from the beginning and following the path and reach the destination and read their fate in the end. It's something very admirable.

"They see too much of themselves in their situation, it puts ideas in their heads" — what if I smash your head with a hammer!

Tf is the distinction between lunch, luncheon and noon dinner!? Chat, what is this? 😭

Robin Swift? Give me his real name, please, please, he deserves his own identity! One that was given by his mom, his culture and heritage!