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I was so tired and stressed and confused, I started crying.
this happens every other fucking chapter i’ve had enough
She was bursting with delight. “Let me go get some books.”
last book there apparently weren’t any history books which is it
Queen Amberly, for example, began a program for training families to take care of their mentally and physically infirm members. So many get deposited in the streets once the families can no longer deal with them, and the amount of Eights grows to an unmanageable number. The statistics over the last ten years have proven that her program has helped keep the numbers lower, thus keeping the general population safer.”
is this supposed to be a good thing???????
Try as I might, I couldn’t come up with a single idea for my philanthropy project. I thought and read and thought some more. I asked my maids, but they had no ideas.
leave them alone
extracautious
this isn’t a word
“I would have thought that you’d have the easiest time. You’ve seen more hardships in your life than the other four combined.”
“I can see it all … the Sevens who get injured doing their labor-heavy jobs and are suddenly downgraded to Eights because they can’t work anymore. The girls who walk the streets on the edge of curfew, wandering into the beds of lonely men for practically anything. The kids who never have enough—enough food, enough heat, enough love—because their parents are working themselves to death.
the prince heard this and is like yeah that sucks if only there was a way to change it
They own so much, I’m surprised they haven’t bought their way up yet.
how does buying your way up a caste work ??? you pay and then start working in a completely different industry??? this world building is such a joke
“So I have to give you an answer now? I don’t even know what I’m giving an answer to. Does saying I want to stay mean saying I want to be the one? Because I don’t know that.”
i hate her so much just go home
“A caste exchange program. People from the upper castes switch places with people from the lower castes so they can know what it feels like to walk in our shoes.”
man what is this are you being serious right now
“This government sat by while you went without food. They let my brother get beaten in the square. All the talk in the world won’t undo what we are. They put us in a corner we could never get out of on our own, and they’re not in a rush to pull us out. Mer, they just don’t get it.” I huffed and stood.
Instead of being bitter about what we were handed, why can’t you see the chance you have? You can change your family’s life. You could probably change lots of lives. And all you want to do is settle the score.
am i going insane that’s not what he’s saying
WHY SETTLE FOR PRESIDENT ILLÉA WHEN I CAN BE KING ILLÉA INSTEAD?
no one would write this in a diary
How had an entire history been forgotten? How was it that no one ever spoke of the old countries? Where was all this information? Why didn’t anyone know?
you’re just really stupid i think this country is way too gigantic for all of this history to be erased in three generations . her grandparents were alive when this was happening
By obtaining a comfy life in a beautiful house, Gregory Illéa had robbed most of the country of its ability to ever attempt to have the very same thing.
she is being radicalized
In the quiet stillness of my room, I felt my heart ache. So stupid, America. So stupid. I’d go home. I’d forget this ever happened. And I’d marry Aspen. Aspen was the only person I could count on.
she says this every 30 minutes
“What I do with her has absolutely nothing to do with how I feel about you.”
hes allowed to cheat it’s the law
You have to be able to see that under all that makeup, and the push-up bra is nothing but a girl who wants to manipulate you
leave celeste alone
“That’s it,” I said, wiping my hands in front of me. “You wanted a decision, and here it is: I am done with this. I’m done with the Selection, I’m done with all the lies, and I am especially done with you. God, I can’t believe how stupid I was.” “You’re not done, America,” he contradicted me quickly, his stance saying as much as his words. “You’re done when I say you are. You’re upset right now, but you aren’t done.”
ummmm
Maxon grabbed my wrists, pinning my arms behind my back, and I saw the anger in his eyes.
unmmmmmmmmm
Once he left, I fell to the floor and sobbed.
oh my god you can’t do anything
And so did Nicoletta.
who the fuck is nicoletta
In a very un-Lucy-like manner, a single tear fell to her cheek.
you wouldn’t have to add “un-lucy-like” if you wrote her a personality outside of being a maid
I inhaled sharply. I’d forgotten about Silvia. Too late now.
she sees this woman every day
Elise proposed a program that would involve members of the upper castes getting involved in a pen pal–type of relationship with people in New Asia.
what
she’d even found a place where we could borrow the money to start the work and had ideas on how to continue the funding.
what does this even mean
Celeste’s presentation was interesting, if slightly manipulative. She suggested that there be a minimum-payment wage for some of the lower castes. It would be a sliding scale, based on certifications. However, to get these certifications, the Fives, Sixes, and Sevens would have to go to school … which they would have to pay for … which would mostly benefit the Threes, as they were the authorized teachers.
get over yourself america you would be against a minimum wage
“Maxon Calix Schreave,
this is the worst name i’ve ever seen
“Her remains were found this afternoon. We’re sorry.”
??????????
I gave the queen a final, deep curtsy and slowly left the room, wallowing in the disaster I’d created.
ok
He rolled his eyes. “You’re not a One.” There was a silence between us. “Even if you were, did you not pay attention at all to the way I’m doing things? It’s quiet and small. That’s how it has to be for now. You can’t go on television complaining about the way things are run and expect to have my father’s, or anyone’s, support.”
they’re both actually the worst they deserve eachother
“I’m sorry!” I cried. “I’m so, so sorry.”
it’s such an awful message to young readers for her to be apologizing for saying the caste system is bad on live television . you can be socially aware and have strong morals but only if you are quiet and calculating about it?????? when has that historically ever worked????????????????
And then, like bees intent on landing, small, quick things buzzed into the hall.
worst sentence i’ve read in a while what is this simile accomplishing
A guard was struck and fell back, his head hitting the marble with a disturbing crack. The blood pouring from his chest made me scream.
oh grow up whatever
Maxon was silent for a moment, and some things made sense: why a person who sat at a desk had such serious muscles, why he always seemed half dressed and ready to go, why a girl calling him a child and pushing him would make him angry.
the last one doesn’t make any sense stop making excuses for him
I laughed weakly through the tears and wiped my face. I got everything cleaned, trying to stay gentle.
stop crying
We couldn’t get rid of the royal family—how could we possibly transition it out?—but maybe we could change the way some things were run. Offices could be elected instead of inherited. And the castes … I really would love to see those dead and gone.
dude what do you mean you can’t get rid of the royal family why the fuck not
“One look at your back says you’d do damn near anything for me. And I threw it away. I just threw it away ….”
ok
“Please don’t cry, darling. I’d spare you tears for the rest of your life if I could.”
hopefully it’s short
He’d put the bracelet on over Aspen’s, and I felt the button pressing into my skin underneath it.
this is so funny
“What if they want to?” Maxon challenged. “We can’t hold them here against their will.”
he literally did this like 50 pages ago
Suddenly he charged at me, taking my face in his hands. Aspen kissed me fiercely, willing me to remember what he was to me.
this man is constantly forcing himself on her
I stood there for a long time, not sure what to do with myself, waiting for my maids to come and pull me together one last
give it a rest
“I’ve shown you so many of my secrets, defended you in every way I can. But when you aren’t pleased with me, you act rashly. You shut me out, blame me, or, most impressively, try to change the entire country.”
ok
I pushed my lips together, willing myself not to cry.
man up
WELL, HELLO THERE, SASSY READER. Thank you for reading my book! I hope it made you have unbearable feelings that you find yourself tweeting about at 3:00 a.m. That’s what it does to me, so …
im already in a dark place after reading this and then i have to see this disgusting acknowledgement im not going to tweet about your abysmal writing i hate you
