The Speed of Light
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In the darkness the snowfall is hypnotic, each flake sparkling as it winds down in slow motion, like the inside of a snow globe, safe and serene.
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Pretty.
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I, too, am shiny and new in this imaginary place—I am me again, normal and healthy and his, a spellbound princess who gets her happily ever after.
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“He works in pharmaceuticals, you know.”
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Ewwww
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Let’s at least be nice.”
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Yuck. Glad my mom wasn’t like this.
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my mom oversharing with nosy neighbors—like Mrs. Johnson.
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I hate this mom! Why do we keep hearing from these annoying background characters who contribute nothing to the story?
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Nikki groans. “Fine, but they are not sticking a fucking needle in my arm.”
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Wow, the best friend character seriously doesn’t give blood even though she has a BFF with MS and significant other’s mom has cancer?? Has she never heard of blood transfusions being used to treat people with these ailments? What a selfish a-hole!
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“Anyway, we’ll reschedule it during the summer—people aren’t as busy with students gone.”
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So the college is doing an active shooter drill with no students present?
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“God, I’m sorry, I know I’m being dramatic,
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Yeah. The whole frigging book is you being dramatic, honey.
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eyes dart
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Eyes dart in this book 20 times. I looked it up on X-ray. Additionally, eyes flit a whole bunch too.
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I ball my fists. “Last time I checked, it wasn’t part of my job description to keep tabs on my boss. We’re a little too busy over here to do that.”
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What?? Who talks to supervisors like that?
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“You got another one of these for your favorite auntie? Maybe he’s got a brother or something?”
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Why are the bit-part characters in this book so awful, so cringey?
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“Here, here.”
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Hear, hear -for editors! They catch typos, like this one!
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Finally, fueled by two glasses of wine and a late-night viewing of Bridget Jones on Netflix, I decide to call him the only time I know he’ll be home: after midnight.
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Ruh roh! Never a good idea.
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eyes flit
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They sure do.... A LOT, at least in this book. Sigh.
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I just friended you on Facebook. If
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How? The woman from the support group you went to once, several months ago, knows your last name??
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I can’t control what cards fate deals me, but I can choose how I play them.
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get up, grateful, and take his arm. “We’ll let your nurses know,” Mom says. “I want to talk to your doctor anyway.”
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No...IV or monitors? No backless gown? Just pop up out of bed and run on down to the ICU, yeah?