Status Updates From La vita bugiarda degli adulti

finished: Chapter 7 (pages 305-322)

Rough ending. Solidified my impression/rating, however, so I'm glad I can be more sure of myself thanks to it

finished: Chapter 6 (pages 241-302)

War is, in fact, not over.... but the book is soon, so I might as well finish it tonight 🤷‍♀️
..Ugly this, beautiful that, studious, monstrous, tell me who I am re ree ree..

P268 - spiderman meme, the lot

"I found her extraordinary when I imagined myself becoming a combative adult, and repulsive when I recognized in her traits of my father's. That morning something suddenly occurred to me that seemed intolerable and yet funny: neither Vittoria nor my father nor I could cut out our common roots, and so, depending on the situation, it was always ourselves we ended up loving or hating."

WAR IS OVER ????!!!

"(...) no harmony, just like Vittoria's. But the mistake had been made to make it a tragedy. If you looked even just for a moment at those who had the privilege of a beautiful, refined face, you discovered that it hid infernos no different from those expressed by coarse, ugly faces. The splendor of a face, enhanced even by kindness, harbored and promised suffering still more than a dull face."

recognition of Toninos efforts to be better (after seeing him at his worst). I'll let her romanticize this one if she chooses to, cause he flew under my radar as well 🙏 both pleasantly and unpleasantly surprised

Page 258
"It was Tonino, who said slowly, with a calm that I liked because now it seemed to be his own rich invention: 'I wanted to apologize and say goodbye to you.' '"