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ngl he really ate with this title

so far decent, not great, but decent. Like 2.5/5

They’re so dramatic 🙄

petition for a film of Anna Karenina where everything is the same but they have access to Tinder

“She met all his efforts to bring about an explanation by presenting an impenetrable wall of merry perplexity…each time he began to speak with her he felt the same spirit of evil and falsehood which had taken possession of her master him also.”

wish I could tell Alexis Karenin that he was, as the kids like to say, being gaslit.

2022 is the year i get better at not feeling bad about discarding books im not into.

i’m just gonna watch the movie. this book dry af.

Another fun fact tho is that in Oakland, during the OWS movement (which was nationwide but founded in NYC) crime decreased by 19% because people all of a sudden had access to food, shelter, a community to gather with, and a feeling of belonging. But no one reports that.

fun fact: the Egyptian gov led by Mubarak would release hardened criminals during peaceful protests and gatherings with the hopes of delegitimizing the movements. the us gov used similar tactics during the occupy wall street movement. police would release inmates and lead them to gatherings hoping they'd disrupt the movement and thus giving them motive to forcefully disband the gathering.

Captivating thus far but I wonder if the 'n' word, you know, "nigga" needed to be said in this book. I count two so far. On one hand, sure, I get that authors need to set a scene. I wouldn't question the placement if the character's environment made it appropriate to use the word. But this was just out of the blue...as if the only way Tartt could let us know that Boris was mimicking gang signs was to reference POC.

Captivating thus far but I wonder if the 'n' word, you know, "nigga" needed to be said in this book. I count two so far. On one hand, sure, I get that authors need to set a scene. I wouldn't question the placement if the character's environment made it appropriate to use the word. But this was just out of the blue...as if the only way Tartt could let us know that Boris was mimicking gang signs was to reference POC.