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"'That music the water makes,' she said. 'Isn’t it the most wonderful sound ever?'

'The most wonderful sound ever is the lamentations of my enemies, screaming my name toward the heavens with ragged, dying voices.'

The girl looked at me, cocking her head. 'Well bless your stars.'”

“Yes, I know that, Spensa—but what if those questions aren’t on the test? What if it’s something we didn’t study?"

Lol, this is how I feel with every test. Remember when your teachers tell you exactly what to study and when the test comes, none of what they prepared you for was on there? 🙃

"Remember, obedience is defiance."

Hmm... That doesn't sound right. Are you sure? 🤔

"...Bloodletter, my stuffed bear..."

Lol

I'm reading this online so the pages are different. I have finished this book.

**SPOILER**




" I saw it now. I would never be safe. Never be loved. All my hopes, dashed—all my dreams, shattered—leaving nothing, nothing. My father was right—I didn’t deserve to live. I was—nothing. That’s what Gabriel did to me.

That’s the truth. I didn’t kill Gabriel. He killed me.

All I did was pull the trigger. "

WHAT? What in the world just happened??

**Spoilers**




So Theo's stalking this man because Kathy cheated on him?? 😒

"Alicia shook her head. 'I don’t want to talk about that.'
'No?'
'Not yet.'
Alicia’s eyes looked into mine for a moment. Something in the way she was tilting her head was almost coquettish, and the beginning of a smile was forming at the corner of her mouth. She’s enjoying this, I thought. Having me in her power."

Yes, I am like that too. Wow, Alicia...

What do you want to talk about?” I asked.

“I don’t know. Nothing. I just want to talk.”

Stop it. 💀
I do that all the time.

Finally!
Hello, Alicia.

Wait, what? I'm very confused right now.
What exactly happened?

This is reminding me very much of Verity. The writings under the loose floorboards, thriller, and the girl who doesn't speak but committed crimes...

Um, what?
He just decided she should go see a doctor?? He doesn't believe her??
Hmm... I would kill him too though. I'm not crazy, he is for not believing me.

This is very interesting...

Lol, I'm finding every character in this book very suspicious.

**Possible Spoiler**



Wrong choice, he needs to let her go...

"It’s a sadness you’ve been carrying around for many years. You know, Theo, one of the hardest things to admit is that we weren’t loved when we needed it most. It’s a terrible feeling, the pain of not being loved.”

Wow...

“Ah. I see.” Ruth nodded. “We’ve talked about this before. Haven’t we?”

“About fireworks?”

“About love. About how we often mistake love for fireworks—for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm—and constant."

"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive, and will come forth later, in uglier ways."

If I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes too.

Maybe it's just that I am tired, but there are some scenes I can hardly follow for some reason.

Mum and I made a snowman. Unconsciously or not, we built him to represent our absent master: I christened him Dad...two slanting twigs for stern eyebrows, the resemblance was uncanny. We completed the illusion by giving him my father’s gloves, hat, and umbrella. Then we pelted him violently with snowballs, giggling like naughty children.

Oh wow, fun. 💀

"'Talk to me,' he said.

'There’s nothing to say. I just get so stuck in my head sometimes...'"

Well, this is usually how my conversations go.

I finished it. 😭❤