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This chapter is all about her feeling unsafe and getting harassed by men on her way to class and I have tears in my eyes. Men will never get it

“But it was during that brief passing over, that period where he took the reins, where I lost everything.”

So well-written

“He was the one who lost everything, I was just the nobody it happened to.”

This has been on my list for so long that in the time that has passed I’ve gone through experiences in which I can unfortunately relate. Just read the introduction and gotta brace myself

“any sec I could step off a cliff

I think I’ve always felt this way

the smoke makes it clear”

I’m crying

WAIT WHAT THE HELL

ok she’s got some trauma fr

perhaps the most unlikable protagonist I’ve met yet

i may not ever be comfortable with the depravity and debauchery of this book by the end and that’s ok

woah what am I walking into LOL

“When something good happens to you at that age, you can’t settle with the notion that it’s a one-off. You want it to be the beginning of a tradition.”

idk how else to describe it but it’s just so lovely, not cheesy at all

i shan’t be having situationship flashbacks rn but we are very much in #gigglingandkickingfeet territory. i should call him.

“I was desperate to be touched; I was terrified of being ruined.”

the writing is phenomenally fun

fuckkkkkk am I Sue???

unexpectedly giggling and kicking my feet

“Somebody,” said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour-and in the oddest places!— for the lack of it.”

One chapter in and oh. my. GODDDDDD. The James Baldwin hype is real. Might he become my favorite author? It’s looking very likely………

Was thinking, “This book makes me feel so uneasy,” and then I remembered the title

Reading this feels like I’m increasing my screen time, in a not good way

Jules is insufferable….but she’s also me 😔

This book is so current I’m getting whiplash

My eye is twitching from reading the line “Why would he have asked, if he wasn’t going to call?” cuz WHY WOULD HE?????????

Things in Hungary are getting more and more absurdly comedic