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Forgot to do an update for this one and I’ve been consumed by knitting but I’m really enjoying!! I’ll be so real, I thought Mr de Winter was the narrator until 30 pages in which makes sense as to why I was so confused about what was going on… but now I’m on the right track I’m lloooooving it!!!

I’m just obsessed with the way Baldwin describes attraction and fear and the internalised hatred that haunts so many queer people. It’s simple but so so powerful!!

Love. So much. The chemistry, the writing style, the pacing. I cannot put it down. The only thing stopping me from reading more is that everyone in my room wants to sleep and I must turn the light off :((

YES YES YES!

I feel like now I’m in the second half of the book, I’m completely absorbed by everything that happens. I am also loving the bits of backstory sprinkled throughout! Onto the second last part…

I’m really excited to see how everything unravels! I’m also really liking the development of the characters!

Have NOT been locked in…

Hoping for more time to keep reading this now that I’m out of London! Also I must invest in a little reading light!!

Hooked. Now that I’ve wrapped my head around the characters and their world I’m genuinely so intrigued to see where this goes!! I was so cynical about this book at first but I can feel it all coming together and I don’t want to stop reading! Love all the girlbosses too xoxo

Really getting into it now!! I think now that I know more about the characters and the world they’re living in, I’m way more invested!! It’s so funny to me that they’re all 17 though 😭

Starting to understand it a bit more!! Waiting to be a liiiiitle more intrigued. But it’s all coming together more. There are just all these words that are specific to the world it’s set in that haven’t stuck in my brain so I have no idea what they mean 😭

A lot of characters so far but it’s cute!! The multiple perspectives is throwing me off a little and I’m not sure if I’m absorbing enough info but I think I’ll get there! A lovely simple read compared to Ms Didion

Stilllll not 100% sold on this one… maybe just a little miserable for the current context of my life

Struggling to connect or relate to any characters in this one but maybe we’ll get there?

So tired but back on the reading grind!!

Ugh so devastating this book is making me feel so much

Beautiful oh my god

So beautifully written but I was reading and listening to this while sitting for a painting class and the audible narrator PMO why do u sound like ur on the verge of tears all the time………????

Bruh imagine smelling so good that someone kills u just so he can keep smelling u

Lots of talk about how babies smell

Lowkey this book is making me really excited for my UK trip ☺️

Reading this while sitting for a painting class :P

I find so much comfort in reading about other people’s experiences being in love - especially in their early adulthood! I feel like I’m just gossiping and revealing lore with a friend I haven’t caught up with for ages