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"I am in love
with misunderstanding

I look words
in the eyes
and invoke them

There is no response-
they do not recognize themselves
in my accent"

"You are the language
so universal
you are forgotten

Be my linguist

Turn me
into your words."

fUCK
"There is a war
in your name

I have martyred you
sold you
to freedom

oh, Freedom"

"phoenix -
your back to
the mirror-

you are the most
immortal death"

TRANS!!BOY!!!!ROMANCE!!!!!

ok but i did not come into this book expecting classism commentary like How Goood
"As Esther sat her horse, [...] the realization dawned that she had never known Rukhl. She'd admired her strength in the face of hardship, felt proud to be one of the few people of her class to have a connection to someone in the camp. Giving her food had let her feel useful and virtuous. But it was a misnomer to call this a friendship

i always forget that esther is promised to shimon because her chemistry w amit is so Good urgg

like there's issues w how esther refers to amit but it's mostly in the religious context but so far i haven't seen the actual narrative disrespect amit's gender identity which is something rare

"A single line in the Devarim instructed men against lying with other men, yet Esther had never heard Rabbi Kalonymos explicate it. [...] In this moment and this place, Esther understood differently, though the great, burning question remained whether Amit was all man or part woman, niddah in every way or only niddah because she was promised to someone else." ok but lowkey loving how the narrative respects amit

trANS CHARACTER YOOOOOOO
JEWISH TRANS CHARACTER YOOOOOOO
CHARACTER THAT TRANSITIONED THRU THEIR FAITH YOOOO

weird abrupt sexual content Yikes

weird abrupt sexual content Yikes

i feel so bad bc i don't know any of the yiddish/jewish termionology.... lowkey appreciate that they refer to palestine as palestine n not israel tho

yeah i'm dropping this there's no way even my patience is this great

she litERALLY TOOK A PISS ON THE FLOOR I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS I CAN'T BELIEVE HER FRIEND CLEANED UP THE CARPET AFTERWARDS
"The one who spilled it was Margot, right onto the carpeting between her bare feet.
Margot didn't poke fun at Gwen. Partly because 'taking the piss', as the Brits said, would have been outrageously hypocritical on both literal and figurative levels at the moment."

"A knot had loosened in her breast, though." uhhhhh does she have breast cancer???

"The dull remains of his musk mingled with the sweetness of his natural oils, aromatically soothing her mind as she inhaled." i mean there's smelling good and then there's this holy shit

LITERALLY EVERYTHING INTERESTING IN THIS BOOK HAPPENS OFF PAGE??? WHEN DID MARGOT GET A TATTOO??

the 'french people know about love' i s2g if i'm not engaged halfway thru i'm dropping this book

I'M DYING THE WHOLE WHITE PERSON 'my eyes are hazel, but they change color' THING IS IN HERE LMAOOOOO

uhhhhh also the main character wants her friend to break up with his girlfriend for... no reason? other than the fact that she finds him attractive.

rand: chastises margot for alcoholism
rand: plays a drinking game with margot

racist depiction of the romani people, use of the g-slur, referred to as 'the dark woman'

i honestly can't believe the main character is picking on the fkn dead ican't beleve this

honestly the author isn't as worldly as she wants us to assume. p. 86, the g-slur (for the romani people) is used

i'm dying she sees electrical stuff turn on and the first thing she thinks is... holy shit... a Ghost

creepy flirting from the main character to the taken man she's living with :))))) bullshit