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august my beloved

the chapter two exposition scene was the TEMPLATE in 2012

this is wren's fault (affectionate)

reasons this is good orchestra/symphony rep: 1) calling each other by their instrument names ex. violins instead of violinists 2) "you know what the violins are like" 3) "hell is flutes"

holy FUCK that was an opener

i know i am far from the first person to say this but uh. MAN does the apocalyptic-flu-pandemic thing hit a little different these days

AND FOR A MOMENT I WAS SO CAUGHT UP IN THE EUPHORIA OF JIVAN ON PAGE THAT I LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE WHAT EDMUND DOES TO CORDELIA DOESNT EXIST... OH MY GODDDDDD THE END OF THIS SEGMENT

WAIT. UH OH

BEYONCÉ GIF **JIVAN????**

i know i'm supposed to empathize with both characters having this fight but i just cannot stand straight people like i am JUST heterophobic

GAY PEOPLE HAVE TO LOVE OREOS NOW... all right ms albertalli i see you

the constant switching between rudra and jeet. the last word of jeet's narration being vik. i'm a shell of a man

"the cheekbones guy with the french name" NOOO AKSDHFKDSBFBS

damn virgil really killed off his girlboss like that :/

jeet nipple piercings canon...

i feel so mean for this i wish i could focus on and get emotional about carey explaining their literal trauma but i can't get over the fact that the author chose to make them tell the story out loud in perfect speech-worthy prose like. we could have had a FLASHBACK people do not TALK like this

the IMMEDIATE fragmentation of the prose as soon as we get into jeet’s pov and the idea of rising above bodily desire coming from a closeted gay man... max begins to enter the spirit realm

why did my war and peace review get 20 likes i said the fuck word twice. i make reviews for me

i can’t believe there’s ten pages left. i think i actually want him dead

“When some event takes place, people express their opinions and wishes about the event, and since the event results from the joint action of many people, one of the opinions or wishes expressed is bound to be fulfilled...” if i turned the page and he started mansplaininng breathing i wouldn’t be that surprised please god help me what IS this

jesus christ this ending philosophy bit is so fucking repetitive. i feel like he has said the same sentence four or five times. this is how my ocd makes me write

at the start of the first epilogue i was getting emotional abt being almost done but like. the first epilogue is officially my villain origin story

guys i already hated men a good deal but i think there is maybe no coming back after this epilogue for me

“In her face there was not, as formerly, that ceaselessly burning fire of animation that had constituted her charm. Now one often saw only her face and body, while her soul was not seen at all. One only saw a strong, beautiful, and fruitful female.” on god i have never felt so violent.

i'm never big into the war parts but god were there some banger lines in book 10

finished v4p4. i am so close. i am so close

you guys weren’t kidding that natasha and marya can homoerotic... not only does natasha genuinely say let’s be girl best friends but lev also describes it as “a feeling stronger than friendship” shortly after natasha thinks abt how marya looks like natasha’s dead boyfriend