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Still confused by switching from second person to third person but I think we might find out soon??

Thank god Mia told me that harrow get a lobotomy or something at the beginning of this to forget Gideon or else I wouldn’t have made it this far

Nog to be rude or anything but does our author even know what’s going on? I barely do

Nico has a new person (Will) to follow around now the way he used to follow Bianca around & he’s finally found someone that can feel like home and brb I will be sobbing in the corner

2014 me needed this Will & Nico content fr

“‘I see the Hermes cabin have been watching Rocky Horror Picture Show again’” I think I’ve found my people

I’m reading this bc when I was on tinder a bunch of men told me it was their favorite book. I’m 14 pages in and I think they just read this & discovered that actions have consequences. Will keep updating.

8: Difficult at Parties: again can be interpreted several ways & adds to over all themes of the book. Love ending the entire book with the phrase “…and I begin to listen”.

7: The Resident: best one so far. Had the vibes of a classic gothic horror story (my kind of genre). Easily the most intriguing story so far too.
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“It is my right to reside in my own mind…Do you ever listen to yourself? This is crazy, that is crazy, everything is crazy to you. By whose measure?”
“Thus far in your jury deliberations, have you encountered any others who have truly met themselves?”

6: Eight Bites: easily my favorite so far. Hits all the themes & absolutely beautiful writing

5: Real Women Have Bodies: once again I feel like you can take this metaphor several different ways and I could not choose just one that’s the only reason I didn’t cry over this one

4: Especially Heinous (272 Views of Law & Order: SVU): beautifully written, loved the structure, very interesting, but yes I was confused the whole time. Did I read into the “law & order” bit a little too much???

Do I need to watch law & order svu to understand this chapter? Like is it really this supernatural??

Spoilers????



I’m so sorry but if my best friend did not reply to me for several days I would be freaking out a little more personally

3: Mothers: having read the author’s memoir this one felt really personal, desperate and beautifully written

2: Inventory: nicely written but idk what the one metaphor was bc there are too many options in my head.

1: The Husband Stitch: a mishmash of all the horror stories you were told as a kid, the ones that were frightening because not one woman had agency or was listened to.
Terrifying and infuriating.

Tbh it’s just now starting to feel like a mystery/thriller fr until now I was confused on genre

Babe wake up ANOTHER POV just dropped (over 90% of the way through and we’re at 6 now?)

Gentrification & micro agressions: the musical

“If it’s Wrong why does it feel so fucking right?” At least it took me this 500 pages to cringe this hard

I’ve got so much to say but also no idea what to say

I can feel the romance part of the Romantasy coming and I’m already cringing

New POV? 100 pages in?

“…but I’d die knowing I left something bright behind in this beautiful world sketched in so many shades of ugly.”

“Heartbreak has a tone that echoes through the aged, and her voice was laden with it.”

So far she’s murdered a r*pist so…good for her

What the fuck is going on? Idk. You don’t either

“The moment you fall in love with someone, you are lost”