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soph
is on page 173 of 311
random thoughts at this point in the book:
- it took me way too long to realize their names are of + their commander’s name
- love the idea of a narrative being reconstructed
- reminds me a lot of what is happening with ice today
- love love love how moira’s queerness is portrayed and the description of her lapse in intimacy in friendship with the narrator that was healed over time :) so relatable
— Nov 18, 2025 04:06PM
- it took me way too long to realize their names are of + their commander’s name
- love the idea of a narrative being reconstructed
- reminds me a lot of what is happening with ice today
- love love love how moira’s queerness is portrayed and the description of her lapse in intimacy in friendship with the narrator that was healed over time :) so relatable
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soph
is on page 189 of 311
losing my mind at the transitions between present/past speech and the use of quotation marks!!! so so brilliant and goes back to my last point about the idea of restructuring the narrative. it’s like creative nonfiction… when the narrator is speaking in the past she is at liberty to determine the specific dialogue to her memory as long as it stays mostly true
— Nov 18, 2025 04:36PM
soph
is on page 63 of 311
“i avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it’s shameful or immodest but because i don’t want to see it. i don’t want to look at something that determines me so completely.”
— Nov 12, 2025 06:32PM
soph
is on page 12 of 311
read atwood’s ‘an angel’ tonight to write a final essay on and was very fascinated. i’ve been wanting to read for a while but couldn’t decide on what, so that inspired me to finally pick this up. woohoo.
— Nov 09, 2025 08:16PM
