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Arya_Greenleaf

She/Her | Haver of strong opinions. Probably rated it 3⭐️

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My Taste
Pride and Prejudice
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
The Bell Jar
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The Perfect MarriagePretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 6The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World

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  • The Perfect Marriage
    Thoughts from 59% (page 197)

    I know that we don't read crime thrillers for a taste of *accurate* realism, but there's a threshold to the level of suspension of disbelief that I feel like this book has just hurtled across with reckless abandon. As I progress through it, I feel like I'm trapped in that esurance commercial: that's not how this works! That's not how any of this works! From the machinations of all the many tentacles of this outlandish investigation process to Sarah actually physically striking the receptionist and just... getting away with it? The fact that Eleanor is such a parody of a human being seems almost the least offensive thing about it.

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  • The Perfect Marriage
    Thoughts from 59% (page 197)

    I know that we don't read crime thrillers for a taste of *accurate* realism, but there's a threshold to the level of suspension of disbelief that I feel like this book has just hurtled across with reckless abandon. As I progress through it, I feel like I'm trapped in that esurance commercial: that's not how this works! That's not how any of this works! From the machinations of all the many tentacles of this outlandish investigation process to Sarah actually physically striking the receptionist and just... getting away with it? The fact that Eleanor is such a parody of a human being seems almost the least offensive thing about it.

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  • The Perfect Marriage
    Thoughts from 47% (page 157)

    I remain utterly baffled by the word choices and sentence structure in this writing. "You're the woman of a husband..." What on Earth is happening with the dialogue in almost every scene? These people talk like they're reading lines in a script they've seen for the very first time. And the ever-present focus on how attractive everyone is and how attracted to each other everyone is, is simply ridiculous. Who edited this?

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  • The Perfect Marriage
    Thoughts from 47% (page 157)

    I remain utterly baffled by the word choices and sentence structure in this writing. "You're the woman of a husband..." What on Earth is happening with the dialogue in almost every scene? These people talk like they're reading lines in a script they've seen for the very first time. And the ever-present focus on how attractive everyone is and how attracted to each other everyone is, is simply ridiculous. Who edited this?

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  • The Perfect Marriage
    Thoughts from 10% (page 34)

    Is anyone else a bit put off by the very frequent descriptions of clothing and hair and furnishings? It feels very... I don't even know how to describe it. Unedited? I loved the premise of this book but if I hadn't been stuck somewhere for an hour, I'm not sure if I would have been motivated to keep reading even as far as I did.

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  • The Perfect Marriage
    Thoughts from 10% (page 34)

    Is anyone else a bit put off by the very frequent descriptions of clothing and hair and furnishings? It feels very... I don't even know how to describe it. Unedited? I loved the premise of this book but if I hadn't been stuck somewhere for an hour, I'm not sure if I would have been motivated to keep reading even as far as I did.

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