currently i find them... kinda childish and boring idk the dialogues are lowkey cringeworthy sometime

I’ve been trying to figure out how I feel about this book since I put it aside last night. Part of me can’t stop reading, and another part thinks, “Hmm, maybe it’s not that good?” but I can’t really explain why. Something that bothers me is how rushed everything feels. There are so many characters, and we hardly get to know them. Some of them die before I even understand who they’re supposed to be.

With Elwood and Gaunt, the letters and flashbacks help a bit, but still…. I don’t want to say the characters are flat, not at all, just that there seems to be so much more to them. I feel like if I knew them better, I’d feel the book more strongly. Maybe I should just keep reading before I make up my mind.

I also think the rushed feeling might be intentional, like Winn wants to show how fast these people grow up and how young they die, before they even get to know each other or themselves fully.

I wanted to like this book. But after getting 60% of the way through, I couldn't go on. I would reread something because my mind had drifted. I thought I got into the groove when Dodo was taken, but then it dragged on. While the plot was lacking for me, the individual sentences and concepts were notable and even impressive at times.

WHY WOULD YOU LET STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE?! 🥴

dads creepy, something is off….

Not a huge fan of this writing style sadly, so I don't think this will be a fast read by any means.

Did anyone even try a chickpea

Or hear me out…. Tofu