The more I read this novel the more I am. Confused (to say the least) as to why it has become so divisive.

This is in no means a dig on her writing or storytelling etc, but it just seems like an interesting well written YA novel with critiques about academia and an interesting description of hell.

I don’t see this as needing supreme intellectualism to understand nor do I see it as the supposed poorly written slop that some are calling it.

It’s?? Simply just a good book with interesting themes. Maybe I’m missing large parts of the discourse and that’s why I’m confused but. So far this is a good read! I like it.

At what point did you start to get hooked on the story? No spoilers please. 🙂‍↕️

Right now I don’t feel it’s dragging but I need a quiet place to focus and immerse myself in the book (but I have work so lol).

Just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge how well written this rivalry is and I'm so curious to find out how it came about, like, Alice has mentioned multiple times that they didn't use to be like this 👀 Also, all the philosophical ramblings about Hell and how it all works is fascinating, to the point it got me thinking "heck, what is it really like after we die?", but I'll try to suppress that line of thought while reading this, that's a problem for the future me.

I am over the moon to share that the app is officially live on both iOS and Android!!

We've quite literally poured our blood, sweat and (lots of) tears into the app development over the past 9 months and we could not be more thrilled for everyone to experience it!

We're still being indexed in app store search so you may have to scroll to find us, or type in Pagebound: Social Book Tracker. Here's links to iOS and Android: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pagebound-social-book-tracker/id6751526412 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.pagebound.app

There are quite a few improvements and new features in the app, including:

• Book Journeys (click the map icon on the book cards in your library and other user's library to see their posts, comments, and updates for a specific book)
• Quick access to "add to plan"
• Filtering your activity on profile
• Save posts
• upgraded Read Dates editing

This is the first release, so there will be many more additions and improvements to come. (PS for Android users: we're aware of two bugs related to library imports from Goodreads/Storygraph, and issues with editing read dates - these have already been resolved and are pending Google approval for release.)

We owe a huge thank you to our beta testers who worked diligently over the last month to report hundreds of bugs and help us get the app prepared for release. A huge round of applause to them.

We hope you love the app as much as we do; it definitely makes engaging on PB so much more convenient and fun. If you have a great experience with the app, we'd love if you'd consider supporting us through Pagebound Royalty; Lucy and I have worked for $0 over the past year to bring the app and website to fruition, and have been covering business costs with our savings accounts. Your contribution means we can continue to work full-time on Pagebound without influence from investors or advertisers, and keep Pagebound 100% for readers by readers. Thank you so much to all the Royalty who have already contributed; it truly means the world to us and keeps Pagebound online!

ok now go download the app and tell us what you think!

Happy Reading, Jennifer & Lucy

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I finished this book back in August and I still cannot get it off my mind. How far out are you and still thinking about it?