This is going to sound so very heartless but I don't understand how Gracie is the one that is making both of them so desperate. She does not seem any more or less interesting or worthy of love than the family members they have had before. It feels like a big hole in the story.

I have an awful memory, we’re talking nonexistent. I forget the MC’s name a week after finishing a book, no matter how good it was. Slowly, I forget and I forget and a month after almost nothing is left. Most of the books, I remember them by vibe only. Problem is, I hate rereading. It feels like a waste of time. So I just read and then I forget and then I read other books that I’ll also forget 🤷🏽‍♀️ I don’t know how to feel about that

Hey all! I recently learned about aphantasia...which is apparently something I have. When I read, I really cannot mentally visualize what is being described to me unless I actually draw my own illustration, act it out, or look up images of things that might be similar. When you're reading, how vividly do you see the scenes and characters described to you? Do you do anything while you're reading to help you get a better grasp of the surroundings?

I am a jack of all trades. Very self explanatory, but still let me explain. I have a veryyy long list of hobbies and while it’s high on the list, reading is not the primary one. Don’t get me wrong, I love it. I love having a lot of different hobbies and knowing a bit of this and that. But, because there’s always a but, I’m a master of none. Since I do so many different things, I can never « master » one. For example, someone who only ever reads thrillers will know so much more about thrillers than I probably ever will. The same goes for every other genre, and for the rest of the hobbies too but we’re talking books here. Because of that, I often feels I don’t have the legitimacy to talk about books in general or sometimes specific genres because people know much more than me on the topic. It’s as if I haven’t read enough books for my opinion to be legitimate. Does anyone else feels that way?