The thing I’ve noticed a while now, I’ve finally found how it worded out from Syme:

“(…) The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought. (…) there will be no words in which to express it.”

I’ve seen how “censorship” work on the internet with the simple example of how killing or murder has become “unalive”. Feels like it is trying to mute it down, dumb it down and desensitise people from its true meaning of an act of murder and I personally hate it

I won't say that I am having a BLAST. At times I find the writing to be (for a lack of a better word) cringe. I am reading this book in my mother tongue, so that is probably only making this feeling of awkward writing even worse.

However, I am happy with how easy this book is to read. So far i have gone through this much faster than anything I have read lately (probably also aided by the language I chose to read it in 😅 can someone relate? I feel i am relatively fluent in English, so I don't feel this SHOULD be a "thing" but I guess reading in your mother tongue will always be easier)

I enjoy both Rufus and Mateo, but I was under the impression this was more of a romance? It has always been advertised to me as "a sad gay book" and so far it's just a dim book with gay (bi?) Characters. I don't mind tho, this feels more realistic to me.

I rarely have a high overlap with anyone 🙈 so I am getting curious about what books count towards it? Is it all the books in your library, or is it only a certain few shelves? (If so, which ones)

Also! What is the highest % overlap you remember ever having with someone? Mine is 20 i think 🙈