Loving this! But struggling with being able to picture the obstacle course and what exactly it is Violet it doing 😅 For whatever reason I just cannot picture what the obstacles look like despite having them described to me!

Just as the title suggests. For books like 1984, the memory police, and Fahrenheit 451 can we really look at them as pieces of fiction? As readers isn't it our responsibility to question the words that so openly criticise society? And if your answer is no, then who should be voicing out the layered meaning found in these books? What do you all think?

Every time I reread this book, I love Lucien more. Lord knows I like a snarky political mastermind with a tragic backstory haha.

Omg i need to have a Lucien in my life!! Forget about tamlin, Lucien is THE book bf

This might be an unpopular opinion, but it is just my opinion. I think I need to stop reading reviews on Goodreads and in general.

I think it's one thing to say you don't like a book, and say things like 'the pacing wasn't for me' 'didn't like the writing style' or whatever else. It's even valid to say you personally hated the book.

But I find it upsetting when people are just intentionally... cruel? Like insulting anyone else who likes the book. Wondering what people are 'on' to enjoy it.

Opinions are personal, not facts. What feels boring, clunky, or frustrating to you might feel moving, brilliant, or comforting to someone else. I don't think criticism has to be mean to be valid, but it feels like people are really just trying to see how snarky and mean they can be.

People have a right to their opinions and how they word things. I'm not saying they don't. I'm not even saying people shouldn't post those reviews. That's their right. I'm just venting personally, and I think I will probably just avoid reading reviews because that's how I can curate my own space. I just wanted to vent a little because I'm having big feelings about it.

(I will say, it really does not feel valid when people go out of their way to post on someone's positive review/post about how they liked the book to insult the book. I think opinions are valid, but it feels so unnecessary to try to bring someone else down.)

Big, fire-breathing puppies! 🐉🔥🐶

Am I the only one who had the what does the fox say song start playing in their head at this chapter title?

I was in highschool during that era so it is burned I to my brain, lol