It's been a while since I read a contemporary novel that contained words I had to look up in the dictionary! 😂

definitions from Merriam Webster:

esurient -- hungry, greedy (used in a lustful context in this novel, of course)

pellucid - admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion a pellucid stream; reflecting light evenly from all surfaces; easy to understand (referring to Laurent's eyes--definitely the first 2 definitions and not the last, ha ha ha)

I think it's fascinating that a book widely regarded by other readers I've encountered as like, cheap smut, is actually phenomenally well-written. The prose is really something special.

So, I am slow-reading this one because I know it will hurt me and indeed. Finishing part I was really hard (not only finishing it, the whole book until now has been hard, but the last few pages? Almost got me crying…

Cathy... you bitch. Am I allowed to cuss in these? I'm new. I promise it's warranted.

I'm doing a project on a Hamlet adaptation of my choice for a class, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations! They need to be a film/stageplay (unfortunately, no book adaptations, and also I'm already watching the Benedict Cumberbatch version, so it can't be that one either), but they can be unique or modern, as long as they follow the story of Hamlet. Thanks in advance!