scarlet and wolf LOOKED at each other and i had to stop reading. what the fuck. romance is real and alive and well. holy shit. let it also be known that ive known cress for one chapter and i would do anything for her.

i am so scared, cinder was great and scarlet was phenomenal, what do i do, i think the standards set by this book are just too high, im scared, but i want to know what happens so bad

that prologue. oh my god. its 3 pages and i already felt every emotion there is. wow.

the writing in this book is so juvenile but in such a fun way, it reads exactly like a toddler wanting to surprise you with something but being unable to keep the surprise to themselves. michael crichton i'd say struggles with intrigue and plot setups, but the horror and the politics in this book are phenomenal, like this book will not let you mistake its stance on scientific developments and the errors of capitalism. i will say though its making me raise an eyebrow how the people doing all the blunders so far seem to be from the southern hemisphere or of latine descent. something to think about.

I'm dnfing this book. It's just too much of a pain to read. Everything feels so slow, and there has been too much character-related conflict without the attachment or explanations necessary, and every sentence feels like a slog to get through because of the writing and pacing. I also feel so constantly lost because of this lack of explanation and this overuse of new and underexplained terminology that I can't do it I think. Maybe some day I'll pick it up again when I have nothing else to read, but today's not that day.