rhubiedubie
24 - i like books and rereading my safe book series’ over and over lol
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this book is the most bleak, depressing story I have ever read. it is disturbing in a good way. almost every single character is the most intolerable person in their own way. talk about generational trauma lol. unreliable narrator, characters doing awful things to each other. and yet, I really enjoyed it! I was very captivated. I know this isn’t a romance novel, but cathy and heathcliff’s story is such an all consuming, damaging, love and obsession. it hurts in a good way (for the reader lol, not for them). I appreciate that there was no attempt to romancify the story, though. it was just real/raw, messed up human relationships.
excited to see the new movie! (going into it expecting it not to be anything like the book and that is okay. jacob elordi is who i’m there for)
I wish there was some kind of requirement to give context when making forum posts. I just read one that simply said “iconic entrance” - how is anyone supposed to interact with a post that is so vague? and it’s not like this is from a book I read ages ago so I can’t remember details. it’s from a book I completed a few days ago, but I don’t have a memory that can think of xx% and know exactly what scene they are referring to!! I don’t mean anything against the poster, because likely they didn’t even consider this! but even if they just say “[character]’s entrance at [location/scene] was iconic!” then others would be able to place it.
rhubiedubie commented...
Why is everyone except the boys hating on Fleur so much? I honestly don’t find her that terrible. I feel like she is genuinely trying to fit into the Weasley family.
What bothers me most is the way Mrs Weasley treats her. The children even get the impression that she would rather have Bill fall in love with Tonks, which makes the whole situation feel incredibly toxic and manipulative.
I also feel like there’s a xenophobic undertone to the way the women treat Fleur in this chapter. Mrs Weasley seems to dislike or feel distant from her partly because of their cultural differences, while Ginny constantly mocks her accent. Hermione isn’t exactly welcoming either.
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