as a neurodivergent woman, it's a bit scary how much of a mirror some of marie and sadie's traits are for my own childhood behaviours. i mean, we've got:

✅ befriending animals ✅ feeling sympathetic for inanimate objects ✅ wanting to wear the same thing everyday ✅ being very quiet and scaring people who didn't realise you were there ✅ reading huge books at a young age ✅ being a quick learner in some subjects but despising the subjects that don't come naturally ✅ preferring conversations with adults because you feel intellectually superior ✅ desiring praise ✅ being emotionally unpredictable

but THANKFULLY i can say the similarities end there, before we get into the habits of killing butterflies, hanging dolls with nooses and trustfalling off cliffs 😬

I'm loving the sparse writing style. The choppy syntax makes the reading experience a little bit off-kilter because it's different than we're used to in this type of literature. This discomfort then pushes the reader to have a heightened sensitivity to just how off-kilter these girls already are. It's a great example of how diction and syntax can influence the tone of a piece of writing! (sorry I just got really AP-Lit-teacher there for a minute 😅)