i loved this book. a fun little ethnography!

*heaves massive sigh* so when i was in high school, this had a wild surge of popularity and honestly, i feel like it missed the mark for me. it was good, a tearjerker for sure, but as cancer stories go, it was pretty textbook. i don‘t feel as though there was anything that set it apart from other books i have read in a similar vein.

i got through most of this and then lost the book. would really love to finish it! it was a good one.

such an unpopular opinion, but i have unabashed hatred for this book. truthfully, i was compelled enough to finish the trilogy, but i found the ending completely unsatisfying in a way that grated on my very last nerve. the heroine was also just kind of “blah” in my opinion. she didn‘t resonate with me as a strong female character. i really wish there were more stories about strong female characters without the romance aspect. *sigh*

ignoring a term paper in favor of transporting myself back to paris

Tut, I have done a thousand dreadful things as willingly as one would kill a fly; and nothing grieves me heartily indeed but that I cannot do ten thousand more.