5 ⭐️ / this book is essentially about people discovering that true, deep love between two people does not always take the shape and form of one stiff model western society implemented into its moral compass.
im not gonna lie, i wanted to put this book away at times, i was pretty bored other times. but certain books desire to be chewed slowly, to be read slowly and to be understood slowly. so now, here, have some of my thoughts surrounding this book:
- if this ever gets adapted as a movie it should be directed by no other than wes anderson
- cassandra need so be played by mia goth and katharine by anya taylor joy or i shall drop dead
- one of the few times that i actually really rooted for a cis hetero couple, like, in a long time. also, i LIKED both male characters?
- im not sure what to think of mary‘s ending. it‘s sorta stereotypical for her to end up like she did, but i also cant consider it sad.
- the book gets progressively better and just outright hilarious toward the half of it. especially the last third
- the only better way this could have turned out would have been a queer happening