In chapter

four

, there is stage whispering. I can't handle whispers, due to auditory sensory issues. I have to pause every few seconds, and leave it be for several days, and then I forget what happens. It's really bad, whispers.

Man känner igen den tonåring som är för gammal för att leka och för ung för att ta sig ställen själv. Det med att vara i övergångsåldern när man tycker det är fjantigt att leka, innan man lärt sig att vuxna kan leka de med, det kan nog de flesta känna igen sig i.

När man inte är van vid skog och mark, så ska man vara försiktig när man beger sig ut. Det gäller även om man är van vid skogar men beger sig ut i en skog som man är obekant med. Även om man tror sig veta, så kan man hur lätt som helst komma vilse, även när man har en markör som en bäck. Man kan tro att man tar sig åt rätt håll, men hamna någon helt annan stans.

Vad får en människa att riskera livet för en främling? Mer än vad jag har, det vet jag. Ett igenkännande, på ett helt oförståeligt sätt, för de av oss som inte erfarit något sånt.

First off, I gotta say that Faye

has a bad taste in men.

I already didn't like her boyfriend before he even popped up, but the more he was talking and acting like a dickwad, the more I disliked him. We can all agree on a lot of points that he's a real piece of work, I'm sure. His friend group was also very invasive and icky, and dude did not stand up for his girlfriend at all.

As for Rocky, he was just mildly annoying at first, but I just started getting more and more unnerved by him the more he was in the story. My dislike for him came with the typical "main love insterest gets jealous because the MC is going on a date with another guy even though they're not even dating yet and he's sulking like a petulant child" trope. It's such an annoying trope. The lady ain't yours, dude, you're not dating, you haven't made it clear to her that you're interested in her that way, and she has the right to go out with any guy she'd like without it having anything to do with tou. I get it's a common romance trope but it's a tired one.

Another tired trope is the whole "marriage it a noose, shackle, etc"; it's so charming. I'm not going to marry myself (being aromantic) but you don't need to put down something that's really important to a lot of people.

Then there's the thing where Rocky and Faye just ... continued their date as if nothing happened after running into Rocky's cheating cousin-in-law. Twice. It makes me feel so dirty.

Also, retire the miscommunication and the lack of a desire to talk it out. It's such a big point in romance, but it's so frustrating.

The pushy feeling of

"marriage is absolute endgame" with all the engagements and marriage plans coming in quick successions is not anything I like. Marriage can be nice, sure, I guess, but it's not the end-all-be-all to life.

I did like Faye and Lottie's relationship, though.

Faye isn't a super great person either, I feel. She's a bit invasive as well, and obtuse. Like,

uh, yeah why do you think someone's upset when you keep poking at their sore spots? Also who says that they have to be maid of honour without being given the role, when asked to be a bridesmaid?

As for the audio, there were issues. Sometimes, there are repeats of a sentence, perhaps a miss when editing the audio, but sometimes the words repeated is a rephrasing, as if the manuscript had misses in them, as well. Not great, that. I thought my player had gone weird at first.

Lastly, I want to tell Faye that "No D&D is better than bad D&D." In this case, D&D means boyfriend.