reading this was a punishment

writing style was not for me, unfortunately. wanting to like this for the representation but i will let the kiddos have this one

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! 

hmm. i could tell the writing style wasn't for me. after reading some reviews it seems this isn't the high-action, crime filled, page turner the description says it is. a bit too slow for me

boring. sleepy

made me sleepy tired. pretty prose but not very much going on, none of the events so far caught my attention enough to continue

i don't even have the words to explain why i hated this so badly and why it's impossible for me to finish this book. i don't mind when characters are unlikable but everyone, everyone, in this book is insufferable. there's barely a plot, so i'm inclined to believe that this is a character study of sorts? for a book that is character driven, the development of said characters, and the interactions between them, shouldn't be to trite and tedious to read through.

i just reallu dislike lucy foley's writing style because i wasn't into the paris apartment, either

could this get anymore boring.....???!!! this entire book suffers from "they didn't show us, they told us." which is a terrible way of storytelling, in my opinion.

i couldn't get into this at all. every paragraph was a long, monotonous, repetitive, back and forth of "he did this. he said this. oh i hated him. i was thirsty. i was so ashamed. oh slaves." god shut the fuck up.

fuck this book and it's racism