(in dustin’s voice): holy mother of god.

i am b r o k e n. broken. so to cure my depression i am going to copy and paste every quote i can find and remember from this masterpiece :DD

and finally

and i am still kind of surprised i called out one plot twist in the first chapters akajsjd
i am also going insane because i was spoiled for the other major plot twist AJJSJDJD

i am a mess and can’t stop crying

i don’t think i will ever have the words to describe my feelings towards this book, or this series. brandon sanderson really is a mastermind. bravo

Acho que como esse livro agora está na lista das leituras obrigatórias para o vestibular da Unicamp, ele vai ganhar um pouco mais de popularidade (uma porcentagem minúscula do que ele realmente merece). 

Primeiro, o tema: o papel das mulheres em uma sociedade hipócrita, machista e patriarcal pra caralho. *Note: ele foi publicado em 1901.*  

Segundo: as personagens. A priori, o protagonista aparenta ser o FranCISco Teodoro, o homem macho alfa heterotop conservador, o equivalente a um Bolsominion de hoje. Mas NÃO! O número de páginas sobre ele (e os negócios totalmente not stonks dele) devem ser menos que 10. O livro foca muito mais nas mulheres, um fenômeno recorrente em distopia YA, mas quase nunca em clássicos, especialmente brasileiros. 
É cada mulher MARAVILHOSA que tem nesse livro. Cara. Sem tempo pra ficar falando de café com tanta deusa grega em um livro de 300 páginas.
Sim!! Um clássico onde não somos tratadas como apenas objetos, sem nenhuma dimensão! Uma obra onde não somos apenas a esposa, a irmã, a criada, a mãe, a filha de alguém, mas alguém! Que conceito, não é mesmo. 
As minas são FODAS. Cada uma delas, sem excessão. Cada uma delas, do seu próprio jeito, porque todo mundo é diferente. (pasmem: isso inclui mulheres) 
A Catarina, destruindo o patriarcado.
A Ruth, tacando o fodase pro casamento porque ela gosta mesmo é de estudar astronomia e tocar violino, porque ela, diferente do irmão, tem neurônios e sabe usá-los muito bem.
A Nina, que sofre tanto, tanto, e é mais forte do que qualquer homem ali. 
A Noca, que é basicamente uma bruxa.
E é claro, a Camila, que depois de tanto chorar e sofrer por macho, percebe que homem não presta, e sustenta a família toda sozinha, em pleno ano de 1891. 
icones achei

Terceiro : o “arc” de cada personagem. Os lugares e situações que a autora leva cada personagem é completamente imprevisível. Personagens que parecem triviais, ou até mesmo figurantes, têm espaço no livro para serem desenvolvidos de forma magnífica.
Por exemplo: o laço entre irmãos. (termo que livros YA nunca nem ouviram falar né, pq, irmaos??? = inimigos) Eu realmente NÃO esperava por isso, que mesmo sendo algo tão importante e real, ser sequer citado em um clássico. 
Temos também o questionamento da religião!!! 1901. Mano, como assim. Como. Assim. Era 1901 e a mina tava desafiando a igreja católica.

enfim
leiam a falência pra sambar na cara do corretor do vestibular

I WILL NEVER RECOVER. 

From all the deaths (*cough HASTRA, LENOS, HOLLAND WHYYYYY)),

the battles, the miserable life of Holland, shadow kings, Londons, battles, and this mesmerizing world that VE Schwab has created. 
I feel so empty, so hollow. But also, filled by happiness and sadness and love and hzisjfkdkxk
In a week (or less i really don't know anymore haha), this trilogy changed MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I am absolutely speechless.
I have no words to describe what I have felt while reading these books.
V.E. Schwab, thank you for writing this (inserts fancy adjective for fantastic, amazing) trilogy. 
I am a mess now, and I don't know what to do with my life. Because of words. Of books. And that is magical to me.
This is not making any sense as my head is still numb from all that reading and crying and shipping. 
i have honestly no idea what to write next so i guess i will just write down whatever comes to min, without any structure/organisation, just like my brain right now
I LOVE HOLLAND, AND HE REMINDS ME A LOT OF SNAPE (CHARCOAL BLACK HAIR, RASPY VOICE, UNREADABLE FACE, TRAGIC PAST, I MEAN)
ALSO HE IS 37 WHAT THE FUCK 
KELL MARESH I LOVE HIM
RHY AND ALUCARD EMERY HOLY SHIT
HASTRA WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE??????????? WHY
LENOS AS WELL THIS IS TORTURE
ALUCARD SOLD FOUR EARS OF HIS LIFE TO BUY A MIRROR TO SHOW RHY WHY HE LEFT AAAAA
KELL'S COAT IS SO COOL 
SPEAKING OF WHICH, I DEMAND HIS BACKSTORY
ALUCARD AND KELL BICKERING
THE ANTARI BLOCK-CHAPTER THINGY WAS SO FUCKING COOL I MEAN THE WHOLE BINDING RINGS//SYNC//FIGHT OHMYGODICANT'
TIERAN HAS SARCASM BURIED SOMEWHERE IN HIS BONES 
KING MAXIM WAS QUITE STUPID
ACTUALLT A LOT OF THE CHARACTERS MADE VERY STUPID DECISIONS I WAS ASHAMED MYSELF
THIS NASI GIRL HM

VERIDICT: VE SCHWAB IS A CLEVER, COLD BLOODED MONSTER WHO DESTROYED US READERS, AND I HAVE F E E L I N G S 



ONE MORE HOLLAND APPRECIATION MOMENT BECAUSE SANCT HE FUCKING DESERVES IT
HOLLANDDDDDDD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY


S T O P F U C K I N G W I T H T H E S H I P I LAUGHED SO MUCH


OKAY I WILL STOP


anoshe yall

i legit remember arguing with my 7th grade algebra teacher bc i was done with all the work we were supposed to do during the whole month so i was reading this book while he was explaining smth on the board and i wouldn’t stop lmao

march 21st 2020 update: now he’s back and teaching me more algebra. he still remembers me as the 7th grade nerd kid who does physics. yeah. i like his class, though i don’t pay attention half the time. i also found out he’s a huge movie nerd and runs the movie club at our school. he recommends us some movies at the end of every class. it’s great.

september 22nd 2021 update!! oof 2020 me did not know what was coming in march 2020 lmao
the teacher's still teaching me math! this year he's our geometry teacher though. he probably remembers me but we're all wearing masks + i sit in the last row of seats with a bunch of tall ppl in front of me so idk if he sees me. he is still consistently recommending us great movies and tv series. my friends and I also made him watch The Promised Neverland (he enjoyed it a lot and recommended it on his instagram)!! :D

i am so shaken up after closing this book. the experience of reading this story was beyond haunting and tragic, but also somewhat so engaging that you know shit’s coming but you just can’t help but keep reading and regret it later as you lay in bed trying to sleep, not being able to put away the disturbing scenes and characters from this fucking book. it’s indescribable. yes, it’s a story about these six classic majors... and that’s really all there is. in a nutshell, I’d say it’s a book about white people’s problems written in 600 pages in absurdly dense writing. again, it’s something you’ve got to experience by yourself to understand, I guess?? but I will say, though, once you start reading, you can’t really stop. even if you do, there will always be that demoniac voice inside your head, whispering, questioning you about the six protagonists, who are all assholes, terrible people. read and watch as many reviews as you want, but you will only understand the hype around this novel once you pick it up and experience it by yourself.