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Gone Girl

I'm ridiculously behind and everyone has probably already read it. But I finished Gone Girl a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it. The suspense, dual unreliable narrators, and strange intimacy you sense between them...phenomenal. You start by thinking Nick (the husband) doesn't know his wife at all and that he has just projected all his self-loathing onto her. Then you realize he wasn't entirely wrong and you didn't know Amy either. You don't know them but you do. They don't know each other but they do they do they do. The titular theme that you can never really know someone (yet you also can) summarized in these lines from the first page: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have ... What have we done to each other? What will we do? *funny note 1: this was my 3rd attempt at reading Gone Girl over the past 4 years. every time i tried to read it i could never get to Amy's part because i just haaaaatedddd Nick so much i couldn't bear to be in his head any longer. *funny note 2: my boyfriend was extra cautious around me and even a little anxious while i was reading LMAO *sidenote: the movie was fine. i thought the pacing was a little fast, but understandable. what i didn't like was you didn't see any of Nick's internal monologue, so he just seems like a regular bum kind of a dick. when really he's like a huge piece of shit.

@katialisa

Jan 26, 2024

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WTF DID I JUST READ ?

I finished my third book for this year. It was “The silent patient”. When i tell you i screamed “ WHAT THE FUCK “ once i read the plot at the END! i still have many unanswered questions because it felt incomplete but the manipulation was REAL !

@la9atate

Mar 7, 2025

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GOOD GIRL, BAD BLOOD BY HOLLY JACKSON

popcorn gives good girl, bad blood by holly jackson three stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ this book is the second in the good girl’s guide to murder series and follows our main character pip as she investigates her friend’s brother’s disappearance. this book was very slow in popcorn’s opinion. this makes it more realistic - of course a high schooler trying to solve a mystery would need to take a break to go to school - but it was a slog until the 70% mark. the characters with the exception of ravi weren’t as enjoyable in this book either. the overall mystery was not as compelling as the first book and there were so many characters to keep track of that even when the bad guys were revealed, popcorn wasn’t as shocked because he simply couldn’t remember who they were. anyway follow for more recommendations by popcorn.

@lindsey

May 23, 2025

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Desktop visual on my phone - Windows 95

I can’t find the Creator and i am mad about it because i wanna credit the one who made sure to put this for free. I’ve found this website RetroPrint where they show the details of how you can make a Windows 95 customised theme on your phone (with over 800 icons app to choose from 27 of them are already made for the modern apps like netflix twitter etc - some graphics for the widgets too And 3 sounds.)

@la9atate

Jan 30, 2025

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“Bed rotting” privilege

The fact that i can stay in bed warm with my phone or laptop and music in the background as i watch my favourite movies/series/youtube vids with a warm tea is simple enough to make me grateful for wherever i am today. Worrying about what I should wear to work is a beautiful thing because it’s a privilege that sadly some people can’t afford :( Complaining about to cook is a beautiful thing because someone somewhere sadly can’t even afford/have access to a simple bread piece. Literally feeling the warmth of the sun while standing waiting for the bus is a beautiful thing to cherish and be grateful for.

@la9atate

Jan 11, 2025

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Scanned dots

If there is one style that literally calms me is stippling. The endless dots, the slow process, the nuance effect, the final results. I just love it and appreciate it even more when i spend hours/days to finish one.

@la9atate

Jan 13, 2025