Just the regular Trade edition, though I went through the site/Paypal way back, not the more recent Deep Vellum I don't believe

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Deep Vellum, right? I'm in the same boat. What edition did you order?

Lmao this makes me want to read it now. Just how bad is it? Although I can't stand bj scenes in books.

lol, but I'm already in college!

I'll be sure to try this! Thank you so much :)

I was SO SURPRISED that I liked the movie mode especially because it ends on a happier tone which I usually don’t like!

looking back, some of the books I read that I was doing so with a purpose are the ones I remember the most. I read a book a few years ago for a school project and I still remember almost everything that happened in it. ill definitely try to read with intent more. thank you so much for the advice!

Take notes. After every chapter write a little summary, like 1-2 sentences (longer if chapters are large). The process will force you to do some recall which seems to make things sick in memory better

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Your brain is telling you that it's probably a waste of space and time being able to recall what is ultimately meaningless and trivial information. Maybe go back to school or College if you feel the need to remember things. :)

Your brain encodes information into long term memory if it thinks the information will be of use later. This process is largely subconscious. So, try doing it the manual way by reading with purpose and intent to do something, anything, with the information you’re taking in. See if that helps.

I just finished it and it's awful.

>!Why on Earth would Eunice go to all that trouble, pulling a dozen things out of her ass at a time, to ensure the safety of Verity, who never did anything or amounted to anything? She had no real personality, and half of her lines were repeating what the previous person said to her as a question.!<

>!I sincerely doubt that the Server, whatever it is, can ensure a steady enough bandwidth between two stubs that Connor, who apparently has nothing but time on his hands, can pilot drones inside of buildings with no latency.!<

>!Nothing at all happens in the book. What's the whole Qamishli thing? Don't ask me, I only read the thing. Don't ask Gibson, because he doesn't know either.!<

>!They mention that the future is kinda barely holding on, thanks to the improbable shards and the unobtainium assemblers which can do just anything instantly. That is belied by the fact that the future is positively filled with whimsical, extravagant nonsense. A cosplay part of town? Why not? Hey, I'm gonna cloak my car that moves in any direction soundlessly, all day, for the fuck of it, because energy is apparently free and limitless. Hey I'm gonna go meet this guy I need to talk to. Should I meet him at a cafe, or should I go to a repurposed, neolithic-themed sex club that serves breakfast all day? And Ainsley is apparently omniscient, because she knows everything that gets spoken aloud in at least the city of London, if not the world.!<

>!Every fucking thing is simultaneously overwrought and vacuous. None of the characters have much of a personality. The good guys are 100% good as gumdrops, and the bad guys, well I'm sure they're bad for entirely unspecified reasons.!<

>!And the whole Hillary Clinton <wink, wink> angle was an eye-roller.!<

now it sounds like i hate it but i don’t i just didn’t enjoy it like others and if you loved it good on you just voicing my opinion

I read The Nightingale in 2020 and just read The Great Alone a few months ago. Based on these two books, I get the sense that Kristin Hannah likes to throw unintentional pregnancies into the mix to really shake things up.

Hemingway uses famously simple language. I’d say he’s a great place to start

The last page of the book is the most beautiful to me, I loved this book.

This book is well-known for relying on cliches and melodrama.

Number one is don't feel bad about reading next to your computer and googling words you don't get. Number two is that you have to build up again, and it's perfectly fine to start with something easier and (more importantly) shorter. Length kills stories more than anything else, in my opinion.

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The Great Alone is my absolute favorite Kristin Hannah book.

I totally get your point on the Nightingale, especially Sophie ending kills me.

There are no short cuts. It’s just reading which is a really basic activity and Hemingway is a really simple author to read. Just continue and you’ll get used to it.

I watched the film after reading the book and loved it.

Just read this one a few days ago, was pleasantly surprised! Really quick read but such a gem of a book, lovely from start to end. I was sad to later find out that 84, Charing Cross Road is currently a McDonalds, but alas, thus is life i guess.

>one of the worlds wealthiest families worth tens upon tens of billions

For hundreds of years. They're PR team work hard.