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I like how this novel is immersive in Barry’s home culture while still being awfully British.
#367britlit #mrloverman
#367britlit #mrloverman
April 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I like how this novel is immersive in Barry’s home culture while still being awfully British.
#367britlit #mrloverman
#367britlit #mrloverman
The narration switch in Chapter 2 shows how Barry wasn’t a good pretender, and his hidden homosexuality was always a thorn in their marriage.
#367britlit #mrloverman
#367britlit #mrloverman
April 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The narration switch in Chapter 2 shows how Barry wasn’t a good pretender, and his hidden homosexuality was always a thorn in their marriage.
#367britlit #mrloverman
#367britlit #mrloverman
MT: The character Milkman represents how non-physical violence is just as destructive as any other form of violence. The entire community was affected and disheveled by one man, yet they never realized or even ignored his part in it.
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
MT: The character Milkman represents how non-physical violence is just as destructive as any other form of violence. The entire community was affected and disheveled by one man, yet they never realized or even ignored his part in it.
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
“As for her shininess, I now had my own confirmation that it was damaged, patchy, hardly to be discernible.”
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
March 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“As for her shininess, I now had my own confirmation that it was damaged, patchy, hardly to be discernible.”
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
MT: Middle sister distances herself from everything and values her silence because she desperately seeks a fantasy life where every decision doesn’t put her life at risk.
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
March 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MT: Middle sister distances herself from everything and values her silence because she desperately seeks a fantasy life where every decision doesn’t put her life at risk.
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
“Gloriously I felt a comfort go through me, a sense of solace descend on me, all because she’d paused in her admonition to consider I might be telling the truth.”
This book is getting quite sad. I’m enjoying it.
#367britlit #milkman
This book is getting quite sad. I’m enjoying it.
#367britlit #milkman
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“Gloriously I felt a comfort go through me, a sense of solace descend on me, all because she’d paused in her admonition to consider I might be telling the truth.”
This book is getting quite sad. I’m enjoying it.
#367britlit #milkman
This book is getting quite sad. I’m enjoying it.
#367britlit #milkman
"It came that I couldn't anymore relax and feel myself in flow, couldn't breathe properly, whereas before, the act of running brought breath through me, kept me in touch, filled me up."
Milkman has sucked away the little joy middle sister had without "doing" anything.
#367britlit #milkman
Milkman has sucked away the little joy middle sister had without "doing" anything.
#367britlit #milkman
March 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"It came that I couldn't anymore relax and feel myself in flow, couldn't breathe properly, whereas before, the act of running brought breath through me, kept me in touch, filled me up."
Milkman has sucked away the little joy middle sister had without "doing" anything.
#367britlit #milkman
Milkman has sucked away the little joy middle sister had without "doing" anything.
#367britlit #milkman
MT - The narrative style of following the narrator’s thoughts and jumping to different topics allows the reader to learn about the political scene while staying in the narrator’s small world. It helps you step into the narrator’s mind and learn everything she does.
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
March 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
MT - The narrative style of following the narrator’s thoughts and jumping to different topics allows the reader to learn about the political scene while staying in the narrator’s small world. It helps you step into the narrator’s mind and learn everything she does.
#367britlit #milkman
#367britlit #milkman
“I didn’t know whose milkman he was. He wasn’t our milkman. I don’t think he was anybody’s…There was no milk about him.”
Then why on earth is he “the milkman”?
#367britlit #themilkman
Then why on earth is he “the milkman”?
#367britlit #themilkman
March 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“I didn’t know whose milkman he was. He wasn’t our milkman. I don’t think he was anybody’s…There was no milk about him.”
Then why on earth is he “the milkman”?
#367britlit #themilkman
Then why on earth is he “the milkman”?
#367britlit #themilkman
Honestly, the whole time I was reading this, I was wondering how many cops have Stephen King on their watchlist.
#pillowman #367britlit
#pillowman #367britlit
February 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Honestly, the whole time I was reading this, I was wondering how many cops have Stephen King on their watchlist.
#pillowman #367britlit
#pillowman #367britlit
MT: Atonement is a cautionary tale of having too much confidence in your creative ability, and seeking the literary world for the wrong reasons.
#367britlit #atonement
#367britlit #atonement
February 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
MT: Atonement is a cautionary tale of having too much confidence in your creative ability, and seeking the literary world for the wrong reasons.
#367britlit #atonement
#367britlit #atonement
Fun fact: I hate romance novels unless at least one of them dies. So the ending was chief’s kiss.
#atonement #367britlit
#atonement #367britlit
February 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Fun fact: I hate romance novels unless at least one of them dies. So the ending was chief’s kiss.
#atonement #367britlit
#atonement #367britlit
“How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also god?”
#367britlit #atonement
#367britlit #atonement
February 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also god?”
#367britlit #atonement
#367britlit #atonement
“The journal preserved her dignity…And at a time when she was cut off from everything she knew — family, home, friends — writing was the thread of continuity.”
Briony was a lot more relatable in this section of the book.
#367britlit #atonement
Briony was a lot more relatable in this section of the book.
#367britlit #atonement
February 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“The journal preserved her dignity…And at a time when she was cut off from everything she knew — family, home, friends — writing was the thread of continuity.”
Briony was a lot more relatable in this section of the book.
#367britlit #atonement
Briony was a lot more relatable in this section of the book.
#367britlit #atonement
If someone sent me a short story of 103 pages, I don’t think I could give them the courtesy of reading it. #atonement #367britlit
February 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If someone sent me a short story of 103 pages, I don’t think I could give them the courtesy of reading it. #atonement #367britlit
MT: The multiple perspectives offered in Atonement allows the reader to understand all aspects of the story with less bias than the normal way of narration.
#367britlit
#367britlit
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
MT: The multiple perspectives offered in Atonement allows the reader to understand all aspects of the story with less bias than the normal way of narration.
#367britlit
#367britlit
“He had been diagnosed, with clinical precision, as morbidly over-sexed, and in need of help as well as correction.”
It shouldn’t have, but this made me giggle.
#atonement #367britlit
It shouldn’t have, but this made me giggle.
#atonement #367britlit
February 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“He had been diagnosed, with clinical precision, as morbidly over-sexed, and in need of help as well as correction.”
It shouldn’t have, but this made me giggle.
#atonement #367britlit
It shouldn’t have, but this made me giggle.
#atonement #367britlit
"But there would be time, for this tragedy was bound to bring them closer."
I reckon if the title of this book means anything, then the exact opposite might happen.
#atonement #367britlit
I reckon if the title of this book means anything, then the exact opposite might happen.
#atonement #367britlit
February 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"But there would be time, for this tragedy was bound to bring them closer."
I reckon if the title of this book means anything, then the exact opposite might happen.
#atonement #367britlit
I reckon if the title of this book means anything, then the exact opposite might happen.
#atonement #367britlit
"No one knew about the squirrel's skull beneath her bed, but no one wanted to know."
#atonement #367britlit
#atonement #367britlit
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February 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"No one knew about the squirrel's skull beneath her bed, but no one wanted to know."
#atonement #367britlit
#atonement #367britlit
“These moments hit me when I’m least expecting it, when I’m driving with something else entirely in my mind. So maybe at some level, I am on the lookout for Hailsham.”
It’s ironic how Kathy was the first to leave and the last to die. #367britlit
It’s ironic how Kathy was the first to leave and the last to die. #367britlit
January 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“These moments hit me when I’m least expecting it, when I’m driving with something else entirely in my mind. So maybe at some level, I am on the lookout for Hailsham.”
It’s ironic how Kathy was the first to leave and the last to die. #367britlit
It’s ironic how Kathy was the first to leave and the last to die. #367britlit
MT: Ruth treated people the way she did because it gave her a sense of purpose. Since she had no control over her future, she could control her present and everyone around her. It was a desperate reaction to her own misery.
#367britlit
#367britlit
January 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
MT: Ruth treated people the way she did because it gave her a sense of purpose. Since she had no control over her future, she could control her present and everyone around her. It was a desperate reaction to her own misery.
#367britlit
#367britlit
When looking at the past, Kathy’s narration seems to be bracing herself before every memory, over explaining and repeating a lot. It feels like a bit more than memory lane. Is this for her benefit or for the audience? #367britlit
January 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When looking at the past, Kathy’s narration seems to be bracing herself before every memory, over explaining and repeating a lot. It feels like a bit more than memory lane. Is this for her benefit or for the audience? #367britlit
MT: Miss Lucy feels guilty or at least at odds with the fact that the kids do not get to be normal. I think it may be because they are created simply to be used for whatever purpose.
#367britlit
#367britlit
January 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
MT: Miss Lucy feels guilty or at least at odds with the fact that the kids do not get to be normal. I think it may be because they are created simply to be used for whatever purpose.
#367britlit
#367britlit
How does one share that they are a clone so nonchalantly? #367britlit
January 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
How does one share that they are a clone so nonchalantly? #367britlit
“What made the track so special for me was this one particular song”
My favorite thing in the world is when an author uses the title of the book within the work. It’s a lovely Easter egg I always search for, and it usually adds to the meaning.
#367britlit
My favorite thing in the world is when an author uses the title of the book within the work. It’s a lovely Easter egg I always search for, and it usually adds to the meaning.
#367britlit
January 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“What made the track so special for me was this one particular song”
My favorite thing in the world is when an author uses the title of the book within the work. It’s a lovely Easter egg I always search for, and it usually adds to the meaning.
#367britlit
My favorite thing in the world is when an author uses the title of the book within the work. It’s a lovely Easter egg I always search for, and it usually adds to the meaning.
#367britlit