ladybug
“I am not afraid of the nuns anymore, I have been in Eden all summer long, I know divinity better than they ever will.”
I knew when I read this quote a few pages in that this will be a crazy book:
“I think, I would be the microbes in the beef that her body seeks and destroys if it meant she would be paying me even the slightest bit of attention. The warmth and the wet of her mouth.”
Lucy grew up in a small, religious town in Ireland. Her community and family are all she’s ever known. I was frustrated while reading the book, angry at Lucy for being unable to stand up for the woman she loved but also pitied her deeply for her circumstances. I think it’s easy to criticise her for her lack of agency but it’s also a realistic depiction of what happens to the majority of queer people in the past, often forced to blend in and mask forever.
The book sometimes gets a bit slow but the writing style was beautiful. Reading the book gave me a kind of sad, suffocating feeling. It also reminded me of what it was to be young and scared and having a big crush on your best friend. LGBTQ+ canon event I guess.
“I am not afraid of the nuns anymore, I have been in Eden all summer long, I know divinity better than they ever will.”
I knew when I read this quote a few pages in that this will be a crazy book:
“I think, I would be the microbes in the beef that her body seeks and destroys if it meant she would be paying me even the slightest bit of attention. The warmth and the wet of her mouth.”
Lucy grew up in a small, religious town in Ireland. Her community and family are all she’s ever known. I was frustrated while reading the book, angry at Lucy for being unable to stand up for the woman she loved but also pitied her deeply for her circumstances. I think it’s easy to criticise her for her lack of agency but it’s also a realistic depiction of what happens to the majority of queer people in the past, often forced to blend in and mask forever.
The book sometimes gets a bit slow but the writing style was beautiful. Reading the book gave me a kind of sad, suffocating feeling. It also reminded me of what it was to be young and scared and having a big crush on your best friend. LGBTQ+ canon event I guess.