crying screaming throwing up... the fact that they made us read this in school as kids & yet there wasn't a single sentence i understood all the wordscrying screaming throwing up... the fact that they made us read this in school as kids & yet there wasn't a single sentence i understood all the words from......more
**spoiler alert** i literally repressed the fact that in the epilogue (like ten years later) the boy marries the girl he treated like a sister thru th**spoiler alert** i literally repressed the fact that in the epilogue (like ten years later) the boy marries the girl he treated like a sister thru the whole book (he's 6 years older) & was SHOCKED when someone reminded me the other day
anyway who the fuck let us write books set in africa & full of the white savior bulshit ...more
this probably wouldn't interest anyone but ppl who live in the region (which i do) but i had to read this for work so here we arethis probably wouldn't interest anyone but ppl who live in the region (which i do) but i had to read this for work so here we are...more
it was an obligatory reading somewhen in middle school & it's getting 2 stars bc i was actually able to finish it. which was not the case for a lot ofit was an obligatory reading somewhen in middle school & it's getting 2 stars bc i was actually able to finish it. which was not the case for a lot of sienkiewicz's other novels. i know he was getting paid per word and i respect that! but dear god!! if i could go back in time & beat him over the head with sth heavy so he wouldn't torture us like this............more
it's been years since i read this & i'm still just as fucked up by it, i still can't forget those stories. it honestly physically hurt to read it.it's been years since i read this & i'm still just as fucked up by it, i still can't forget those stories. it honestly physically hurt to read it....more
things they didn't teach us in school: 1) wokulski is heavily depressed throughout the whole story not just the last few chapters 2) every dude is a misthings they didn't teach us in school: 1) wokulski is heavily depressed throughout the whole story not just the last few chapters 2) every dude is a misogynist 3) must have been accidental but basically everyone is Gay™...more
i remembered it funnier??? but it's just a dude making fun of & fucking w & manipulating girls & a plot that honestly makes no fucking sensei remembered it funnier??? but it's just a dude making fun of & fucking w & manipulating girls & a plot that honestly makes no fucking sense...more
the only thing i still rmbr abt this is the "ktoś mi przez ucho / do mózgu sztylet wbija... / jezus! maryja!"* line & honestly, that pretty much sums the only thing i still rmbr abt this is the "ktoś mi przez ucho / do mózgu sztylet wbija... / jezus! maryja!"* line & honestly, that pretty much sums up my reading experience of this
*"someone thru an ear / is putting a dagger into my brain... / jesus! mary!"...more
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