THIS WAS SO GOOD OH MY GOSH PLEASE READ IT HERE ARE MY FAVORITE QUOTES:
“‘Jamie, football players can be gay and drama kids can be straight. Don’t be thTHIS WAS SO GOOD OH MY GOSH PLEASE READ IT HERE ARE MY FAVORITE QUOTES:
“‘Jamie, football players can be gay and drama kids can be straight. Don’t be that straight white guy who sticks his foot in his mouth,’ I say. ‘Besides, Scotty could be bi.’” -page 28
“They ask me ‘What are you?’ And I want to be sarcastic and tell them human, but I don’t. I tell them I’m Italian and Nigerian. They raise their eyebrows at the Italian part, like they are surprised whiteness can produce me. Some days, it really bothers me. And other days, it doesn’t.” -page 130
“‘But racism isn’t just about that—it’s not about being nice or mean. Or good versus bad. It’s bigger than that. We’re all in this bubble being affected by the past. The moment they decided they got to be white and have all the power and we got to be Black and at the bottom, everything changed.’” -page 166
“‘We’ve all had fucking hard lives—doesn’t mean I’m gonna be an asshole about it.’” -page 176
“Growing up, I realized quite quickly that people hate be called racist more than they hate racism itself.” -page 239
“From watching TV and reading books, I always got the idea that a girl liking someone who isn’t a guy is meant to be a big deal and that there should be this pressing self-hate that comes with it.” -page 244
“I can’t imagine what life would have been like for them, having protesters outside their schools every day, parents complaining about their existence there. Like they were these dangerous criminals just because their skin was brown and not cream.” -page 294
“I can ‘fix’ the kinks in my hair, but not the kinks in this whole system that hates me and Devon and everyone who looks like us.” -page 315
“I hate that those systems, all this institutional shit, can get me. I hate how they have the power to kill my future, kill me. They treat my Black skin like a gun or a grenade or a knife that is dangerous and lethal, when really it is them.” -page 346
“Sometimes he’d pause the game and we’d forget about the world and the unspoken rules about boys not being allowed to talk about things that bother us or hug each other, and he’d rest his head on my shoulder and cry.” -page 359
**spoiler alert** i’ll let you know that i have been sobbing for the last 20 minutes and i’ll probably do it more for the next 3 hours or so. I’m not **spoiler alert** i’ll let you know that i have been sobbing for the last 20 minutes and i’ll probably do it more for the next 3 hours or so. I’m not ok....more
this was completely unexpected but this book emotionally destroyed me. also not gonna lie, I’m really sad that my goodreads friends didn’t like this bthis was completely unexpected but this book emotionally destroyed me. also not gonna lie, I’m really sad that my goodreads friends didn’t like this book :(:(...more
holy shit. oh my god. it was good but like oh my god. also i loved how at least 4 times, the author ended the chapter with something that included the holy shit. oh my god. it was good but like oh my god. also i loved how at least 4 times, the author ended the chapter with something that included the word fucking and burn. like “And maybe, just maybe, he’d come back one day, and burn that fucking palace to the ground.” or “Are you kidding? We burned that place to the fucking ground.” *chef’s kiss* ...more
**spoiler alert** So, I’m a person that as soon as they find a book they want to read, I go onto the fandom pages of the series and find out who ends **spoiler alert** So, I’m a person that as soon as they find a book they want to read, I go onto the fandom pages of the series and find out who ends up with who, who dies, etc. so I knew that Livvy was going to die. I promised to my self ‘I will not get attached, I will not get attached’ long story short... that did not happen. So there I was sobbing at 1 in the morning trying to not wake my parents up. This book hit me so much that I cried harder than when I read Divergent and The Fault in our Stars. That. Much. The characters were beautifully presented and the plot was beyond compelling. I highly recommend....more
how did goodreads mark this as romance??? they kiss once and then agree to do it never again. i know that at the very end of the series, they sort of how did goodreads mark this as romance??? they kiss once and then agree to do it never again. i know that at the very end of the series, they sort of have a relationship but the series is NOT focused on that at all.
edit sort of: i’ve been looking at pinterest stuff from this series and I’m fucking sobbing...more
whenever i think of this series, especially the last book i always feel so sad. It's not like i didn't like it but it was just so sad. The movie also whenever i think of this series, especially the last book i always feel so sad. It's not like i didn't like it but it was just so sad. The movie also made it a lot sadder, because i actually saw it happen....more
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