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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The audiobooks gave a real sense of loneliness and not fitting in/trying to find a place.

I loved them but probably will never revisit them.

Was reading the text like that too? I ask because I rarely read actual novels anymore and wonder how much the narration colored it for me.

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  • That's a pretty apt description, I'd say! Getting everything you ever wanted and still feeling like you don't belong and cannot be happy.

    IDK if you've seen the show, but if not: that's definitely still a big theme there, but while it is never dropped completely, it is alleviated somewhat because the characters grow closer as a group than they did in the books. Can highly recommend both.

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