#it's about the fact that alice deserved better and hepzibah's loyalty deserves recognition and phoebe might give everyone sunshine

[zukkaoru]

it's all "must a book have a plot? is it not enough to just write about vibes?" until nathaniel hawthorne writes a 300+ page novel based entirely on haunted house vibes. then it's suddenly "too long winded" and "nothing happens" and he "took 300 pages to say something that could have been said in 40"

#/hj #is this the best novel i've ever read? absolutely not oh my god he goes on and on about philosophy and his paragraphs are SO LONG #but listen. it's about the vibes. it's about the haunted house. it's about the generational curse and is it actually a curse? who knows! #it's about the mystery of whether or not something supernatural is happening or if everything has an explanation #it's about the cyclical tragedy and characters both doomed by the narrative and haunting the narrative #it's about how dwelling forever on what could have been will prevent you from moving forward #it's about how you shouldn't judge someone based on appearance #it's about how the end of your life is only the beginning of your legacy and YOU get to decide if you will be simply repeating the actions #of your ancestors. or if you are going to be the one who finally breaks the chain and says NO. this is wrong and i won't stand for it #it's about choosing which family you hold onto and which family you distance yourself from #it's about the fact that alice deserved better and hepzibah's loyalty deserves recognition and phoebe might give everyone sunshine #but she should learn to keep some of it for herself too #it's about the fact that hawthorne takes 300 pages to say: #our property and every physical thing we have in this life will not follow us and we should not live our lives according to the whims dead #men left in their wake. but it does no one any good if we erase the past entirely #you just have to be willing to see it #SORRY APPARENTLY I HAVE. A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS BOOK LOL #hello grace here