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The Other Hand
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4.5⭐️ yes, I know the account of the Nigerian oil war as portrayed in this story is not perfectly accurate. I still love the story so much, it physically hurts my heart 😩😩💗
It's wickedly funny. Little bee, little bee, my heart. I want to give spoilers soooo bad but the writer asked nicely to not do that. I love that it's been 10 years and I still love it just as much as I did the first time. 🐝🐝🐝
my favorite quotes:
♡ "I was thinking, do these scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'."
♡ "Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, the storyteller is alive. The next thing you know, something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn round and smile."
♡ "This is always my trouble when I was learning to speak your language. Every word can defend itself. Just when you go to grab it, it can split into two separate meanings so the understanding closes on empty air. You are like sorcerers and you have made your language as safe as your money."
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When I was 16 I read this book. I don't remember all the details but I remember the urge I felt to tell all my friends to read it immediately and how the book was so good it was painful, so I read it twice. 😭
It's time for my first reread of the year because I'm nothing if not a nostalgic little thing and masochist at heart.
It's wickedly funny. Little bee, little bee, my heart. I want to give spoilers soooo bad but the writer asked nicely to not do that. I love that it's been 10 years and I still love it just as much as I did the first time. 🐝🐝🐝
my favorite quotes:
♡ "I was thinking, do these scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'."
♡ "Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, the storyteller is alive. The next thing you know, something fine will happen to her, something marvelous, and then she will turn round and smile."
♡ "This is always my trouble when I was learning to speak your language. Every word can defend itself. Just when you go to grab it, it can split into two separate meanings so the understanding closes on empty air. You are like sorcerers and you have made your language as safe as your money."
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When I was 16 I read this book. I don't remember all the details but I remember the urge I felt to tell all my friends to read it immediately and how the book was so good it was painful, so I read it twice. 😭
It's time for my first reread of the year because I'm nothing if not a nostalgic little thing and masochist at heart.
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rated it 4 stars
Oct 19, 2023 12:54AM
This book made me cry and cry so I probably won't read it again. Excellent review.
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~☆~Autumn♥♥☔☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ wrote: "This book made me cry and cry so I probably won't read it again. Excellent review."haha thanks b 💓 that was why I read it again 🤭
