Tumgik
About
Privacy Policy
Removal Request
Visit Blog
Explore Tumblr blogs with no restrictions, modern design and the best experience.
Fun Fact
Total funding amounts to $125.3M.
#a commitment to provide safety and stability when there's nowhere else to go
fictionadventurer
·
3 months
Text
"If the structure of your world ever evaporates, I will still be here."
I think The Q might contain one of the greatest declarations of friendship/love ever.
#books
#the q
#beth brower
#this seems clunkier out of context but trust me in context it's very moving
#they're discussing how quincy's entire world is wrapped up in work
#so even if she likes the people there if the business somehow disappeared she probably wouldn't see them again
#because they all have other family/friends to go to and she doesn't really have any
#leading to this promise
#and let me tell you it's just about enough to make me believe in found family
#because this works as a romantic or platonic declaration
#it's a promise
#a commitment to provide safety and stability when there's nowhere else to go
#and i love it
#this book is so odd because i liked it quite a bit last year
#then rereading i was at first like 'why did i like this at all?'
#there's no scene-setting or character description it's just kind of stuff there
#but then the relationship starts to develop and i am SO invested
#under normal rules it shouldn't take 100 pages for the story to get good but in this case it's worth it
#it's such an odd structure
#each chapter is almost like its own little short story
#or a character sketch
#almost like the character have stopped to discuss their own character worksheet
#but in context it somehow works
#and it drives home how much traditional publishing and writing rules stifle creativity
#because your average editor would look at this and try to smooth it over
#make it all into one flowing narrative
#and it would lose so much of what makes it unique and compelling
#following the rules of 'good writing' robs you of all the stories that don't follow those rules
#there is so much scope outside of the one 'best practice' that is currently in fashion
#and those stories need to get told too!
19 notes
·
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
brainandmindwellnessclinic-blog
Brain and Mind Wellness Clinic
claireverbeck
Claire Verbeck
unsurprisinglyren
Escaping Reality For A While
valiantpeanutparadise
💡
d-7cnsll
Felixito