#gAAAAAAAAAAAH this book is just so long and its point so far seems to be less about the MCs and more about the other people
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In a way I kind of get why I abandoned reading Waiting for the Violins by Justine Saracen like a decade ago (perhaps especially because I was trying to read it through Google Books PREVIEW, LOL, and I think I reached the end of the preview/as much as I could read for free) because it is taking soOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOONG for any sort of relationship between the MCs to develop, and I'm on CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CURRENTLY (although I'm reading it via ebook, so chapters may or may not be different than the IRL book). Like, okay, yes, Antonia saw Sandrine and was like, 'OH SHIT, WHO'S THE PRETTY LADY WITH THE GREEN EYES' but Sandrine has pretty much so far only been like, 'Huh, maybe I should've had her killed' and Sandrine obviously has some emotional wall up that prevents us from truly understanding why she'd think that, BUT YEAH, LIKE THAT'S ALL THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR ABOUT THEM, AHHHHHHH.
#crystal visions of lilies in the valley#to be fair the last time they interacted (except they didn't) Antonia was totally pining for Sandrine but#gAAAAAAAAAAAH this book is just so long and its point so far seems to be less about the MCs and more about the other people#currently in their lives due to the war. like I'm sorry...I'm supposed to glean that these characters might be interested in each other#REGARDLESS of there being a war? hm...yeah...I dunno about that.#don't get me wrong; Justine Saracen is very much my favorite wlw historical fiction writer especially about WWII but#this one is REALLY about the war and less about the romance so far. which is okay because I love history and reading even#fiction based on it but as far as romance goes it is TEDIOUS :( which I did not feel#about her books 'To Sleep with Reindeer' or 'The Sniper's Kiss' (which are the only other books by her I've read so far. lol)#(but tbh I'm /actually/ waiting to read 'Dian's Ghost' which some asshole checked out immediately after my library got its ebook#and I WAS THE ONE WHO REQUESTED THEY PURCHASE IT. ;-; so I'm reading this book instead as I wait for it. sigh.)
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