I did start this last month, but the holidays interrupted. Once I got back into it, I just really wanted to see how this book ended. I got excited at 100 pages to go. Then I had 80 pages left, then 60. It felt like I wasn’t ever going to get through.
The action is pretty captivating, but I kept getting interrupted by my kids (mostly my youngest who is struggling for attention because her preteen siblings are entering the self-involved stage of development and prefer to be left alone). I’m so gripped by the story and my munchkin wanted to read to me the story she’s writing. Of course I had to listen.
Then she held a memorial service for her dead clay cat that she made at the Crayola Experience in New Jersey (it was a nightmare, apparently. Very expensive and chaotic excursion with the grandparents). It broke and got squished and so she created a casket with a shoe box, set up chairs, and had us all say a few words about Citty (pronounced kitty).
After that, I finally had some time to really focus on this book. It’s the kind of ending I race through because I need to know. The kind of ending I can’t drag out because of the itch in my brain. Having watched the series, I was anxious to find out how the first book wrapped up compared to the show.
Now it’s done and I’ve already begun my Heartstopper reread. I’m excited to revisit this story and add two more books to the mix.
The Accidental Domestic Goddess 