emily's Reviews > Our Dark Duet

fun fact: victoria schwab herself liked my pre-review, which looked somewhat like this:

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see you in hell, victoria

honestly i'm mainly mad at myself for not being prepared for the abysmal pain and endless suffering schwab's books tend to bring upon me, like @ past me why you always do this to yourself??? STAY WOKE BITCH

[something about me crying into my pillow]

satan is a woman and her name is victoria schwab

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so basically the ONE TIME my favorite author notices me is when i tell her to burn in hell :) so that's a perfect metaphor for my life.

but also i'm glad that this is my legacy now, thanks @ vicky for dropping the Like, if you ever need someone to proofread your work or something, you know, pal, that's what friends are for ;) love you

now, to get to the actual cause of my tragic early death, our dark duet:

i'm not going to spoil anything or talk about the plot because honestly i just don't want to suffer any longer, i'm ready to supress the entirety of this book like i supress most things in my life that cause me pain, i just shove it into that deep dark corner of my brain and then five years later accidentally open that forbidden door of my mind palace and cry at 3 am because spoiler spoiler spoiler and AQFJ@!%F&"$! you, schwab, for RUINING MY FS!&%$§ LIFE

it's just not fair because I'M the one that has to pay for the therapy sessions and i'm broke enough already because i buy every victoria schwab book i can find and then have to go to therapy again once i finished reading them and it's an endless cycle of pain and bankruptcy someone save me from this hell [high-pitched screaming]

// at this point, shoutout to my br partner may (my actual therapist), who supported me through this dark time

characters:

self care is not getting attached to any character in a schwab book, it's a universal understanding, a fact, an instinct you're born with, except that this is me every single time:

me: hey let's not get attached to any of these characters ok
me @ me, three secs later: i think the fuck not you trick ass bitch

i love most of these characters with all of my goddamn black sinner heart and i fully accept the fact that i'm a garbage person for always falling for the same old scheme, but i can't HELP IT.

the characters that schwab creates are so complex and distinct and likeable and alive, you can't even stop yourself from falling in love with a fucking cat, like, give me a break, i'm trying to hate on every single thing in my life, i don't want these..... feelings. [every time august flynn walked into the room i felt an emotion that can only be described as the equivalent to smelling freshly picked flowers, my heart is so full of love for my emo son]

final thoughts:

just accept the fact that you sign up for pain and suffering every time you buy a book by victoria schwab. reading schwab books equals signing a contract with the devil and honestly??? selling my soul was worth it. 10/10 would do it again

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