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my-nips-hurt OP t1_j1y7km2 wrote

I think your stance is more common than you might think? There have been a couple of comments that reflect this and I don’t disagree with it. For me, the lightweight relationship is both a pro and a con. It’s a con because, like, yes, I want to see this fleshed out. I want to emotional intimacy and struggle, not the boy crush and shallow views for a couple who literally grew up together. But I also like that it was very surfaced because I wanted a good story and a moderately happy ending. I wanted something lightweight and easy to read and digest, an escape, a book where there’s a bit of “magic.” I like the heavy hitters, I do, but at this point in time, I really just wanted a book that pulled on my heart strings in all the right ways without dragging me down too much. I’m not saying it couldn’t have been pulled with a deeper insight to the two, because your point is really valid, but I don’t know, I think I wanted it and so I didn’t mind putting away some qualms.

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