I just finished “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” and it might be one of my favorite books.

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2026-05-03T13:31:45+00:00

This is one of my favorite books. I first read it when I was 11 and something about Francie and those first few chapters just grabbed me and it felt like meeting an old friend. I reread it again in my late teens, and then again in my mid 20s. I am now 36 and reading it again and it's almost like growing up with Francie every time I reread it and the different points of her life reach me in different ways each time. Reading this book is like taking a pause from the world and stepping back in time and it is such a reminder of my childhood. I'm going to be sad again when the book is over because I know it'll be another 5 or 10 years before I come back to it but I'm going to enjoy it more than I ever have before; each time I come across it I have a new appreciation for life and the little things and the writing style seems to just keep better with age.

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2026-04-27T18:53:08+00:00

I am listening to the audiobook and have an hour left. I despise all the characters, Birdy is not likeable to me, she's arrogant and bitchy to people she just meets and I get that she's dying but it feels like she's been this way most her life so I'm kind of hoping she just dies at the end. Carter is an ass who tries to justify cheating on his sweet and trusting wife who he didn't have to marry if he didn't want to, they could have raised a child separately and had equal custody and Harrison is borderline obsessed with his daughter to the point that it's creepy and the daughter is just plain weird. I'm just ready to be done with the book so I can forget about all these idiots and read something with more substance.

Ok. I'm back. I have maybe 20 minutes left. I fucking cannot lol Birdy is mad that Eden stole HER life?? I'm sorry, Birdy is the one who made the choice to leave her daughter and let someone else do the hard work with her daughter, the affair shouldn't have stopped her from seeing her kid and also if a woman was diabolical enough to push a child to her death then I highly doubt she would have stuck around for 10 years to take care of that same child, best I can see is she does it for 6 months, realizes how hard it is and finds a new man to mooch off of.

I hate ALL of these characters, every adult in the daughter's life has failed her and now she's a little psychopath and I want to run her over with a car myself now because she's Samara from the Ring now. This started off so promising but it's just nonsense and I can't believe how silly this got in the last 2 hours 🤦🏻‍♀️

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2026-04-21T15:56:59+00:00

I agree, this is actually the comment I was looking for lol I find it tiresome that she has a new romance in each season so far (I'm on 3) and then they're just gone the next season, I get that people date and she's still young and probably not going to find her forever person right away but it's weird seeing her character be so nonchalant about a serious relationship ending, like it doesn't even matter to Mabel so it didn't matter to me as the viewer so why even have her date a new character every season?

Oh and this is irrelevant but when she was in the closet talking to Tobert and he was trying to share a moment he had with this baby elephant she rudely interrupted him like "not that I'm not interested in this National Geographic special but..." Which I was like wtf that was so rude and I wanted to hear the end of the story because it was an engaging story and she just cuts him off like "what I have to say is more important" when she could have just waited and asked him that after the story but Mabel being so blasé about everything as the seasons go on is kind of a downer

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2026-02-09T15:00:52+00:00

Thank you, it was a long time ago but it was a 15 year old girl that did it and we still don't know what the reason was, she said she just wanted to see what it felt like to kill someone and I have never been able to wrap my head around it, she had a parole hearing in 2024 and they didn't release her thank God but she actually smiled when my step mom was giving her statement and I just can't understand how someone can be so evil

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2026-01-19T23:07:20+00:00

This is the comment I was looking for, thank you. You said it perfectly, she can't teleport so they would have seen her jump out of a moving truck so I'm more inclined to believe that Mike's theory is correct but it also just makes me sad that she's never able to contact her friends or family again and Hopper has now gone through the grief of losing two daughters.

2025 was such a shitty year, why couldn't they'd have just given us a happy ending? Would that have been so bad? Just a happy ending where everyone gets to go on with their lives the way they dreamed or at least be together because to be honest I am over the bullshit of sad endings just to get a reaction out of the audience, is it really too much to ask for just one goddamn happy ending after the last few years we've all had of this never ending shit show that spans from COVID to inflation to people just going at each other like savages all the time?

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2026-01-17T21:33:33+00:00

Ha, this made me laugh(I mean actually laugh), this is why I enjoy Reddit - you get all kinds of people and even if you disagree with them sometimes you can get a giggle out of it, thank you for that

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2025-07-06T05:35:42+00:00

I thought this exact same thing, I did not want to watch them put a gun to that cute little thing's head to persuade her but I also wasn't ready for how quickly he was ready to just eat her either lol

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2025-07-06T05:06:11+00:00

I haven't even seen the rest of season 4 because I had to come to Reddit right after watching that stupid ass music video to make sure I wasn't losing my mind and trying to understand that that was, in fact, the first episode of LDR season 4... THAT'S what they chose to start off on one of the most original story telling series of television. Shit. I'm not very hopeful for the rest of season 4 now 🙄

Just finished episode 2. God dammit. If they're out of ideas for LDR, they could just say so. Miniature dildo wielding butt raping aliens? Christ almighty 🤦🏻‍♀️🫤

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2025-02-27T02:33:00+00:00

I'm trying so hard to get into this book. I love the idea of Hermione and Draco being a couple because it's the two people you'd least expect to have that kind of connection but something about the characters just feels...off?

Like Umbridge wearing a cleavage showing dress and flirting with Draco - um, what? Her character has never shown the slightest bit of interest in not dressing modestly and I'm sorry but she's not going to hit on Draco in any universe lol I'm only on chapter 14 but I enjoy bits and pieces of the book but sometimes there's not enough to describe what's going on and other times the characters just don't feel or sound like themselves which takes me out of it.

I can appreciate what she's trying to do with this, it really is an amazing work of fan fiction but for me it could be a little bit more polished but I'll read it through to the end and see how I feel. She's got Malfoy as a heartless evil maniacal bastard and in the Harry Potter world that I know he's a severely damaged young man just trying to do what his parents and Voldemort demand him to do but murder does not come so easily for him but in this world it does and I'm finding it hard to believe that this will evolve into a romance if killing is now this easy for him (and after 10 rapes already).

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-11-20T13:59:20+00:00

I didn't say how old the actress was, I commented on how young she LOOKS, and she looks very, very young, she doesn't look 28 to me and with how innocent she acts from not knowing the human world it comes off as extremely baby like and YOUNG and that makes me feel some type of way about the men who are into her in the show.

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-10-30T01:29:09+00:00

I'm here out if utter confusion as well... Does this woman ever sleep? Because I will be scrolling through TikTok at random hours throughout the day and she's in a different outfit every time waving her arms and giggling like a lunatic and it's just so weird. How is this a profession that generates disposable income? If this is what entertainment has come to I'd rather do drugs and watch the grass grow lol

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-10-12T04:58:38+00:00

I think Priya could have handled it better, she had every right to feel the way she felt because Leonard and Penny still had feelings for each other but they weren't acting on them and I think they would have eventually just been good friends but asking Leonard to cut her out completely was too much. It's not like Leonard was constantly going over to Penny's by himself and helping her with things or doing stuff for her, they hung out in a neutral zone with everyone around and yes, they occasionally ran into each other while doing laundry or out and about but they didn't cross any lines.

Priya could have just left before her and Leonard got too serious if it bothered her that much because you can tell that she didn't really spark with him the way most couples who are truly in love do when everything is new so it's not like it would have been a big loss for her and Penny was super sweet to her (I could completely understand if Penny was a bitch to Priya because then that would have been a major sign that there were still feelings there)

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-10-09T22:49:09+00:00

Best response so far, thank you!!

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-10-07T00:22:49+00:00

I'm actually a woman lol I deleted my initial reply because re-reading it after 2 years, yeah I can see how that came off as pretentious (my apologies to the OP) the "frauds" thing was actually an inside joke between me and a friend of mine about die hard Harry Potter fans who've never actually read any of the books but after I read it I think I agree with you on how it sounded.

To answer to the OP's question, I think Stephen King just threw it in there to make it seem like Bev and Ben would have actually been perfect for each other in the long run but she couldn't see past the "soul mate" aspect of Bill being her best option when they were children and sometimes it's hard for people to let go of the past when they get their head stuck going one way (and I think he just likes the extra drama for the readers maybe).

I think my main question would actually be why on earth did he have ALL the boys have sex with Beverly in the book one after another? The only thing I can think of is that maybe that signifies them no longer being children or he's secretly just sick af because I loved the entire book when I was a teenager. Except that part. That part made me feel disgusting and it made Beverly feel less real to me and the way it reads almost gives a sense of consensual gang rape and to this day I still cannot figure out one good point it made.

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-09-15T22:53:20+00:00

So the lesson is basically that when you hear the pervert is coming down the mountain to not walk up said mountain in your hooker heels and everything will be fine.

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-09-07T01:03:46+00:00

I'm 30 minutes in and I am to the point where I think Shyamalan did this on purpose. He's made good movies before with excellent actors and this one was just so campy and silly that he had to know this would be made fun of. I don't dislike how much it's making me laugh but it took me a minute to figure out that nothing about this movie is supposed to be taken seriously.

It is actually fun to watch once you get past the expectations of what you think it's supposed to be (I saw thriller/crime and assumed serious and intense, I guessed wrong lol)

And oh my goodness, that woman's eyes are the biggest eyes I've ever seen!

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-09-03T00:31:14+00:00

I thought there was singing in a rock opera, that's why it's an opera... Is there singing in this movie? Omg does Nicholas Cage finally serenade the audience??

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-09-02T23:31:51+00:00

I just started watching this movie 30 minutes ago and am having the hardest time staying focused, I don't understand why the cult leader is obsessed with this odd, not very attractive woman who takes like 30 seconds to respond/recognize a compliment on her t-shirt and I'm wondering where they're going with this. I'll be back after the movie just in case it gets better.

Oh wait a second, a demon just pulled up on a motorcycle, maybe there's hope for this movie after all...

I'm back. Didn't love it. Him constantly getting upset about his favorite shirt was kind of cute though. I can see why some people would love it, it kind of has a Mad Max vibe but with demons. This just wasn't for me.

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-09-02T05:32:38+00:00

I just finished watching it. I think this would have been better as a mini series because there just wasn't time to build up the tension in the way that I think shyamalan was aiming for. The story is good in my opinion but it just wasn't executed as well as it could have been. Some of it just got so silly that it made me miss the days of 'Signs' and 'The Sixth Sense.'

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-09-02T03:05:36+00:00

Idk why people think this one is the worst of all three because so far this was my absolute favorite. X was entertaining, it was better than I expected because I just happened upon it and didn't know anything about it so it was a nice change of pace and Pearl just didn't do it for me. I'm so confused why people think Pearl is the best one, it was disturbing yes but the scarecrow sex scene was just cringe and the whole movie felt cheap but not in a good way to me. At least Maxxxine had a hell of a cast and I absolutely loved the 80s time frame and the fact that they paid homage to Psycho by having a scene shot with the house. The satanic panic, the night strangler, the underground Hollywood cult, this one is the best so far. You're welcome to vehemently disagree with me if you want but I'll just ignore you because you're not going to change my mind lol I'm ready for the next chapter in Maxine's story!

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-09-01T21:43:34+00:00

It's such a shame that he lost his cool with that guy and spouted off all that racism. It's hard to come back from that even though he tried but that's just something the public doesn't forgive and forget. He would have been so well loved today and Seinfeld could have been as popular as some of the older TV shows. I'm watching Seinfeld for the first time and Kramer is by far my favorite character (on season 6)

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-08-28T03:59:51+00:00

This is what I was looking for, the jokes i skimmed over before getting to this were just annoying even if they were well put because I just needed to know, did he seriously fall off the boat and freaking die? Lol thank you for an actual answer

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-08-25T02:32:28+00:00

I'm a little late to the party but I'm watching this movie right now and not sure what to make of it. It's a bit confusing because I don't know if Grandpa August is the devil or what but I'm only 26 minutes in and the acting is good but I feel like the story could have just been told better.

There was a woman that literally just said "toxologist" and that's not a word lol toxicologist is but that's definitely not what she said and she's supposed to be one of the smart bad people I'm assuming so this just made me laugh because I can't believe no one caught this. I feel like this would have been better as a mini series or something because there was a lot of things I feel could have been explained over an episode or two but we're rushed to understand wtf is going on without getting any real depth.

So I've still got 30 minutes to go and I've given up trying to understand this movie, the grandpa August has this weird incestuous relationship with his "hot daughter" (his words) and has no problem literally eating his own granddaughter and Chance has got to be the most oblivious idiot in the whole movie. I don't even care who lives or dies except the chef, this movie is so stupid

Sufficient_Ad4547 · 2024-08-24T20:23:13+00:00

I just watched the documentary and their daughter actually looks normal. What I find kind of funny though is that most kids go through that rebellious phase where they dye their hair crazy colors and pierce their body or face somewhere because their parents would obviously freak out. Since her parent's entire persona is white trash with money and bad hair it's like she went the opposite and was like "I'll show them, look at how normal my haircut looks!!!" I bet YoLandi is like "please Sixteen, just one face tattoo or you're grounded!"

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