another old gay book yes! with a hopeful ending this time. okay, aaminin ko na I only truly liked this book mula chapter 15. and this has 23 chapters, so I had to slog through so much. nangangapa pa kasi ako sa first read (I read the synopsis months ago, and it hasn’t stuck with me—except the ending—so I went in plot-blind, and I haven’t watched the movie!) and that’s why I didn’t really get to savor the first several parts. but I think this would be a beautiful second read now that I’ve got a clue what the characters really felt. the characters naman… wala ako masyadong opinyon kay therese, siguro kasi so much of her character revolves around carol. I thought sometimes she was very selfish and self-centered, and naawa ako sa parts na ‘yun kay richard (though at the end I disliked richard), I didn’t hate her. on the other hand, carol, hindi ko talaga siya maintindihan nung una! she was so capricious in therese’s pov that I actually felt unsure paano nila maaabot ‘yung happy ending. but once you catch the hints about the things she did for therese, you’ll get it. for me, once carol had confessed to therese, doon lang talaga ako nagkagana na ituloy ‘to. ‘yun. for sure I’m gonna watch the movie and reread this another time (not necessarily for analysis, but just to see what I missed last time). and no it was never casual for these two therese had been obsessed with carol the moment she laid her eyes on her it was like BAM kapag tumingin ka akin ka