Book 2 Chapter 5

Ayye, Lily is back to being a social leech! I knew it wouldn't take too long. I love how in order to escape "the heat" in New York, the Gormers go to Alaska. Like what the heck. Alaska?? But that's not really important. I really do love Gerty. She is so nice to Lily. Everyone needs a Gerty in their life to be honest. I like that Lily hasn't stooped so low to get George to divorce Bertha and then marry her. Probably the only good decision Lily continually makes in the book. But hey, she's finally going to give Rosedale a shot. Now the tables have turned however. He might not want her after all of this...

Book 2 Chapter 4

Oh dayum. If I was Lily I'd be through the roof. She expected to get $400,000 and only got $10,000. And the rest was left to someone who was already married and in a good position. Oh man. I'd hate Gwen right about now. Especially after she refused to help Lily out. That's low. You steal someone's entire inheritance and then don't even help them a little. Ouch. Lily is very screwed now. I'm sure she was banking on having that money at some point in her life and it's gone. To make matters worse, Jane won't even look at her. Rough. Lily is in a worse place, socially, economically, and probably emotionally than she has been up to this point. I have a feeling it's not going to get much better for her.

Book 2 Chapter 3

Wow. Selden is an amazing guy, and Lily needs to listen to him more often. This whole Dorset business is a really terrible situation for Lily to be in and he was right to try to get her out of it. Of course she did not listen until it was too late though. I'm annoyed that Lily has honestly been the only reason George has not divorced Bertha yet, and Bertha still treats her like crap. Lily is kind of screwed now. The Dorsets were her source of money, and now that they aren't an option, that $9,000 she owes might come back pretty fast.

Book 2 Chapter 2

All this social stuff is mad WHACK. Basically, you can hire someone to make you more popular. It's so weird. Seems to work for Lily and Carey though, so you do you girls. Curious how Lily thinks she can balance two different families though. How does that not conflict?? Rumors about Lily and George were bound to happen eventually. Even before she was hired as a professional distraction, they seemed rather close. Now that she has to keep him from noticing that Bertha is off with Ned, things look even worse. Bertha is a witch with a B though. Lily is doing everything to keep George from divorcing her, but she's still going to get the blame.

Book 2 Chapter 1

All these elite people treat Lily like entertainment. I guess I can kind of see why she acts the way she does...like they're only excited to see her because she is pretty, somewhat exciting, and entertaining. Selden needs to get over Lily. As much as I reaaaaaaalllly want them to be together. Let's be real, Selden could do so much better. He's actually a nice guy. Based on what Mrs. Fisher says, Lily is a playa. It's definitely covering up a different, deeper issue, with commitment or place in society, but Selden doesn't need all that drama. Of course, he can't seem to avoid it. 

(P.S. Ned and Bertha............eek)

Chapter 15

Lily Bart is a terrible person like 90% of the time. Someone just saved your butt at a crazy hour of the morning and you still find it okay to see them as below you and their living place as "cheap". Come on  man. Not cool. And then she thinks she is going to just get bailed out by her aunt. Not how life works hun. Honestly, serves you right that Selden bailed. I would too if I were him. Granted he doesn't know the full story, but still, Lily has made some pretty poor, selfish decisions. It's also kind of messed up that Lily won't marry Rosedale just because he's Jewish. I mean she's at her lowest point, and she still can't bring herself to do it. Messed up man.

Chapter 14

Okay so this whole Gerty/Selden thing. Not for me. I know I was told not to judge them or whatever, but nonononono. Also ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! OF ALL THE PEOPLE TO SEE LILY LEAVE THE TRENORS, AND SELDEN  IS THE ONE OUT THERE!! Ugh it's just so frustrating! Nothing seems to be able to go right and it gets on my nerves. Okay but Gerty though. I mean, yes she's hot for her cousin, but come on, she's an amazing person. She saw Lily in a state of distress and immediately helped her. Even though just a few minutes before she probably hated Lily, she was still there for her. Praise be to God for Gerty.

Chapter 13

Okay so Trenor is a lot worse than I thought. Essentially, he was trying to rape Lily. It’s kind of scary to think that he telegrammed Lily pretending to be his wife and had this whole thing pre-planned. Not that a spur of the moment thing would have been any better, but the fact that it was premeditated shows that he’s hiding quite a lot behind that whole “gentleman” façade. It’s honestly disgusting that Lily couldn’t do anything to stop it. If she yelled for help, people would have questioned why she was there. The only good part of this chapter was Gerty. Thank GOD for that woman honestly.