UPDATE, 3/17: I am DONE DONE DONE. It was, um, everything I expected it to be, for better or worse. Such tragedy and wisdom (what's the phrase for the Wisdom gained by the dying? it's something really obvious that I'm not grabbing) and of COURSE all a woman needs to find fulfillment with her life is to BECOME A MOTHER in some way. Even if she thinks she doesn't want kids. Even if she finds kids annoying. As soon as she's forced to care for one for a couple of minutes THE WORLD IS MAGICAL and KIDS ARE MAGICAL and THE WORLD IS FULL OF POSSIBILITIES. 
 Blerg. Do I get points for having read a grown-up book, even though it was a really stupid one? 
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 UPDATE, 3/10: Midway through Disc 3. The Unforgivable has already happened. I mean, there's ONE character in this series I actually liked, and, well, that happened. As predicted, everyone is pairing up and settling down with the boys they were into at Age 15. Don't get me started on how creepy it is that Carmen's Boy is her dad. 
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 Currently on Disc 2 of 10. If Lena doesn't wind up with Kostos by the end I'll eat my hat. (Why will she end up with him? Because everyone, it seems, ends up permanently partnered with the partner they chose at 16-18 years old, and it is SO SO SO TELEGRAPHED right from the beginning.) 
 The audio is a particularly not-great performance, too. Why am I continuing? Uh.... that's why, I guess?