“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”

There's just literally no way that you could finish this without actually feeling devastated towards the end. In fact, I could read this over and over and still feel the same hollowness I felt the first time. In conclusion: my mental suffering persists after reading this book.