this was just fun as hell. like i don't think it's a new all-time favourite book or anything, but i enjoyed myself so much and the characters were funthis was just fun as hell. like i don't think it's a new all-time favourite book or anything, but i enjoyed myself so much and the characters were fun and it was all-around very engaging...more
this was just really lovely and peaceful and sort of reassuring in the middle of finals hell
I definitely wish I could have read this in the original jthis was just really lovely and peaceful and sort of reassuring in the middle of finals hell
I definitely wish I could have read this in the original japanese, because there were times when the translation felt a bit...clunky? not necessarily in and of that the translator didn't do a good job, but just in and of that certain things maybe didn't translate very smoothly, and so sometimes the writing felt awkward in a way I imagine it wouldn't have in the original
that said, it was still very worth a read, and I really liked the way everything intertwined and overlapped, and the way the relatively low stakes were given so much dignity and treated as important. it felt like the author really respected their characters' struggles, and gave them—and by extension the reader—so much grace, and that was just really lovely to read...more
obsessed with this series it's so ridiculous and yet heartfelt and just sort of brilliantobsessed with this series it's so ridiculous and yet heartfelt and just sort of brilliant...more
it was absolutely wild being back in this world with these characters after so many years, and i'm still sort of processing because i listened to the it was absolutely wild being back in this world with these characters after so many years, and i'm still sort of processing because i listened to the last like eight hours of this over the last two days, but! i enjoyed this very much! i really like some of the new characters, and am quite intrigued by others, and of course it was also nice to see so many old favourites again. i'd say this was a nice blend of old and new, bringing in lots of new characters and settings and plotlines, while also keeping so much of what made me love the first series
there was definitely A Lot in this book, but i never felt bored or like the plot was dragging, even when it wasn't actually really moving anywhere, so i guess it worked? i think if i didn't love v.e. schwab's writing so much, i might have gotten impatient with all the flashbacks and meandering paths in this book, but honestly they were often the parts i enjoyed the most, and i always came away from them feeling like they'd added something important to the story
i'm still trying to fully gather my thoughts, and honestly i think i'm not going to fully have anything coherent to say until the rest of the series is out, but i definitely thoroughly enjoyed every second of this...more
this was BIZARRE but I did quite enjoy it I think? definitely need to think on it a lot more, but it was compelling and I wanted to know what was gointhis was BIZARRE but I did quite enjoy it I think? definitely need to think on it a lot more, but it was compelling and I wanted to know what was going on, and I think at the end I feel satisfied? it was a wild ride though wow...more
This was a very strange collection of stories and I need to think on it some more before I fully decide how I felt about it, but Carmen Maria Machado This was a very strange collection of stories and I need to think on it some more before I fully decide how I felt about it, but Carmen Maria Machado is undoubtedly a very talented writer...more
this was very fun, i enjoyed it immensely. i really don't have anything more to say, but it was a great timethis was very fun, i enjoyed it immensely. i really don't have anything more to say, but it was a great time...more
I'm not really sure what to say on this one or how to rate it—I really enjoyed it, and some of the rep meant a lot to me, but I scrolled through some I'm not really sure what to say on this one or how to rate it—I really enjoyed it, and some of the rep meant a lot to me, but I scrolled through some reviews and saw people saying the Indian rep left a lot to be desired. It's not really my place to speak on that, but I don't want to gloss over it either
I'll be back at some point with a review, since I received an ARC of this, but . . . I'm gonna to let it sit for a while first...more
there's just something so meaningful about watching two characters who believe they are fundamentally unloveable find love after all there's just something so meaningful about watching two characters who believe they are fundamentally unloveable find love after all ...more
ohhhhhh this was so fucking good i loved this so much. maybe even more than i loved astrid parker doesn't fail (yes i read them out of order), but it'ohhhhhh this was so fucking good i loved this so much. maybe even more than i loved astrid parker doesn't fail (yes i read them out of order), but it's hard to say at this point because i loved them both so much holy shit...more
this book is so insane and so incredible—I love how poetic and weird it is. I feel like last time I read it, I didn't have the full capacity to apprecthis book is so insane and so incredible—I love how poetic and weird it is. I feel like last time I read it, I didn't have the full capacity to appreciate that, but ohmygod I'm obsessed with this book actually it's so bizarre in all the best ways. it's funny, it's heartfelt, it's romantic as shit, it's so poetic, I want to tattoo it onto the insides of my eyelids
First read, January 2020: I don't have the slightest fucking clue what I just read, but I think I liked it?...more
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