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
I think this was definitely a very good book—Helen Oyeyemi's writing is absolutely gorgeous, and I really loved a lot of the narrative structure of thI think this was definitely a very good book—Helen Oyeyemi's writing is absolutely gorgeous, and I really loved a lot of the narrative structure of this—but I need to sit with it for a while before I'm going to be able to figure out how exactly I felt about it
it was weird, and I'm still not entirely sure what was happening in some bits, and it was an incredibly uncomfortable read at times (not in a bad way, just...it gets pretty fucked up), but I do think I would recommend it overall...more
this was absolutely wild tbh. i don't know WHAT to think of it but it sure was a ride. also all i could picture the green knight as was that green dudthis was absolutely wild tbh. i don't know WHAT to think of it but it sure was a ride. also all i could picture the green knight as was that green dude from like the green beans or whatever frozen vegetable it is, which definitely added a layer of hilarity to an already bizarre story...more
I just sort of grudgingly read this for school, but I actually really enjoyed it. obviously that's in large part because we've been having some reallyI just sort of grudgingly read this for school, but I actually really enjoyed it. obviously that's in large part because we've been having some really interesting conversations about it in class, but it was also just a very compelling narrative, especially since I was listening to the audio while I read along—I enjoyed the writing style (of the Seamus Heaney translation that I read) and also found there were a lot of very fascinating elements in the story and themes that I would like to think on further (which is good because I read this for an English class lmao)
anyways yeah I'm not going to try to review or rate this or anything, because it's Beowulf, but hey I read it, so I might as well put it on here...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
it's two in the morning and i should be asleep but what if i just cried over this book instead <33 it's just,,,,, goddamn. this was so fucking beautifit's two in the morning and i should be asleep but what if i just cried over this book instead <33 it's just,,,,, goddamn. this was so fucking beautifully written honestly and i'm obsessed with it. the characters are such a fucking delight, and they all feel so real and complex and have i mentioned i love them!!!
also just... god, this book hits. as a queer teen who grew up on the internet—which I owe so much to, and wouldn't have come to terms with my queerness half as easily without, but which also made it harder in a lot of ways—the stuff this book touched on hit really hard, because on so many levels, I've been Imogen. and I'd probably have been Imogen a lot more if not for Simon Vs, tbh, so everyone say thank you Becky Albertalli <3
anyways it's late and i'm falling asleep and probably not making any sense but. very good book. 10/10 recommend...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 loved this so much but also ohmygod i should never listen to audiobooks in public, this had me fighting back tears in the produce aisle and full on i loved this so much but also ohmygod i should never listen to audiobooks in public, this had me fighting back tears in the produce aisle and full on crying on the bus
god just??? the characters are so good mason deaver i love you so much please never stop writing.
wyatt is so important to me i want to be their best friend actually. and neil is a fucking dumbass but i love him so much someone please give this boy a hug. and the character dynamics are so good too, like!! every character feels so fully fleshed out and authentic, whether or not they have a lot of actual page time, and their dynamics all work really well. i feel like it's especially impressive because neil, who's our narrator, absolutely is not the most reliable in his views on the people around him and often views them very shallowly, but someone mason deaver still makes their depths come through, and.... i want to live in their writing forever i think actually
anyways i didn't actually set out to write more than that i loved this, but it was so fucking good and i want to gush about it, so somehow this ended up being the closest i've come to writing a review in like at least a year tbh. anyways go read mason deaver's books please i love them sm <3...more
it is 3:25am and i just read this entire book pretty much without moving an inch, and i'm so sad it's over nowit is 3:25am and i just read this entire book pretty much without moving an inch, and i'm so sad it's over now...more
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