“He was fucking with us pretty hard in the saferoom,” Sandra called from the front of the plane’s undercarriage. “Aw, Sandy, that wasn’t fucking,” S
“He was fucking with us pretty hard in the saferoom,” Sandra called from the front of the plane’s undercarriage. “Aw, Sandy, that wasn’t fucking,” Simon said. “That was just, I don’t know, really obnoxious foreplay or something.”
When someone tells me they enjoyed a book as much as The Foxhole Court I pay attention. I've heard a lot of good things about this series through Twitter, and seen it compared to The Foxhole Court a few times, so I had to read it.
Picture this: Notorious art thief Jeremy Archer is after The Morning Star - a valuable diamond which will be on display in it's owners home for one night, during her party. Jeremy intends to steal it, even with all eyes on the precious jewel. FBI agent Simon Drake knows Archer is after the jewel, and he's determined to catch Jemery first. He and his team set up shop, expecting to catch and arrest Jeremy should he show up to steal the precious Morning Star - they definitely get more then they anticipated when he does.
What happens next? An unlikely alliance between thieves and cops, a secret mission more dangerous then any of them expected, a deadly race against the clock, and an unlikely romance between an FBI agent and art thief who are supposed to be sworn enemies.
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the best thing about this book is how fun it is. I mean the premise pretty much says enough about what kind of book it's gonna be. The tropes used with the enemies to lovers, cat/mouse dynamic made the relationship development really entertaining. There is a tonne of banter between both the love interests, but also between Simon and the other agents in his team. I flew through this book because it's fast paced and light and a tonne of fun.
I liked the relationship between Jeremy and Simon, I didn't feel like it was rushed, and I think it felt right. I love enemies to lovers, but it has to make sense and not seem thrown in for the sake of it. But I think the banter between Simon and Jeremy, as well as how their interactions slowly change from tense to flirty, made their romance much more believable. I liked the buildup for them a lot and I was really rooting for it to happen.
but now we get into some of the bad things First off, on like the second page the R***** slur is used by the main character and goes unchallenged. This prompts me to make a warning about this series that was made to me: this series use continued and unchallenged use of slurs, including the R&F slur, throughout the series. While the F slur is not used in this book is it used extensively in the next three. So please be aware of this and go in with caution. Also, this is NOT an ownvoices book for m/m rep I knew I wasn't going to like this aspect of these books going into it, but I still really hated it when it came up.
On a lesser note, I wasn't a massive fan of the side characters. I found their introduction VERY confusing - all the side characters have a name, and then a codename, and matching the character to the name and then to the codename was .. so confusing. None of the side characters, minus Sandra, really stood out to me and I kind of hated Nate. I've heard they have really good character development arcs so looking forward to that.
Simon eyed him narrowly. "And to think I was almost not hating you."
Jeremy blinked, feigning confusion. "Goodness. Did I say something wrong?”
Overall this book was really fun and addictive. It made me want to keep reading and I've been craving continuing because the dynamics and tropes were soo fun. I love the criminal/cop trope and this book does it so well.
It's unfortunate the author includes so much offensive material that she refuses to change, because without it these would be great
Either way, I've bought book two and plan on continuing with the series soon...more
“It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.”
My entire literary education has
“It was a fine cry - loud and long - but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.”
My entire literary education has been filled with vague references to Toni Morrison - and yet despite years and years of knowing her name, knowing she was brilliant and hearing so, so much about the beauty of her novels I never picked up one of her books until now.
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Sula is a beautiful book. Toni Morrison understands the hearts of people, seems to be able to perceive the souls of humans and writes about them with such aching accuracy. Her characters are so well fleshed out and complex, beings of neither good nor bad, but full of passion and life and brilliance. I loved the ambiguity of this book, and how clear it was made that people aren't all good or bad, mean and nice - and that maybe we need a little both of both good and bad.
Sula is populated with so many different characters - so many strong, independent and fierce women. But so many tired women as well, or hopeless ones. Women who settle, women who refuse to. Women who are spiteful and envious, but also kind and generous and loving.
“Lonely, ain't it? Yes, but my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else's. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain't that something? A secondhand lonely.”
By far for me though, the highlight is the discussions of gender, race, community and how these aspects of our identity intersect. This book is incredibly poignant and still relevant to our current social climate.
I must also comment on Toni Morrison's writing, because it is incredible beautiful. Very poetic and lyrical at times, but at others sharp and funny. Her writing literally could not be faulted - I found myself rereading passaged just because they were so beautiful.
“There in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning. ”
I absolutely loved this - such a perfect mix of quirky and lyrics, full of beauty but also tragedy and pain and desperation. The characters are so well written, they basically pop from the page - they feel entirely real to me.
I wish I had read one of her books sooner, but I'm definitely thinking of picking up more soon. This has shot to the top five of my favourite classics ever.
“HAMM: We're not beginning to... to... mean something? CLOV: Mean something! You and I, mean something! (Brief laugh.) Ah that's a good one!”
Absurd
“HAMM: We're not beginning to... to... mean something? CLOV: Mean something! You and I, mean something! (Brief laugh.) Ah that's a good one!”
Absurd theatre and existentialist lit isn't for everyone ... but I really enjoy it. I couldn't tell you why, but something about the themes and the pointlessness (?) of it all really appeals to me. I know some people find the idea of Hamms parents living in Ash bins and Clov not being able to sit ect ect reallt stupid but something about that stupidity is charming to me.
“Use your head, can't you, use your head, you're on earth, there's no cure for that!”
The whole thing just kind of appeals to me, sort of intellectually? Its weird because I wouldn't call myself an existentialist but I think that they at least pose interesting question and observations about life and meaningless
“Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that… Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh, we laugh, with a will, in the beginning. But it's always the same thing. Yes, it's like the funny story we have heard too often, we still find it funny, but we don't laugh any more.”
But she underestimated me. I played my cards, I laid in wait, I let myself be beaten and manipulated. If she keeps that promise she made to me, I’l
But she underestimated me. I played my cards, I laid in wait, I let myself be beaten and manipulated. If she keeps that promise she made to me, I’ll show her the truth I’ve learned on her boat. I don’t just raise monsters. I am one.
I can't even remember the last time I read a book this fast THAT is how much I absolutely adored this book. It literally has everything. Sea monsters, pirates, morally ambiguous characters, fantasy and lesbians in love. my gay ass is thriving
The Abyss Surrounds Us is about a future word where scientifically manufactured sea monsters called Reckoners are bred to protect ships in pirate infested waters. Cassandra Leung, the protagonist, has grown up training these monsters. On her first voyage across the sea, her monster Durga is killed and she is captured by pirates - who force her to hatch and train their own Reckoner they have acquired illegally.
I was impressed with every aspect of this book This is Emily Skrutskie's first novel, and it has to be one of the strongest debuts I've ever read. The writing was awesome, worldbuilding was strong and character development was GREAT. I really do have no complains about this book, I really loved it.
THE WORLD THE CHARACTERS were well written, complex and diverse. The main character Cas is Asian (I assume Chinese as at one point she mentions speaking Cantonese but it's never explicitly stated and she may not be Chinese) but ANYWAY, she's a sea monster trainer who starts off thinking she's very morally upstanding but soon starts to have her own beliefs unraveled. She's challenged continuously, questions her place and adapts accordingly and I absolutely adored her and her arc. Everyone loves Swift (same!) but for me, Cas was my favourite.
Swift is a pirate girl who's trying to work her way up to the position of captain. Lots of her backstory is spoilers, but I will say she's incredibly hard-working and such a badass. But also she's so soft and sweet omg ? And she treats Cas so well and aaaah bless. we love a legend.
Santa Elena is the pirate queen I've always needed. She's such a badass, Would Kill You Dead and doesn't give a fuck but I admire her SO MUCH. I also, she was such a strong strong woman who didn't reject her femininity. I LOVED she was a mother and that played into her strength, and even though she's the villain I ... love her so much. Like she ruthless as fuck but she's also super soft with her kid and the other kids on her ship I'm #SHOOK. Also she's black! Yes powerful women of colour!!
THE PLOT is super fast paced, you got sea battles and attempted murder and actual murder and pirate fights and questionable floating islands and SO MUCH MORE and I literally flew through this because I HAD TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Also, the romance makes me Cry in the best way, they are so good together, and it's enemies to lovers but it's done SO WELL and their relationship recognises it's flaws and working through them I'm choking again I love them so much.
"We’re two trapped girls with nothing but each other on a ship of people who’d be better off with us dead, and somehow on top of that we’ve managed to do the one thing we shouldn’t be able to do.”
I COULD NOT recommend this book high enough. You got lesbian pirates, sea monsters, epic sea battles, enemies to lovers, great characters and it's soo fast paced you won't be able to stop I actually think I could inject crack cocaine into my eyeballs and wouldn't get as good a rush as I got from this book.
YOU ALL NEED TO READ THIS WTF right now ! I'm not joking right this very second. I am blessed, shook and WANTING MORE RIGHT NOW....more
more of a 3.5* I loved the setting of this one so much. The unicorns and other mythical creatures being woven into the story, as well as the South Easmore of a 3.5* I loved the setting of this one so much. The unicorns and other mythical creatures being woven into the story, as well as the South East African inspired setting was the best. Like, honestly unicorns ?? UNICORNS. I love them. I also liked the "stop the poachers" plot line, and another review noted it felt like The Wild Thornberries movie, which I totally agree with
But on the flip side, I had trouble engaging with the writing style. It was easy to read, but for me there was no spark, nothing that made me feel emotional or deep about the characters. It was just entertaining but not mind blowing. I also think the romance was insta lovey, and while I liked the characters individually the whole "I love you" after they just met did make me eye roll a little
BUT I mean I'd still recommend this book, because I think my issues are personal. It has some great characters and fun action sequences and a good depiction of a rape survivor that I liked. I just think the writing style and romance aspects weren't for me
Full review to come Book #2 of SapphicAThon, A sf/f book complete!...more
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review
actual rating: 3.5*
another author who doesn't wanna use the B word and I a
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review
actual rating: 3.5*
another author who doesn't wanna use the B word and I ain't talking about bitch, butt or badass-motherfucker, im talking about bisexual
Seriously, how hard is it for authors to just use the word and not erase the fact BISEXUAL PEOPLE EXIST!!!!!!!!!
“The worst thing I've done on a date? Ask who her favorite serial killer is. Under a bridge. In the dark.”
Leo Loves Aries is a m/m romance that's fairly fluffy and fun but not really groundbreaking or deep. Reading this is like eating an entire block of chocolate yourself. It's enjoyable, it makes you happy, it feels good but ultimately there isn't really much substance.
It follows Theo (who is basically Matthew Daddario apparently) and his sister Leone. The two live together and are both heartbroken after theo's ex (samantha) and leone's ex (derek) ditched them and GOT TOGETHER. (which I highkey cannot get over what a dog move) Theo and Leone's mum is a big believer in horoscopes and tells her twin kids that someone new will come into their life soon, who will be an aries. Lo' and behold, Jamie Cooper, one of Theo's ex lecturers, needs a roomate and Leone and Theo are looking. Theo tries to hook his sister up with Jamie, but instead ends up falling for him instead.
The whole plot is basically Jamie/Theo banter and will they get together, will they not get together? and don't get me wrong, it's super funny and addictive. The main couple have a really fun dynamic and the story is super fluffy so it carries you along really quickly but really nothing happens.
The real plus of this book, for me, is it's short and it goes by fast. I didn't really ever feel like it was dragging it and that made it a quick read. But I just wish it had been a little .... more
There were some elements I really liked and I think were really well done.
• The slow-burn was super well done, nothing felt rushed and the romance felt authentic • It was kind of soft? I appreciated it wasn't super angsty and didn't have random annoying plot points thrown in just to make them suffer. I am literally soft okay like sometimes I become angst emo but mostly I love the soft • leone was blind and from my pov pretty good representation. she was independent, determined, super kind, wasn't desexualised and loved to read !! which is such a great subversion I loved she listened to audiobooks and that was okay • good family relationships !! I loved leone/theo and jamie's families so much • there is a side character in a relationship who says he's demisexual and explains that that means whooo • the sex scenes were well written and not like fanfic cringey
BUT BECAUSE IT'S ME THE DRAMA LLAMA WHO CAN NEVER BE HAPPY WITH ANYTHING
• the lgbt+ discussions were kinda ..... ehh. • first of all, theo, puts his attraction to Jamie down to the fact he's "not sexually repressed" rather then like,,,, the fact he might be bi or pan ?? • he's surrounded by lgbt+ friends and none of them are like 'hey man, bisexuality' • so the erasure was really fucking annoying • ur bisexual, theo. not sexually promiscuous. • BI REPRESENTATION WAS BAD, to be brief. • the fact that theo was like 0% concerned about coming out if he chose to do that because "his family supported rainbows" which ... • okay it's hard to comment on coming-out experiences because everyone is different • but having a supportive family does not necessarily mean you're 110% cool with coming out • there are alot of societal pressures and childhood cultural socialisation factors that impact why people don't wanna come out • basically society is homphobic and we're taught straight = good. gay = bad. • we had a good oppurtunity here for him to go "hey, maybe I don't wanna label myself as bi because of my ingrained homophobia" • that would have been good !!! • that is not what I got. • and I just thought the whole thing with him coming out super trivilised the issue of coming out and very much simplified it and eh • I'm pretty sure Anyta Sunday is straight (she might not be im not 100% sure) so I guess she wouldn't have the experience herself but she could have researched
Also, the characters were not really very deep or complex. They were okay, I think Theo was a much better character then Jamie in terms of how well they were written and neither of them was so 2D it was unbearable but neither of them was incredibly deep either.
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However, despite these criticisms I think OVERALL this is an okay lgbt+ read. It's really light, fluffy and fun. The banter and dynamic between the main couple is really well written and I think it'd be hard not to root for them to be together. They are really cute and considerate of eachoters needs and if you're here for super sweet couples but who also like, rip the shit out of eachother you'll like theo and jamie. It's nice to just have a happy, cute lgbt+ couple who don't have to die and suffer like so many others.
Theo reminded me of Neil Josten so ofc I liked him. Leone was a really good support character and I also liked Ben/Kyle.
Another tiny thing I liked, this book has little chapter headers which are super cute and funny. I thought they were really unique and fun and they made me laugh a few times
This book just pipped 270 pages I think? So it's a good one for a single sitting cute fluffy read I think but it's definitely not anything groundbreaking. But you'll probably have a really good time reading it anyway !...more
“But my heart isn't simple or straightforward. It's a complicated mess of wants and needs, boys and girls: soft, rough, and everything in between,
“But my heart isn't simple or straightforward. It's a complicated mess of wants and needs, boys and girls: soft, rough, and everything in between, an ever-shifting precipice from which to fall.”
As soon as I started this book I knew it was the book for me. Far From You immediately places you into a setting thats a little gritty, with characters who are a little rough around the edges and honestly? thats what is great about this. I immediately draw comparisons with this book and Netflix' Riverdale - not all of it, but in the kind of gritty aesthetic, but most of all the way the murder is framed.
Far From You follows recovering drug addict Sophie - who's best friend and also girl she was in love with Mina was murdered four months ago. Sophie, determined to uncover the truth about Mina's murder launches an investigation of her own, leading her to uncover some of her towns deep dark secrets.
I really liked Far From You as a mystery. It definitely drove me to keep reading and to start questioning every character. but what I really liked about it was the characters. Especially Sophie, the main character. She's the kind of badass woman I absolutely dig in YA - not afraid to throw a punch, not here for anyone's shit. I loved her friendships with the women around her, and I loved the representation of her as a bisexual woman. I thought this aspect of identity was well written. Sophie also dealing with being in recovery for her drug addiction, as well as her disability, but I liked how these aspects of her identity were presented. Sophie fights everyday, and her strength and perseverance was, to me, a highlight. Sophie is also a disabled character with chronic pain and this review talks a little about that rep from a more personal perspective.
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Far From You felt needed to me. Yes, the mystery element has been done before - but the centring of such a strong, queer woman really made me so happy.
However, there are some elements I did not think were perfect. I do think the middle slumped a little, just before the investigation really starts to pick up. I also found the timeline confusing at times, and the flashbacks jarring. I don't like when flashbacks take me out of the action, I critique this in soo many books so I think it's just me, but it does mess me up. I also think the representation ethnicity wise was lacking - I would have liked to see more people of colour. Finally, while I loved the process of the investigation, I personally wasn't satisfied with the reveal. (view spoiler)[I felt that the character was kind of thrown in and so I didn't feel shock it was them because I had no reason to question their motives prior to the reveal (hide spoiler)]
“We walk into the rest of our lives together, not knowing it'll end before it's truly started.”
Overall, Far From You is gritty, compelling and centres a nuanced protagonist. The focus on diverse representation paired with the investigation and mystery plots was the perfect blend for me, and I loved that this book was so dark and there was an imminent sense of danger throughout....more
HOW TO HAVE A LIT AF HOUSE PARTY • make sure at least 1 of your guests arrives sloshed • get someone to play the piano really badly • serve goose • sHOW TO HAVE A LIT AF HOUSE PARTY • make sure at least 1 of your guests arrives sloshed • get someone to play the piano really badly • serve goose • sing a sad song that reminds one of your guests about how the love of her life tragically died • get someone to make a speech with at least two (2) references to mythology. + repetition • bitch about the Pope • discuss your favourite underrated choir singers • do an imitation of a horse ? for some reason ? • question to holiday motives of your guest • loudly announce you actually hate your country of origin !!! • think about the snow, how it's falling, all the time. how it's falling on the graves of the dead • think about how everyone you love will die soon. prepare your funeral outfit in your mind • get super excited for some sex with your wife only to find out she's thinking about another man • think about how all love in your life has been mediocre • think more about snow. ...more
Don't try and play me Henry,,, I know Freud and I trust his psychoanalysis and those ghosts are PROJECTIONS OF THenry James voice: the ghosts are real
Don't try and play me Henry,,, I know Freud and I trust his psychoanalysis and those ghosts are PROJECTIONS OF THE GOVERNESS DESIRE.
Anyway I personally don't like the governess (I ain't saying she a goldigger but) Also little Miles deserved better. RIP lad x
For some reason I can never take classics seriously when I need to review them. I'm gonna do this again later OK. Truly this is a complex and interesting classic...more
The MC is a weird character, but I didn't really hate him like some people seem to. In some ways, I kinda completely agreed with where he was coming fThe MC is a weird character, but I didn't really hate him like some people seem to. In some ways, I kinda completely agreed with where he was coming from. I don't want to say I relate to Underground Man because everyone seems to hate him and I guess relating reflects poorly on me but there were definitely some passages where I felt myself nodding in agreement.
Dostoyevsky's writing is beautiful, for some reason russian literature is always full of good prose. Dostoyevsky would of course go on to write Crime and Punishment so his writing ability and style is well recognised and loved
Probably one of the more weird texts I've read for my English degree, but also one I quite liked. very outside my usual reading zone but I think that made it fun...more
I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review
In Extropia: Mind Game, we follow our MC Edward, who's father and brother ha
I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review
In Extropia: Mind Game, we follow our MC Edward, who's father and brother have become trapped inside a virtual world they created called Extropia. Edward has always believed his parents died on the night they catastrophically tried to launch Extropia - so when he finds out this isn't the case, and his family are trapped rather then dead, he decides to enter the Vitual World created by his brother and Dad in order to rescue them.
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I was really excited to start this, I've traditionally enjoyed books set in Vitual Worlds or involving that sort of premise so I truly thought I'd really enjoy this. I don't think this book is bad by any means, and judging from other reviews it may be a bit of a case of it's me not you. For me the elements of this book just didn't really come together in a satisfying way.
To start with the positives: as expected I really enjoyed the setting and opening sequences of this book. The majority of this book is set in Extropia and I really liked that setting. The world was quite vast, but it was explained and described quite well and I liked the elements of the design and how they related to Edwards personal family history. I thought that was a super sweet touch and something kind of realistic? Everyone takes a little inspiration from their own lives. Plus it was sweet for Edward to see all the things he knew were from his actual life.
I also really liked the plot that came along with the Extropia and some of the consequences of creating it - the characters having emotions and feelings and anger that their suffering has been cultivated as entertainment. I liked that the characters undermined and subverted the roles they were supposed to fill. I also liked the backstory of the world, it's complication and plot and how Edward and the other characters fit into that.
For me where this really fell down was the female representation and romance elements. First off, there is only one female character in this whole book .. none of the characters/people they meet in Extropia are women? There are so many male characters from both inside of and outside of Extropia and only one female and that for me was pretty disappointing.
Elizabeth isn't the worst female character ever but she's not particularly inspiring either. I appreciated that she wasn't completely helpless and was part of the action scenes, and I really liked her big role at the end. But I was really urggh about plot sections in which Elizabeth had to be rescued - it's 2017 and I am so over the damsel in distress situation. I also just think she existed without much agency, she barely has any backstory or story outside of helping Edward, and to me it really just felt like the was functioning as a love interest and not with any agency as a woman or female character.
And speaking of the romance, I personally found it really unnecessary and undeveloped. It really just like out of nowhere Edward was -- ha I'm into Elizabeth. It felt to me such a "he was a boy, she was a girl" plot. Just because they're a girl and a boy they obviously have to get together. I just thought the romance was really tacked on at the end and didn't progress the story or the characters development arcs but it was just sort of there and it didn't do anything for me. Fortunately it wasn't a book overwhelmingly coated in romance so it wasn't that awful but I still thought it let this story down alot. I also thought Elizabeth and Edward together felt a little incongruent because I was under this assumption she was a bit older then him - he's in school but she works for a government agency?
The final element for me which really didn't work was the characterisation. I felt like the characters were really underdeveloped and I wasn't particularly invested in any of them. The characters aren't completely flat by any means but they didn't feel rich or lifelike to me. I wish the side characters and Elizabeth had been more developed and even the villains too. The central villain could have been a really sympathetic villain but his monologue was a little too "stock villain" for me to really see him as anything other then a caricature.
SOME OTHER NOTES
None of these thoughts are really developed enough to have a paragraph so the rest is just going in dot points.
- The magic element of this book was a little confusing to me. Edward is a mage but after a little experimentation entirely abandons that? I'm not sure if that will play into the sequels but it felt like a bit of an incomplete plot point to me. - There are soo many characters all with some pretty "high fantasy" type names so you definitely have to be on your toes to remember who is who. I got a little confused between who is who at some points. - I liked the sprinkling of influences in the game. Skyrim, Lord of the Rings, even a little Harry Potter reference. - For me, this felt like it was going past so slowly, which I don't really understand because every chapter something new is happening and the plot is moving along. I don't know why I found myself so unmotivated to pick it up and read. What I'm saying is, I'm sure other people would find this really exciting because there isn't any particular reason it shouldn't be. Maybe it was just because I'm a character driven reader. - Okay I was actually genuinely shook by one of the plot twists (view spoiler)[ the betrayal one because I just expected Hasgard to be a good guy and I didn't see that coming wow (hide spoiler)] - I liked the stuff about the AI / characters having feelings and the kind of ethics discussions behind what they'd created. I liked that the upsides of Extropia were contrasted with it's downsides and that was probably the most engaging and interesting aspect of the plot to me. - it's not very diverse with no explicit lgbt/poc characters and I'm so used to reading diverse books now I was like yo what - in fairness it probably didn't help I read a good chunk of this after seeing wonderwoman. Damsel in distress is OUT women fighting one thousand dudes and saving the day is IN
IN CONCLUSION For me this was just an average read, I didn't hate it but I wasn't particularly invested or moved by it either. If you're a fan of virtual reality plots though, you should consider picking it up. It gives me Ready Player One vibes but set in Middle Earth. The fun setting, for me, didn't make up for the lacking characterisation and annoying romance elements but there were some good plot twists and interesting discussions about artificial gaming and the ethics behind creating it which I liked.
This ethnography details the accumulated experiences of Anthropologist Michael French Smith in Papua New Guinea, specifically in a small village calleThis ethnography details the accumulated experiences of Anthropologist Michael French Smith in Papua New Guinea, specifically in a small village called Kragur.
The ethnography is told more as a memoir, a sort of story reminiscing on his times and experiences and that made it very easy to read. In some areas it could be dense, overall it was quite an easy read.
Many of MFS' observations were very interesting and completely changed my pre-conceived notions of the PNG people, I loved the descriptions of Kragur people as being incredibly modern, because, like all people their worries were revolved around how to cope in a constantly changing world.
The chapters about political, ethnic voting and gender relations in Kragur were very interesting, and some of the people within the story have such big personalities I almost wish I could meet them myself.
I kind of feel a nostalgia for Kragur, even though I haven't been there, because the culture and familial relationships seems so much more peaceful.
I think this is super interesting, if you ever feel the urge to read about a PNG culture which is somehow both strange and familiar I recommend this, probably one of my favourite ethnographies I've read for Anthropology. ...more
“I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in
“I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in the few years of his life, because he is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had, cherishing what we did. I wish you were here. I love you, always.”
Woah, woah woah woah wow. We're going to go from the end to the start because this book has one of the most satisfying ends of a series ever Like, I am SO picky about series ends but I absolutely ADORE how this one ended up.
Every issue I had in Prodigy got addressed and I'm so glad. I'm so glad that the problems and problematic aspects of these characters relationships got addressed and aaaah. Marie Lu, she is a genius and I love her.
“I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives.”
For me, Champion was a different ballgame to Legend and Prodigy. The stakes were much, much higher but there was more politics then action. While the last 100 or so pages were crazy action, the rest was much more political and subdued and I kinda liked it,
I think here the worldbuilding really got to shine. In Legend, I was worried about the lack of worldbuilding but the expansion of the world in this series in incredible. Few dystopaisn I've read have such detailed worlds and institutions. The politics is played out not just in the country where the characters live, but also across the globe as a whole and manifests in the United Nations and other international organisations. The characters visit to Antartica was so cool, and I loved the different politics systems set up - from the Corporate states in the Colonies, to the point based moral democracy of Antartica, to the autocracy of the Republic - each government system was interesting and unique. If you like politics and worldbuilding in books, especially international I think you'd really like this. FR if you study international relations like me by any chance, this book is gonna make u so excited ok .
I just think everything was a massive step up from Prodigy. I was worried about how the relationship between June and Day would play out - I expressed I thought their relationship was problematic and built on alot of unsolved issues and the fact that 1: the characters recognised that and 2: did something about it #shook. I also just loved the mature growth of these characters, and getting to see them years into the future outside of their situation made it so much better. June especially has great character growth and I ended up really liking her and Day's relationship despite my original hesitance.
“There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense he has against my words. He loves so wholly. It is his nature.”
I really don't have much to say negative about this book? Once again Marie Lu's abilities as an author shine. Her writing is great, but what I really love about her is I feel she has an intimate and meaningful understanding of her characters - and that she addresses the parts of them that are problematic. It feels alot like how Leigh Bardugo works with her characters. For me, thats so important because I love character driven stories
I wish the plot had just been a little more fact paced, the first third kind of dragged for me and thats disappointing, but aside from that, I honestly think this is a great book and such a good, solid and well thought out ending to the series.
Marie Lu has absolutely solidified herself in my list of "must read authors". I honestly thoroughly enjoy everything she writes, and I love that what she sets up in book 1 is developed and grown so far beyond that premise.
Her books are consistently diverse, and treat their characters well. Her books tackle important issues and don't rely on stereotypes and cliches to tell the story.
I honestly really liked this trilogy and even if it won't eclipse my love for THE YOUNG ELITES, it's just a really solid series and I'm glad.
“No matter what happens in the future, no matter where our paths take us, this moment will be ours.”
“All it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn't exist.”
Coming into this sequel I had high expect
“All it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn't exist.”
Coming into this sequel I had high expectations. I know Marie Lu can write a good sequel and I was very excited for this one.
In many ways, Prodigy is a step up from Legend. The stakes are higher, the books more fast paced and I think there is much more emphasis on consequence. In Legend things seemed pretty straight forward, in Prodigy, reality is twisted in a way that both me and the characters do not know who to trust. It is alot more psychologically challenging, and this probably should of had me liking it alot more then I did
I mean, this series has some GREAT ASPECTS: mixed race main characters, lgbt+ rep (not much but something), good supporting cast, well written strong female lead and a compassionate family orientated male lead which is actually kind of unusual, critical of many areas of society such as capitalism, propaganda and marketing. Actually goes outside of the dystopian setting to explain and explore what happened to the rest of the world, and focusses on exposing the ways in which dictators have traditionally gained power through military backing.
There's just one thing stopping me like this. It's like trump came into this book and constructed a wall which would bar me from entering over to the side of blissful entertainment and that wall is built with from bricks made of Day Wing's and June Iparis' relationship. Actually, all romantic interactions are part of this wall.
ROMANTIC THINGS THAT MADE ME CRY (in anger, not bc its cute) • First of all. Day + June is dumb. Sure it cOULD happen but I feel some things need to be discussed. I didn't like that the beginning of the book brushed over so much shit. Abuse/death/ect. Even when it was eventually addressed, it wasn't enough for me and it was too little too late. I am hoping book 3 remedies this more but I just find their relationship weird. There should be more animosity between them, and the brushing over the incidents in book 1 where June physically abused Day is not cool
• The love square WAS NOT COOL. Don't give me that what the fuck y'all know we don't want that
• June + Arden is fucking weird. She's 15 and he's 20 like wtf.
• Day + Tess is weird for some reason (I'm not 100% sure but isn't she like 9?)
• It just felt like all the relationships came out of nowhere. There wasn't enough build up or slow burn, it just felt like characters were thrown together but "he was a boy, she was a girl"
• the lgbt+ rep is iffy (plus, #buryyourgays anyone) I like that it was there, but it's also kind of annoying when authors do that thing when they just throw in a little rep offhandedly, it's lazy. Anyway, idk how I feel about it. Not the worst rep ever but still :///
BUT ANYWAY: I'm going to keep going on now. I've heard the end of this series is crushing though. I don't know, I think this is a brilliant series plot wise, while book 1 was a lil predictable and maybe not the most original ever, I do think this book really improved on the first in so many ways. The worldbuilding was much better and Prodigy had a thematic complexity Legend just didn't. The touching upon of the capitalist Colonies, with their heavy economic based militance, as well as the effect Global warming and technology has had upon the world were really interesting. I liked that Africa was a large player in this future world, as well as the concept of Antartica developing it's own national identity.
I noticed Australia wasn't mentioned when Day listed the continents on the world map soo ?? does this mean we dead. It happens to Australia ALL THE TIME in dystopian. Why are authors always killing us :(
I haven't mentioned characters but I will say I think both Day and June went through some good, important development and I am enjoying their characters very much. June's slow entanglement of her own thought from republic thought was a good character arc, and I also liked Day coming to terms with the role he may need to play in politics in order to stabilise the world they know. I think both Day and June are good MC's. June is an outstanding strong female character, especially since her strength is not solely defined by her fighting prowess, but also in her abiloty to control and manage a situation, to make difficult choices and to carry on in dire situations. Day is an unusual male character and I think he defies many male hero stereotypes which i am really loving. HIs character arc relies upon a reliance and love of family and friends, he's entirely relationship orientated and I like that he's not a physically domineering character. His strength is much more lowkey and sneaky and I like that much of his power as a character comes from his symbolic quality, from the words he's used and from his passive-resistance.
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I don't knoooow, there is alot to learn but I just wish the relationships weren't so exhausting and honestly, problematic in parts. Still a good book and series though.
I don't mind shakespeare. Lets say that right up, I've quite enjoyed watching some of his plays - but I don't like Merchant of Venice
Sure, it's got soI don't mind shakespeare. Lets say that right up, I've quite enjoyed watching some of his plays - but I don't like Merchant of Venice
Sure, it's got some good aspects. Portia, the beautiful lady who arrives just in time to save the day. Shylock, the antagonised figure who, I think, is more of a tragic hero then a villain. The banter and the laughs - Portia's critical assessment of her suitors, the humour of the pound of flesh taken from the part "closest to your heart"
((( seriously there are SO many dick jokes in this play )))
BUt I don't know, while this play has some good moments and some GREAT moments. (Shylock's speeches, Portia's saviour, the conversation in Act 5 scene 1 between Lorenzo and Jessica) overrall I just don't like it. In this age, I honestly think you can't view it as any more then racist dribble, and I know it's shakespeare and those were the times blah blah but it still doesn't make for GREAT reading. And honestly ? it's boring compared to some of shakespeares other comedies. Although I do like that the humour is more subtle then it is in like, A Midsummer Nights Dream.
With almost all shakespeare plays, I think reading this and others is stupid. It's all about that stage adaptation, and which directors make artistic choices with their actors which suit your interpretations of the book - the original script is just kind of pointless. ...more
“Whatever you've heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. It's more than just a game or performance. It's the closest you'll ever fi
“Whatever you've heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. It's more than just a game or performance. It's the closest you'll ever find yourself magic in this world.”
there are two main opinions about this book:
1: it's terrible and awful burn it to the ground I don't want to live in a world in which caraval exists. 1 star I am disgusted
2: I AM SHOOKED. This is the greatest book out and I need to travel forward in time to buy the sequel. I would personally die for this book, 5 stars fuck me up fam.
THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. (Until me I guess? Because I literally feel so neutral on this issue)
Okay, I want to COMPLAIN about people who said this was the worst book ever because my expectations were way too low and its not the worst book ever. Like, it's got nothing that is extremely bad and must be avoided, but it's got nothing extremely good going for it either. It's truly one of the most mediocre, average books I've ever read. Such a true three star book.
The SETTING, MOOD AND AESTHETIC were the best parts of the book, in my opinion. I really liked the circus/carnival setting, the way magic is interwoven into the story and the absurdity of the world. It kinda felt like being in a Tim Burton movie. Unfortunately, the worldbuilding outside of the actual Caraval is NON-EXISTENT.
The middle of this book was really addictive to me. I couldn't stop reading it and I was genuinely entertained. This is one of those books that allows you to theorise and guess and play along which I really liked. "Just another chapter" stuff.
But THE ROMANCE AND ENDING really messed things up. The romance for me was cringey and unnecessary and annoying. There wasn't any build-up, and I found it all very disney princess "I love him so much even though I met him 3 days ago". And that just annoys me soo much!! The main male love interest is literally the YA male bad boy brooding masculine superman with an incredible jawline stereotype. If I had a dollar for every time his "perfect rows of muscles" were described I would have had enough money to buy a spaceship to fly to Mars in.
The ending is a big massive spoiler, but I was just really unimpressed with the revelations at the end, and I felt like so much was left unexplained or unresolved. I realise there will be a sequel, but I kinda just wish the book had been ended properly and left as a standalone. I also felt like the whole ending and the tragic moments were pointless (view spoiler)[ HELLO it was so obvious Julian/Tella wouldn't die (hide spoiler)] and I just didn't feel any pay-off from the ending at all.
BUT I did find the writing enjoyable, I know it's been described as overly flowery, but I enjoy that so I was into it. I found the writing really pulled you in, despite my problems with this I couldn't stop reading because the writing style and plot progression kept me wanting to continue.
THE BADDIES also stereotypical, mustache twirling diabolical villain with no complexity. I was so exhausted with the reveal of the villain because I GET IT. I also found the other antagonists like the girls father and the count to be, really annoying.
“No one is truly honest,” Nigel answered. “Even if we don't lie to others, we often lie to ourselves. And the word good means different things to different people.”
This book was just so, so average. Everything felt done to the bare minimum to me. The characters were developed enough it wasn't obvious they were poorly written, but not developed enough to make them real or important or to make an impact. The plot was coherent enough to be interesting, but not enough to be memorable. The issues and themes were present enough that it was clear they impacted the story, but weren't developed enough to make any solid point or leave an impression.
There wasn't any specific aspect that really really blew me away, but there wasn't any I hated with a passion either. Everything was just so basic and yet, enjoyable in a way. It's an easy book to read and you're into it when you're in the moment, but I would never reread it and I don't feel particularly excited about the sequel, which I may or may not worry about.
I went into Caraval knowing very very little. I only really knew people kind of hate it, but I didn't know why or for what reasons. Caraval was just okay. It wasn't as bad as people said, but it's not something I would rave about either.
I'm only doing a mini review of this book because I've reviewed all the other books inthe series and don't really have anything much extra to add so I'm only doing a mini review of this book because I've reviewed all the other books inthe series and don't really have anything much extra to add so I'll just sum it up?
book/series summary This book is basically about a apocalyptic version of London where a disease has turned all the adults into zombies. It's basically Gone meets The Walking Dead. Each book follows certain groups of kids and their quest/mission which depends on which characters you're following. This book follows The Kid and Small Sam after the events of The Dead and catches up with the Cathedral kids who haven't been in the series since book one. Also Shadowman and Saint George feature heavily.
WHAT I LIKE
💀 zombies. I love the zombies in this series because they actually have character arcs and change as the series progresses. I like the way the zombies function and how the lore surrounding them is pretty consistent
💀 world so I love the way the world is split up into different crews of kids. The Tower of London crew is my favourite but I also really love the Natural History Museum kids. Basically, every prominent building has a group of kids who have taken up residence there, and what is interesting is that each group has it's own rules, culture, laws and ideas about what to do in the world. Some are looking for a cure, some are just living day to day lives, some are looking for power, some live in lowkey anarchy and the difference between each group is really interesting. Also, PSA the kids living in IKEA had the smartest idea of everyone js.
💀 narrative structure its kind of hard to explain, but the narrative structure is my favourite thing about this book and series and why it stands out as a genuinely way better series then most zombie books. So basically, Book one follows a group called the Waitrose crew who are brought to Buckingam Palace by a kid called Jester. Book two then skips back in time to explain how the Buckingham Palace crew ended up there. Book three is set at the same time as book one, but follows a completely different set of characters. This book is set right after the events of book two.
Why I love this structure is that the world feels really alive. When you're following a group of characters, you know one of the other groups is also up to something we will get to later. It feels less like a series moving forward and more like a series moving forward and outward. It's kind of hard to explain but I love it. I also love how this structure allows plotlines to weave together and overlap, and so we see different events from different perspectives and contexts. I love the narrative strucutre and it's why this series stands out to me so much even in it's low points.
WHAT I DON'T LIKE
💀 repetition this book was kind of boring to me (because i've already read it so it's not really the book fault), but also by this book it felt like a lot of the plot had been used and reused. There's only so many times being chased by a zombie can freak me out. This one felt a little out of ideas
💀 crew I love The Kid but I don't love the other characters this book follows. Small Sam and Ed are okay but my real favourites from the Tower of London like Jordan Hordern and Dognut weren't in it as much. I LOVED SHADOWMAN'S ROLE IN T HIS BOOK THOUGH
💀 boring? This particular book in the series is more of a filler/explanation book then the previous ones so it wasn't as thrilling as it's predecessors
“We was half stupid, a third lucky, and three-quarters ferocious.”
Anyway, overall I really enjoy this series and I will hopefully be finishing it this year. Even though it's a seven book series it's plotted and crafted so well that never felt daunting. I genuinely love some of the characters in this series and god the plot structure is just so freakin clever and good ...more
“But no matter what choices we make - solo or together - our finish line remains the same … No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end
“But no matter what choices we make - solo or together - our finish line remains the same … No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”
Adam Silvera is one of those authors who seems to know the human person intimately - who understands the ways in which people think and act, how they hope and dream and want and yearn and grow. And he blesses us all by taking that knowledge and putting it into a book so we can all experience it. It's art, I'm telling you.
They Both Die at the End follows Mateo and Rufus, two boys who are told by Death-Cast that today is their last day to live - one day to do all the things they want to, and say all they want to, and one more day to live. It features a m/m romance, with Mateo being gay and Rufus being bisexual and is split into four parts - parts three and four were definitely my favourites.
My chest tightens. I’m dying today. I’ve always been afraid of dying. I don’t know why I thought this would jinx it from actually happening. Not forever, obviously, but long enough so I could grow up ... But the noise in my head is quieting down and there’s a Death-Cast herald on the other end of the phone waiting to tell me I’m going to die today at eighteen years old.
This book has received massive hype since arcs went out and I definitely think it is all deserved and founded - this book is moving and beautiful, and gets right to the core and essence of what it is to be alive, and what it means to not be. But despite this I do not think I loved this book as much as I was expecting to. I think this is very very much its me, not you and I REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK STILL, it just wasn't a five star masterpiece to me.
This book was promised to me as something that will undoubtedly make me cry and I personally did not find I was as wrecked as I thought I'd be. I know it is ANNOYING to compare books but History is All You Left Me effected me much more then this one did. The writing, themes, messages, characters, scenes and ideas are undoubtedly beautiful, poetic, meaningful and moving - I am not disputing that. Adam Silvera is amazing at crafting feelings and moods that really make you fall into his books, but personally I just didn't find it as ..... sad as I should of .. which is probably because I already knew what was going to happen to them. I mean, you've seen the title too. I know for some people that made it harder, but for me it made it hard for me to let myself invest in the characters.
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CHARACTERS: I really enjoyed the characterisation of Rufus and Mateo. Both are set up with a particular kind of archetype, but their arc throughout the day subverts and undermines their character. Both go on an intense learning journey, where they develop and grow as people and it is really beautiful to watch. The inclusion of such diverse main characters is not surprising from Adam Silvera, and as always nice. Mateo is gay and Puerto Rican, and Rufus is Cuban-American and bisexual. Rufus is a boy with regret heavy on his shoulders, and a found family called the Plutos. Mateo is a boy who feels like he's never lived and never risked - and today he's decided he's going to. Both main characters were great narrators, each with a unique voice that carried the narrative. I think I preferred Rufus, but truly both characters are amazing and I adore their growth.
WORLDBUILDING AND SETTING: Worldbuilding was my one real issue. I would have liked more explanation or building around Death-Cast and how it works. The concept was incredibly interesting and unique, and I would have loved to see it expanded on. However, this aside I did like the culture and ideas around the idea of End-Days, and I felt it was incredibly realistic of what it would be like if this was real. The way that society is dealing with the burden gave the story another layer of depth, and I really liked the way that all the individual storylines within the book all intertwined throughout the world.
WRITING AND ALL THE FEELS: I've already said this, but Adam Silvera knows exactly how to write so it hits where it hurts. He has such an excellent grip on his characters, and their humanity, and everything truly feels to real and important and heavy. I adore his writing as well in that it's very pretty, easy to read and often really funny. He has amazing tone and reading this only proved to me what I already knew - Adam Silvera is an instant buy, instant read author.
OVERALL: This book is gonna really really hurt you. It's beautifully written, and dripping with all the emotions and feelings that come with being human Adam Silvera is such an excellent, well rounded author who really writes for people and really writes with depth and emotion. I didn't find this a five star book - it wasn't, to me, perfect, but it was pretty damn close. If you're not a stone cold bitch like me, you will probably cry, so get your tissues ready.
I really think everyone needs to read at least one, and preferably all, of Adam Silveras books. He's a genius, a real writer who understands so many things and I adore him. They Both Die at The End would be a great place to start - it's raw and rich and it'll grab you by the heartstrings from page one, and then won't let go- not even when you close the book.
thankyou to HarperCollins for providing me with the arc! ...more
“Kell isn't the only one you fail to understand. My bond with him didn't start with this curse. You wanted him to kill for me, die for me, protect
“Kell isn't the only one you fail to understand. My bond with him didn't start with this curse. You wanted him to kill for me, die for me, protect me at all costs. Well, Mother, you got your wish. You simple failed to realize that that kind of love, that bond, it goes both ways. I would kill for him, and I would die for him, and I will protect him however I am able, from Faro and Vesk, from White London, and Black London, and from you.”
listen no one is more surprised then me by the fact I gave this a FOUR STARS. When I saw it sitting on my bedside table ... staring at me ..... urging me to pick it up .... Well I genuinely thought I'd get 100/200 pages in and realise I wasn't that into this at all. Thats what happened to me with A Darker Shade of Magic and A Gathering of Shadows
Guess this book is a trick bitch because turns out I really, really, really enjoyed it.
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The thing immediately obvious that made this book better then it's predecessors is that is was much more action packed. While both ADSOM and AGOS felt like they were meandering along, A Conjuring of Light dives straight into the action. This was such a big positive for me, it actually felt like things were happening and I never felt bored like I did in A Darker Shade or Gathering of Shadows. The stakes are much higher, and the costs too. And that just makes it so much more exciting.
Immediately this book tugs at your heartstrings, you are exposed to these characters deepest experiences of suffering and pain and it is impossible not to feel attached to them after that. The character development throughout this book was phenomenal. Rhy and Alucard, especially, were lumped with extra character development. I am blown away by the difference between AGOS Rhy and ACOL Rhy. AGOS Rhy is a flirtatious, frolicking kind of guy who was super fun but wasn't really very complex or deep. ACOL Rhy is given an incredible amount of development, his character went from being a fairly flat side character to an incredible nuanced and interesting character. His development and entire story arc was definitely my favourite. I loved that so much of his plot points were resolved, I truly loved his character arc and everything it included. Also liked that it's bi/poc rep.
Holland also had lots of character development and I loved the new sort of role he played here. In previous books he was the villain everyone ran away from but I liked the new position he stepped into and how he fit in amongst the old character. I think it really altered how I felt about his character to see him in that role. His character arc was what I expected, but I still really enjoyed seeing it come to fruition. I liked that he played such a parallel to Lila - but I wish this aspect of his character had been explored me. This I will get into a little later !!
Alucard, Kell and Lila's character arcs continue along the same trajectory they were already set upon in previous books and I was fairly satisfied with their endings. Kell got the closure and acceptance I was really hoping he would, Alucard got forgiveness and respect. Lila can still choke, but I suppose I'm glad she got a fairly happy ending and I'm happy she's chilled out a little.
I think character-wise what made this really refreshing was the new dynamics played out between characters. Lila/Holland, Kell/Alucard and Rhy existing on his own without Kell being there. I liked the greater cast of characters and how they brushed against eachother.
My one issue character wise is the vilification of Holland and glorification of Lila. Throughout this series we are told how great and fun and edgy Lila is being she always have 12 knives on her and she kills people and she jokes about killing people and does weird shit like flashing her knives around in front of people she doesn't like. OKAY, we get it !!!!!! Lila is a """badass""" we get it. So what I don't get is why everyone in the book LOVES Lila for this while simultaneously hating Holland for killing people.
Now, we know Holland was abused/tortured and controlled by the Dane twins and that many of his actions are not really his and I feel that so wasn't addressed correctly. Constantly the characters complain about Holland killing people (even though! ! he was literally under a binding spell) and this is NEVER addressed. Why people vilified Holland and not the Dane twins is honestly,, beyond me. And WHY they talked about how cool and crazy edgy Lila was didn't make any sense.
When Holland told Lila to shut the fuck up (iconic) because she is exactly the same as him I was bloody cheering mate. I wish this thought had been carried on, I wish this thread had been explored more, I WIsh Holland had said it to the characters that weren't just Lilia. Because it's so true (and honestly he probably has more reasons to be a murderer then Lila) and YET it was never properly carried through and I'm upset.
Yes, Holland ultimately did get a redemption arc so you could argue it doesn't matter but STILL.
“Magic made everything feel so impermanent, it was easy to forget that some things, once changed, could never be undone. That not everything was either changeable or infinite. Some roads kept going, and others had an end.”
The plot I think was okay. I've said I liked it had much more action and that is true, I liked that it was set partly in Arnes and partly on the ship. I liked the places they visited (thAT MAGIC MARKET) and I liked how the Veskan/Faoran politics played into the story too. I think the Veskan plot was a little underdeveloped and thrown in out of nowhere, but it was okay and I could handle it. The plot with Ned Tuttle hearing Osaron was also kind of underdeveloped, as was why (view spoiler)[Maxim (hide spoiler)] had to die and how (view spoiler)[Ojka (hide spoiler)] was just brought back to life out of nowhere. The villain was just a bit much for me. His monologue's were just ridiculous and corny in my opinion and reminded me so much of AIDAN in Illuminae except when I say reminded me I mean Direct Rip Off Of (Am I not merciful?)
So thats why this got a 4 star from me, I want to say I really enjoyed this, which is a BIG THING from me considering I wasn't the biggest fan of the past two. I think the plot was perhaps a little loose in some parts and messed up but the character development pretty much made up for that.
Overall I found this so entertaining!! There really was alot for me to like here, and even though Lila Bard still annoyed the ever loving shit out of me I can still appreciate everything else going on here.
I laughed, screamed a little, came close to tears, smile cried and everything in between but if you felt everything thats generally a sign the book is good, right?
“Death comes for us all," said Holland evenly. "I would simply have mine mean something.”
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