god this book is so. fuck. i have no words (this is a lie i have many many words but they are mostly incoherent and extremely spoilery so i save them god this book is so. fuck. i have no words (this is a lie i have many many words but they are mostly incoherent and extremely spoilery so i save them for my DMs with my aurelian cycle friends <3)
i think this one is probably my favourite in the series though because it's just so incredibly insanity inducing and there are so many layers and there's delo and griff and there's some absolutely wild character arcs and there's just so many brilliant little details and. literally i cannot say anything without spoilers but oh my goddddddd
second read, August 12, 2022: GONNA. JUST GO FUCKING SCREAM NOW THIS BOOK IS SO AHHHHH
this was the preorder incentive for Sophie Gonzales' recent book, Perfect on Paper
hello this was genuinely?? so good?? like I mean I have absolute faithis was the preorder incentive for Sophie Gonzales' recent book, Perfect on Paper
hello this was genuinely?? so good?? like I mean I have absolute faith in Sophie Gonzales to always write amazing things, but preorder incentive short stories/novellas are often just fluffy and substanceless because that's the nature of them, and this was like . . . next level. the thing is I think I could have read this with no prior context of Only Mostly Devastated and still been just as invested, and it genuinely had its own satisfying arc. even knowing what happens (since this is a prequel novella), I was on the edge of my seat rooting for Ollie and Will and like . . . that takes some skills
anyways this was also very painful so I'm gonna go cry now and be sad I don't own a copy of OMD to reread lmao...more
THIS WAS SO GOOD OMFG THE FEELINGS I AM FEELING RN WHAT AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER OF WOW IM JUST AHHHH THESE CHARACTERS OWN MY ENTIRE HEART 4.5 stars
THIS WAS SO GOOD OMFG THE FEELINGS I AM FEELING RN WHAT AN EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER OF WOW IM JUST AHHHH THESE CHARACTERS OWN MY ENTIRE HEART PLS ...more
hi I loved this omg, I don't read a lot of middle grade but this book makes me want to pick up more, because it was just so delightful. it balanced a hi I loved this omg, I don't read a lot of middle grade but this book makes me want to pick up more, because it was just so delightful. it balanced a lot of social commentary and big themes with the whimsical hopefulness of middle grade and I'm just AHHH warm fuzzy feels...more
okay but seriously wow this series is good. like damn. the characters, the writing, the fast-paced plots, the discussions ohi I love kyoshi thanks bye
okay but seriously wow this series is good. like damn. the characters, the writing, the fast-paced plots, the discussions of morality . . . this book has it all. I think with atla, it's ultimately a kids show and it works perfectly, but because of that it can only get so dark; the kyoshi books are firmly YA, and it means they can get a lot grimmer, a lot more existential and morally questionable and messy.
the thing about this series is that it's ultimately hopeful, but in a lot of ways it's steeped in hopelessness. it's about finding hope despite that, about accepting that sometimes you can't be the best and you just need to do what you can, but like holy wow these books feel so downcast sometimes, but not in a bad way, not in a way that drags you down, in a way that's oddly comforting, and I just *screams incoherently* these books are so good pls
also seriously kyoshi can step on me pls and thank you. and her and rangi are simply iconic together...more
hi so this book owns my whole heart and soul also I'm an emotional wreck kthanksbyehi so this book owns my whole heart and soul also I'm an emotional wreck kthanksbye...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
I'm honestly speechless. this was incredible. I'm not sure yet whether I want to give it five stars or four, but I'm leaving it at 4.5 for no4.5 stars
I'm honestly speechless. this was incredible. I'm not sure yet whether I want to give it five stars or four, but I'm leaving it at 4.5 for now because I think this is a book that will be either great or just really really good depending on how it sticks with me, so I'll need to revisit my rating. but wow. wow. this book was just phenomenal. one could even say 'out of this world'. I'm in awe. I wasn't expecting to love this so much, but I fell so hard for Chicky and Lita and Cole and now I just wanna cry because I love them all so much...more
I feel like I remembered this as like good but not great, but honestly on rereading it this book is actually so fucking good. I was so hooked, even knI feel like I remembered this as like good but not great, but honestly on rereading it this book is actually so fucking good. I was so hooked, even knowing what was going to happen, and the characters are so compelling, and it was just! really enjoyable!!
April 20, 2021
hi wow I adored this
I mean, I'm not surprised, seeing as it was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, but I'm still reeling a bit too
like. wow. so many passages really resonated with me, and also I would just do anything for these characters ahhhhh...more
this book was honestly incredible. I'm a little bit speechless
it definitely had a bit of a slow start in my opinion, and it took me a long time to getthis book was honestly incredible. I'm a little bit speechless
it definitely had a bit of a slow start in my opinion, and it took me a long time to get invested, but it's so so worth it. literally on every level I am in awe—the social commentary, the depth of the characters, the chilling atmosphere, the way the plot twists were so well foreshadowed, I'm just . . . genuinely I don't know what to say other than read this book
this book was just so beautiful. I don't know what else to say, because I don't think I have the words to capture it. but . . . wowthis book was just so beautiful. I don't know what else to say, because I don't think I have the words to capture it. but . . . wow...more
this was? so interesting? I'm such a nerd about this stuff and it was really nice to read something that actually took internet stuff seriously, and athis was? so interesting? I'm such a nerd about this stuff and it was really nice to read something that actually took internet stuff seriously, and also just omg I enjoyed this so much!! like this was so genuinely fun to read, I think especially because it wasn't too pretentious and didn't take itself too seriously lmao. anyways this was very cool, 10/10 recommend if you're interested in internet linguistics...more
Update, literally less than an hour later: hi so this book was everything I ever could have wanted from it and I'm so blown IM IN PAIN KTHANKS BYE
Update, literally less than an hour later: hi so this book was everything I ever could have wanted from it and I'm so blown away. the sheer amount of FEELINGS I'm having over Roma and Juliette—and over Benedikt and Marshall and Kathleen and Rosalind for that matter—are out of this world. I'm just . . . in awe
I buddy read this with my amazing friend Dezzy (which was so fun!!), and I think this message about accurately sums up my feelings toward the book:
THEY'RE [redacted] ANF THIS SCENE IS GOD TIER AND THE TENSION AMD DAMN AND THE FEELINGS IM FEELING TJINGS DEZZY I'M FEELING THINGS SO HARD I CAN'T HANDLE THISDJDJNDJJFF
so yeah basically if you need me I'll be losing my mind and sobbing
but also!! I have actual vaguely more coherent thoughts now!!
first of all the CHARACTERS y'all. the characters are god tier. I genuinely cannot get over how fucking amazing the characterization in this book is, I'm just in awe. Both Roma and Juliette—and in fact, the majority of the characters—are so well fleshed out and it's incredible
also the romantic tension? literally some of the best I've ever read. lovers to enemies to lovers is just a god tier dynamic, and this book pulls it off SO well. the amount of times I went absolute feral over Roma and Juliette was . . . too many to count. extreme. much screaming.
I also just?? am in awe of Chloe Gong's writing skills?? like DAMN. there were so many paragraphs that full on took my breath away and I'm just . . . wow. semi-relatedly, this book was fucking terrifying. like I've only really read a few books that scared me as bad as this one, and like that's bad for my sleep but holy hell Chloe Gong pulled this off so so well and im just hfgddggdf
my oooonly little issue with the book was that (view spoiler)[Paul saying he loved her was a bit . . . sudden, seeing as they'd interacted all of three times (hide spoiler)] but like you know what it didn't affect my reading experience it just made me laugh so . . . not a big complaint lmao
I also just wanna say the plot? god tier. everything about this book was god tier, actually. but like the plot was so impressive, there were so many threads that I could never remember them all, but not so many that I lost track of them when they were relevant and it was so well done.
anyways hi I loved this book so fucking much and I'd like to formally announce my love for Roma and Juliette that is all...more
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