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bgabriela2023's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
imissyou's review against another edition
5.0
"I will love you if you never marry at all, and never have children, and spend yourr years wishing you had married me after all, and I must say that on late, cold nights i prefer this scenario out of all the scenarios I have mentioned. That, Beatrice, is how I will love you even as the world goes on it's wicked way."
rjdenney's review against another edition
4.0
It was nice sort of revisiting the world of ASOUE but now I have many more questions. I think a new series with Beatrice would be an awesome addition to this world. :-)
With all due respect,
Richard Denney
With all due respect,
Richard Denney
kvreadsandrecs's review against another edition
3.0
I hate how this guy makes things purposely vague
madeleinegeorge's review against another edition
4.0
There’s usually one reason anyone reads TBL, and I’ve included it below, mostly so that I have it handy for those moments in life when one finds need for it, but if for no other reason than if I have to be in tears about it, so do you.
It is a long selection, but infinitely worth it.
the Essential:
“My dearest darling,
I received all two hundred pages of your book explaining why you cannot marry me, and I have fed the carrier pigeons as much seed as they could eat, and I brushed their feathers with my trembling fingers, and bathed their beaks in my tears. I had to read the book three and a half times before I could untie ‘My Silence Knot’ and write to you. [...] I will try to answer the questions you asked me on page 189. [...] After reading your book, I understand why you cannot live with me. I hope, after reading the answers below, you understand why I cannot live without you. [...] Question Nine: Always. Continuously. With increasing apprehension and decreasing hope. I will love you with no regard to the actions of our enemies or the jealousies of actors. I will love you with no regard to the outrage of certain parents or the boredom of certain friends. [...] I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you if you abandon your baticeering, and I will love you if you retire from the theater to take up some other, less dangerous occupation. [...] I will love you as the starfish loves a coral reef and as kudzu loves trees, even if the oceans turn to sawdust and the trees fall in the forest without anyone around to hear them. I will love you as the pesto loves the fettuccine and as the horseradish loves the miyagi, as the tempura loves the ikura and the pepperoni loves the pizza. I will love you as the manatee loves to the head of lettuce and as the dark spot loves the leopard, as the leech loves the ankles of a wader and as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you as the doctor loves his sickest patient and a lake loves its thirstiest swimmer. I will love you as the beard loves the chin, and the crumbs love the beard, and the damp napkin loves the crumbs, and the precious document loves the dampness of the napkin, and the squinting eye of the reader loves the smudged print of the document, and the tears of sadness love the squinting eye as it misreads what is written. [...] I will love you as a thief loves a gallery and as a crow loves a murder, as a cloud loves bats and as a range loves braes. I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. I will love you as a battlefield loves young men and peppermints love your allergies. [...] I will love you as a drawer loves a secret compartment, and as a secret compartment loves a secret. [...] I will love you until all such compartments are discovered and opened, and until all the secrets have gone gasping into the world. I will love you until all the codes and hearts have been broken and until every anagram and egg has been unscrambled. [...] I will love you as we find ourselves farther and farther from one another, where once we were so close. I will love you until our chances of running into one another slip from slim to zero, and until your face is fogged by distant memory, and your memory faced by distant fog, and your fog memorized by a distant face, and your distance distanced by the memorized memory of a foggy fog. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you. [...] That, Beatrice, is how I will love you even as the world goes on its wicked way.”
It is a long selection, but infinitely worth it.
the Essential:
“My dearest darling,
I received all two hundred pages of your book explaining why you cannot marry me, and I have fed the carrier pigeons as much seed as they could eat, and I brushed their feathers with my trembling fingers, and bathed their beaks in my tears. I had to read the book three and a half times before I could untie ‘My Silence Knot’ and write to you. [...] I will try to answer the questions you asked me on page 189. [...] After reading your book, I understand why you cannot live with me. I hope, after reading the answers below, you understand why I cannot live without you. [...] Question Nine: Always. Continuously. With increasing apprehension and decreasing hope. I will love you with no regard to the actions of our enemies or the jealousies of actors. I will love you with no regard to the outrage of certain parents or the boredom of certain friends. [...] I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday. I will love you if you abandon your baticeering, and I will love you if you retire from the theater to take up some other, less dangerous occupation. [...] I will love you as the starfish loves a coral reef and as kudzu loves trees, even if the oceans turn to sawdust and the trees fall in the forest without anyone around to hear them. I will love you as the pesto loves the fettuccine and as the horseradish loves the miyagi, as the tempura loves the ikura and the pepperoni loves the pizza. I will love you as the manatee loves to the head of lettuce and as the dark spot loves the leopard, as the leech loves the ankles of a wader and as a corpse loves the beak of the vulture. I will love you as the doctor loves his sickest patient and a lake loves its thirstiest swimmer. I will love you as the beard loves the chin, and the crumbs love the beard, and the damp napkin loves the crumbs, and the precious document loves the dampness of the napkin, and the squinting eye of the reader loves the smudged print of the document, and the tears of sadness love the squinting eye as it misreads what is written. [...] I will love you as a thief loves a gallery and as a crow loves a murder, as a cloud loves bats and as a range loves braes. I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. I will love you as a battlefield loves young men and peppermints love your allergies. [...] I will love you as a drawer loves a secret compartment, and as a secret compartment loves a secret. [...] I will love you until all such compartments are discovered and opened, and until all the secrets have gone gasping into the world. I will love you until all the codes and hearts have been broken and until every anagram and egg has been unscrambled. [...] I will love you as we find ourselves farther and farther from one another, where once we were so close. I will love you until our chances of running into one another slip from slim to zero, and until your face is fogged by distant memory, and your memory faced by distant fog, and your fog memorized by a distant face, and your distance distanced by the memorized memory of a foggy fog. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you. [...] That, Beatrice, is how I will love you even as the world goes on its wicked way.”
imani_iguana's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
lemonizer's review against another edition
5.0
A great book for lovers of sad love stories and excessively zealous quotes.
carolinadlc's review against another edition
4.0
3.5
Cómo extrañaba cualquier cosa relacionada a una serie de eventos desafortunados y la forma de escribir de Lemony. Si bien no dice mucho que no sepamos(en especial si viste adaptación de netflix), siempre estoy abierta a saber más sobre esta historia.
Btw, esto me hace darme cuenta el maravilloso trabajo que hizo netflix con la adaptación, quiero verla de nuevo.
Cómo extrañaba cualquier cosa relacionada a una serie de eventos desafortunados y la forma de escribir de Lemony. Si bien no dice mucho que no sepamos(en especial si viste adaptación de netflix), siempre estoy abierta a saber más sobre esta historia.
Btw, esto me hace darme cuenta el maravilloso trabajo que hizo netflix con la adaptación, quiero verla de nuevo.
ansl's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, dat boek is zo mooi gemaakt!
Spoiler
En ik was vergeten dat de Beatrice van Lemony Snicket, de moeder van de Baudelaires was!shadybanana's review against another edition
4.0
Obviously I read this book for that one long quote from it
“I will love you”
“I will love you”