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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
dnf @60%
welp.
I hate DNFing books, I just can't do it. I can fucking hate a book with every fibre in my being but my eternal book optimism(which is ironic since my middle name is literally depression) will physically not LET me DNF a book. "what if i have an amazing twist ending at the end regardless of the fact that I have disappointed you for what feels like a 1000 pages thus far?"the book tells me. Some may see this as a flaw, some as a good thing. I won't lie, some of my favourite books are books that I initially put down, and I'm so grateful I actually decided to continue. But is it only BECAUSE of the fact that i initially put it down that I ended up enjoying the book? The eternal question, but I digress as I feel like I'm getting a bit off topic.
Today I did something I haven't done in many years, and I don't regret it. However, I think neither me or my book optimism came out of it positively. I think what angers me the most about is the fact that IT WASN'T EVEN THAT BAD. Like there was no characters or plot points or anything concrete that I can rant about for hours on end for this review. The worst feeling is having this intense negative feeling and not knowing why or even knowing how to explain this feeling. I've had mixed feelings with Ness's books in the past(loved A Monster Calls + hated Chaos Walking Trilogy) yet I've never had anything like this before
It was just such a weird experience reading this book. It felt like everything was just a blur, nothing stood out about this book and I couldn't tell you a summary of this book if I tried. All I know is that the main character has this ex, a new boyfriend(Linus I think?) and he has this best friend(who i want to call Abby but i think that's false and I'm confusing her from the Simon Vs. The Homo-Sapiens Character)
I ended this book just feeling confused and annoyed. Annoyed, I didn't enjoy it, and mostly because I can't even explain why.
welp.
I hate DNFing books, I just can't do it. I can fucking hate a book with every fibre in my being but my eternal book optimism(which is ironic since my middle name is literally depression) will physically not LET me DNF a book. "what if i have an amazing twist ending at the end regardless of the fact that I have disappointed you for what feels like a 1000 pages thus far?"the book tells me. Some may see this as a flaw, some as a good thing. I won't lie, some of my favourite books are books that I initially put down, and I'm so grateful I actually decided to continue. But is it only BECAUSE of the fact that i initially put it down that I ended up enjoying the book? The eternal question, but I digress as I feel like I'm getting a bit off topic.
Today I did something I haven't done in many years, and I don't regret it. However, I think neither me or my book optimism came out of it positively. I think what angers me the most about is the fact that IT WASN'T EVEN THAT BAD. Like there was no characters or plot points or anything concrete that I can rant about for hours on end for this review. The worst feeling is having this intense negative feeling and not knowing why or even knowing how to explain this feeling. I've had mixed feelings with Ness's books in the past(loved A Monster Calls + hated Chaos Walking Trilogy) yet I've never had anything like this before
It was just such a weird experience reading this book. It felt like everything was just a blur, nothing stood out about this book and I couldn't tell you a summary of this book if I tried. All I know is that the main character has this ex, a new boyfriend(Linus I think?) and he has this best friend(who i want to call Abby but i think that's false and I'm confusing her from the Simon Vs. The Homo-Sapiens Character)
I ended this book just feeling confused and annoyed. Annoyed, I didn't enjoy it, and mostly because I can't even explain why.
Je referme le livre un peu décontenancé par les deux histoires qu'il raconte. Chacune d'entre elle aurait pu faire l'objet d'un roman et j'ai du mal à saisir le but de les avoir mêlées.
Toutefois, la partie sur Adam m'a plus que conquis. Jeune garçon de 17 ans homosexuel dans la campagne profonde, fils d'un Pasteur et d'une mère bigote, il cherche sa place.
L'auteur lui prête une homosexualité assumée et nous en parle de façon frontale. Le traitement de cette homosexualité est rare dans la littérature jeunesse / Young Adult. Positive sans pour autant être idéalisée, le protagoniste ne fait pas que subir son orientation sexuelle, au fur et à mesure des pages il se l'approprie.
Des scènes d'amours entre garçons très douces mais néanmoins vraies ponctuent le roman et prouvent que même au lycée il est possible d'embrasser cet amour.
Très bon roman d'apprentissage sur cette époque charnière de la vie si l'on en exclue les parties fantastiques avec la jeune fille du lac, qui elles ne m'ont pas conquises. Trop brèves pour être intéressantes, trop éloignées du sujet principal pour s'imposer.
Toutefois, la partie sur Adam m'a plus que conquis. Jeune garçon de 17 ans homosexuel dans la campagne profonde, fils d'un Pasteur et d'une mère bigote, il cherche sa place.
L'auteur lui prête une homosexualité assumée et nous en parle de façon frontale. Le traitement de cette homosexualité est rare dans la littérature jeunesse / Young Adult. Positive sans pour autant être idéalisée, le protagoniste ne fait pas que subir son orientation sexuelle, au fur et à mesure des pages il se l'approprie.
Des scènes d'amours entre garçons très douces mais néanmoins vraies ponctuent le roman et prouvent que même au lycée il est possible d'embrasser cet amour.
Très bon roman d'apprentissage sur cette époque charnière de la vie si l'on en exclue les parties fantastiques avec la jeune fille du lac, qui elles ne m'ont pas conquises. Trop brèves pour être intéressantes, trop éloignées du sujet principal pour s'imposer.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
release is winding streams; roses and pearls of blood; whirling, destructive emotions; grief, yearning, searching and disorientation; intimacy, comfort and love.
and then finding each other.
Patrick Ness does it again.
I don't think there will be a book that I dislike by him.
The heart-wrenching scenes between father and son, brother and brother. The closeness of best friends, of relationships, of exes. It's skillful and artistic and contains so much beauty and heartache. Highly recommended.
I don't think there will be a book that I dislike by him.
The heart-wrenching scenes between father and son, brother and brother. The closeness of best friends, of relationships, of exes. It's skillful and artistic and contains so much beauty and heartache. Highly recommended.
Adam Thorn is having what will turn out to be the most unsettling, difficult day of his life, with relationships fracturing, a harrowing incident at work, and a showdown between this gay teen and his preacher father that changes everything. It's a day of confrontation, running, sex, love, heartbreak, and maybe, just maybe, hope. He won't come out of it unchanged. And all the while, lurking at the edges of the story, something extraordinary and unsettling is on a collision course.
I can't say that I enjoyed this very much. The interweaving of Adam's day with a supernatural story was just weird! Having said that I enjoyed the supernatural element more than Adam's story which I found a little too graphic for my taste.
I can't say that I enjoyed this very much. The interweaving of Adam's day with a supernatural story was just weird! Having said that I enjoyed the supernatural element more than Adam's story which I found a little too graphic for my taste.
I am torn directly down the middle about this. Half of me is here like, "Dude that was one of the best coming of age contemporaries I've read since The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and wants to give this book a 5/5. The other half is like, "What the fuck was going on with that queen? And the faun? And a ghost??? WHAT" and is feeling like that specific part of the book deserves a 2/5 or 1/5.
So I gave it a 3/5 because I genuinely, absolutely adored one huge aspect of the story (the part of the story I signed up for, too, mind) and I was incredibly confused and disoriented by the other huge aspect of the story (one I did not sign up for, was open to when it was introduced, and then ended up even more confused with it in the end even than I was at the beginning). So, unless I have an epiphany or a sudden change of heart, this is going to sit directly in the middle of the road because I am so fucked up by what feels like two completely different story concepts got set next to one another and were accidentally published as one thing.
That said, I did absolutely adore Adam's story. If there's a way I could get an edited, alternate-universe copy of this book, I'd be giving this 5 big beautiful brilliant stars, pleading with my family to buy it for me for Christmas, and putting it among the likes of Perks, as previously mentioned, and Looking for Alaska and Between Us and the Moon and A Certain Slant of Light...but, alas...dreams do not come true, I suppose.
So I gave it a 3/5 because I genuinely, absolutely adored one huge aspect of the story (the part of the story I signed up for, too, mind) and I was incredibly confused and disoriented by the other huge aspect of the story (one I did not sign up for, was open to when it was introduced, and then ended up even more confused with it in the end even than I was at the beginning). So, unless I have an epiphany or a sudden change of heart, this is going to sit directly in the middle of the road because I am so fucked up by what feels like two completely different story concepts got set next to one another and were accidentally published as one thing.
That said, I did absolutely adore Adam's story. If there's a way I could get an edited, alternate-universe copy of this book, I'd be giving this 5 big beautiful brilliant stars, pleading with my family to buy it for me for Christmas, and putting it among the likes of Perks, as previously mentioned, and Looking for Alaska and Between Us and the Moon and A Certain Slant of Light...but, alas...dreams do not come true, I suppose.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I can see that the whole supernatural storyline was supposed to connect to Adam's storyline, but it didn't really work. Would die for Angela though.
I feel like some part of me wasn't supposed to like this book, because it was so weird, and I didn't exactly understand what was happening the whole time (you'll understand what I mean if you've read this) but for some reason I really, really loved it.