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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This was so badass!!! So vivid and so unsettlingly. I can’t stop thinking about it!
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
the prose of this book is stunning! some of the lines in this book just convey an image/mood/emotion like i have never read before. just stunning. i want to describe as dreamy and glittery but with a very unsettling and mysterious tone to it all. after finishing this, i really love the title.
i usually despise short stories but i truly loved reading this collection. ‘pemi aguda stands on her own and does not need comparison but reading this gave me the same feelings of intrigue and being immersed as reading bloodchild by butler (which i adore).
my favorites: manifest, breastmilk, the hollow, imagine me carrying you, girlie (!), and masquerade season. all stories were enjoyable to read but those were my standouts
there are so many quotes i could paste here:
“And two weeks or three months or four years from now, when these men try to rid themselves of their sons: abandon them with relatives or on a park bench wet from rain, they will never be able to walk away. Because they can never be sure where a haunting ends and paranoia begins.”
“But maybe when the time comes, I will think that I am tired of being anybody's girlie, and I will go somewhere nobody knows to call me "girlie," or to ask me where my mummy is, or whether I even have a mummy, and they will instead ask me what my name is, and I will be able to choose a name and my own story, a story that I am making up by myself.”
i usually despise short stories but i truly loved reading this collection. ‘pemi aguda stands on her own and does not need comparison but reading this gave me the same feelings of intrigue and being immersed as reading bloodchild by butler (which i adore).
my favorites: manifest, breastmilk, the hollow, imagine me carrying you, girlie (!), and masquerade season. all stories were enjoyable to read but those were my standouts
there are so many quotes i could paste here:
“And two weeks or three months or four years from now, when these men try to rid themselves of their sons: abandon them with relatives or on a park bench wet from rain, they will never be able to walk away. Because they can never be sure where a haunting ends and paranoia begins.”
“But maybe when the time comes, I will think that I am tired of being anybody's girlie, and I will go somewhere nobody knows to call me "girlie," or to ask me where my mummy is, or whether I even have a mummy, and they will instead ask me what my name is, and I will be able to choose a name and my own story, a story that I am making up by myself.”
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
emotional
mysterious
reflective
"There is an emerging. Perhaps all you needed was permission, the excuse of genetics so the real you could manifest. You wanted this, didn’t you?"