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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A saccharine take on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but it's magical faeries (?) offering the service as opposed to a corporation with clinical procedures on offer.
I actually quite liked the very whimsical, fairytale-esque opening of this book. But the world was poorly fleshed out and a lot of things simply didn't make sense. And boy, did they get boring quickly.
A magical woman (possibly teenager though she's presented as a child imo - it wasn't explained well) has the ability to make dreams come true, both good and bad. Sadly, she has no control over this power, and one night dreams her family are sucked away by a storm, and wakes up to find that its actually happened. She then makes a promise to search for them through a million lifetimes, even if it makes her miserable. Somehow, her power brings this promise into being - I didn't think that really made sense but hey ho.
Queue a brief explanation on how she steps from one world to the next, never staying for fear of making friends and watching them die (yes, she's also immortal at present). She never finds her family, becomes sad, wants to die but can't die because of her magical promise and lack of control over her powers to undo said promise. Ok.
Then, for no real reason, one day she stops world hoping. She remembers a book she got as a magical child living in a magical village that said she should use her powers selflessly and to help others. Will that bring her parents back? Who knows. But she wishes into being a laundrette that washes away pain (yes, I dont understand how she can do literally anything but undo a dream she has as a woman/teenager/kid but meh).
We then meet a bunch of people who, for one reason or another, have regrets and want to wash away that sadness. She explains they will lose all memories of those events as well but apparently they dont care. Oh god, their stories are so dull.
She meets like 5 peoples, helps them and then decides one is a bit hot so will go see his photography exhibition. After realising he took a picture of her (he shouldn't be able to because magic), she wakes up the next day realising she's aging and will die in this life. She's delighted. She never found the family she lost, but instead made a new one.
The short book is jam packed with "just be happy you fool" flim flam and I think it rotted my brain.
I actually quite liked the very whimsical, fairytale-esque opening of this book. But the world was poorly fleshed out and a lot of things simply didn't make sense. And boy, did they get boring quickly.
A magical woman (possibly teenager though she's presented as a child imo - it wasn't explained well) has the ability to make dreams come true, both good and bad. Sadly, she has no control over this power, and one night dreams her family are sucked away by a storm, and wakes up to find that its actually happened. She then makes a promise to search for them through a million lifetimes, even if it makes her miserable. Somehow, her power brings this promise into being - I didn't think that really made sense but hey ho.
Queue a brief explanation on how she steps from one world to the next, never staying for fear of making friends and watching them die (yes, she's also immortal at present). She never finds her family, becomes sad, wants to die but can't die because of her magical promise and lack of control over her powers to undo said promise. Ok.
Then, for no real reason, one day she stops world hoping. She remembers a book she got as a magical child living in a magical village that said she should use her powers selflessly and to help others. Will that bring her parents back? Who knows. But she wishes into being a laundrette that washes away pain (yes, I dont understand how she can do literally anything but undo a dream she has as a woman/teenager/kid but meh).
We then meet a bunch of people who, for one reason or another, have regrets and want to wash away that sadness. She explains they will lose all memories of those events as well but apparently they dont care. Oh god, their stories are so dull.
She meets like 5 peoples, helps them and then decides one is a bit hot so will go see his photography exhibition. After realising he took a picture of her (he shouldn't be able to because magic), she wakes up the next day realising she's aging and will die in this life. She's delighted. She never found the family she lost, but instead made a new one.
The short book is jam packed with "just be happy you fool" flim flam and I think it rotted my brain.
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
There are so many self-healing “nuggets” to take away from this book. Through the use of “short-stories”, Jeungun Yun shares some life lessons we can all stand to learn. I think my biggest takeaway was the idea to reject damaging thoughts and emotions bestowed upon me by family, friends, and myself in order to accept the thoughts and emotions that are good for me.
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I think I was just expecting this book to be a certain way similar to before the coffee gets cold and it just wasn't that. I dont think I'll pick this back up.
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
This is a beautifully written book and I loved about 85% of it. Some of the messaging got a little over-the-top, preachy and over-simplified at times and I would be pulled out of the flow of the story. Yes, please, tell me more about how “the best gifts are wrapped in trials and tribulations” (tell that to my dad’s late stage cancer diagnosis). But it was an otherwise hopeful, lovely story. If I were to describe this book as an image, I would say it was a purply-pink beach sunset, with the sunlight dancing off the waves and sparkling in the distance.
Reads like a college student’s essay who tries to be profound. The concept is nice but it’s too heavy handed. Also I should’ve read the content warnings
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt