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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Genuinely. I have read so much literature. Books that have made me cry and sob. Books so beautiful, they make me rethink what people are capable of creating. But lord, am I proved time and time again, that there is not a limit to it. I think "oh, this is it, this is the most devastating and beautiful piece of literature I have ever read, nothing can beat this now" and reality is so beautiful as to prove me wrong.
I'm so so grateful that I get to read works like these. Yes, they hurt. Yes, the people are ugly in it, ugly in the things they do, the ways they hurt those around them. But God, God, they are beautiful. Humanity is as beautiful as it is ugly.
We are cable of so much happiness, of so much misery.
James Baldwin, my only wish, is that I could have shared a conversation with you, at least one. Maybe even a silent one. Sat with you for a while. I would tell you thank you, and much more so. But that's only a wish.
Regardless though, thank you. Rest well.
I'm so so grateful that I get to read works like these. Yes, they hurt. Yes, the people are ugly in it, ugly in the things they do, the ways they hurt those around them. But God, God, they are beautiful. Humanity is as beautiful as it is ugly.
We are cable of so much happiness, of so much misery.
James Baldwin, my only wish, is that I could have shared a conversation with you, at least one. Maybe even a silent one. Sat with you for a while. I would tell you thank you, and much more so. But that's only a wish.
Regardless though, thank you. Rest well.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
james baldwin most definitely is the most beautiful writer i have ever encountered. that being said whilst it was a small book it took me a tad longer to read- and it only really got my full interest towards the end. it is definitely a good book and i am sooo looking forward to reading his other stories!!
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
“Love him, and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven matters?”
first encountered this at 13, now reading it at 16. i think i should reread it because this had so many load-bearing paragraphs that i couldn’t Think about it too hard or i would implode. mfw you’re an American man in the 50s and you learn a few things about yourself:
a) hatred is a word easier than love
b) love will haunt you and choke you and drag you to the bottom of the sea
c) shame
the actual giovanni’s room is claustrophobic, i’d hate to be inside, but i don’t think it was as dirty as david described it as. i think he was projecting. he’s so miserable in his repression even tho he wants that connection so badly and who can blame him granted the context of it but oh wow… it’s just so utterly miserable to read
first encountered this at 13, now reading it at 16. i think i should reread it because this had so many load-bearing paragraphs that i couldn’t Think about it too hard or i would implode. mfw you’re an American man in the 50s and you learn a few things about yourself:
a) hatred is a word easier than love
b) love will haunt you and choke you and drag you to the bottom of the sea
c) shame
the actual giovanni’s room is claustrophobic, i’d hate to be inside, but i don’t think it was as dirty as david described it as. i think he was projecting. he’s so miserable in his repression even tho he wants that connection so badly and who can blame him granted the context of it but oh wow… it’s just so utterly miserable to read
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes