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pleurgrl 's review for:
The World Cannot Give
by Tara Isabella Burton
2.75/5 stars rounded up to 3 ✨ the cover and title drew me in (i do love an otherworldly aesthetic). what followed was a good novel—like, nothing groundbreaking or life changing but an enjoyable read grounded in the tradition of "dark academia."
to really *get* it though, i had to put myself back in my 16-year old mindset like laura. insecure baby kim, yearning indefinitely for something she doesn't yet understand. for meaning! drama! a life to shipwreck the soul!
current me can see the pretention of all of the characters and the misguided faith that laura placed in virginia. but it isn't about current me—it's about being a teenage girl who lives in her head.
the ending, i could have done without. that pushed it a little over the edge (in a bad way lol)...but i digress.
to really *get* it though, i had to put myself back in my 16-year old mindset like laura. insecure baby kim, yearning indefinitely for something she doesn't yet understand. for meaning! drama! a life to shipwreck the soul!
current me can see the pretention of all of the characters and the misguided faith that laura placed in virginia. but it isn't about current me—it's about being a teenage girl who lives in her head.
the ending, i could have done without. that pushed it a little over the edge (in a bad way lol)...but i digress.