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Wow this book is so fun!!! Ball gowns, magic, and feminism, I mean how could it go wrong?
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viet ya contemp - TN
viet ya contemp reread - TN
viet heist - G
viet alien invasion - V
filipino diaspora myth - CO
viet literary spec - HN
mushroom lesbians - MT
trans monster hunter - CM
queer feminist revenge - LL
jewish werewolves - DM
filipino diaspora myth - CO
viet ya contemp reread - TN
viet heist - G
viet alien invasion - V
filipino diaspora myth - CO
viet literary spec - HN
mushroom lesbians - MT
trans monster hunter - CM
queer feminist revenge - LL
jewish werewolves - DM
filipino diaspora myth - CO
Scouts Honor is a lot of fun! It feels like one of those paranormal tv shows that I used to watch back in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Putting monster hunters in scouts is delightful and I loved the training and legacy that was here. Being able to see monsters that other people can't is such a fun element, you're sure to have a blast!
Unfortunately for me, there were way too many pop culture references in this. I am completely oblivious to pop culture when it doesn't surround literature and so I didn't get a lot of it or it made it feel too out of place. It just made it read too much like this book wasn't for me. I know SO many people love that, though, so it's completely personal and I didn't rate it down because of that. It just wasn't the best fit for me personally. If you love the concept and pop culture, you'll be obsessed!
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Unfortunately for me, there were way too many pop culture references in this. I am completely oblivious to pop culture when it doesn't surround literature and so I didn't get a lot of it or it made it feel too out of place. It just made it read too much like this book wasn't for me. I know SO many people love that, though, so it's completely personal and I didn't rate it down because of that. It just wasn't the best fit for me personally. If you love the concept and pop culture, you'll be obsessed!
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I can't wait to see what else Jessie Chang does with this world!
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I liked the story overall but there were just too many things that pulled the experience of reading down for me. There were quite a few parts I felt like I was pushing too hard to get through. I don't think that will be the case for everyone though!
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Savvy Sheldon Feels Good As Hell was a wonderful start to my year of reading. It’s full of wonderful food descriptions, self-growth, and healthy romance. At first, I was worried because a lot of the book was focused on losing weight for a “revenge body” but it got better as Savvy realized that a revenge body wasn’t what was going to make her happy. It was more that other people’s words had affected her in a way that made her feel like that was what she needed to do. In retrospect, I can see that that is a more realistic response and probably how I would respond as well, but it definitely made me weary in the beginning.
Though that depiction made me weary it opened the door for so much character growth. Savvy really starts to accidentally feel more confident as she becomes healthier and makes an active effort to love herself and find her passions. In the end, it was really nice to be able to see so much character growth from Savvy. I absolutely love how she began to follow her passion for cooking. And for no one but herself. So comforting!
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Though that depiction made me weary it opened the door for so much character growth. Savvy really starts to accidentally feel more confident as she becomes healthier and makes an active effort to love herself and find her passions. In the end, it was really nice to be able to see so much character growth from Savvy. I absolutely love how she began to follow her passion for cooking. And for no one but herself. So comforting!
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Compassionate, beautiful, bizarre, introspective, human, challenging
Grief, loss, and pain are unavoidable pieces of the human experience, but how we react to them are all unique in our own ways. I recently read How High We Go in the Dark and it’s a beautiful exploration on how we move on after the unthinkable happens. I found it particularly beautiful the way that this story emphasized how humans find the most fascinating and increasingly bizarre ways to cope with the trauma.
Summary: In a series of interconnected short stories, Nagamatsu spends time focusing on people. After a virus sweeps through the world causing mass devastation, How High We Go in the Dark gives us a glimpse into how we move on. Through the strange and heartwrenching moments we get the privilege of sharing with these characters, we see the virus sweep through the world in the background. We are reminded that life doesn’t stop, despite everything that it puts us through. We are forced to see humanity within devastation.
How Do We Move On?
Dealing with grief and moving on from difficult events is such a difficult task and no two people handle it the same way. In the midst of despair and difficult times, we’re forced to become creative in the ways in which we are mentally capable of handling it. The coping methods of the characters are absolutely bizarre, but a beautiful reminder that regardless of how we process our grief, that it’s completely valid, as long as it works for us. A compelling reminder of how far we will go to usher ourselves off to death in peace.
Connection
A true piece of brilliance in How High We Go in the Dark is the intricate connectedness between each story. It isn’t that each story spawns directly off of each other, but rather an implication that all of our stories are interconnected. The way that a crisis affects some of us may be different than how it affects others, but it affects us nonetheless. Circling widely around what we might expect to be the main plot of the story, Nagamatsu centering the people on the outskirts. Those whose lives have changed from the virus in inexplicable ways, but were not necessarily integral to saving the world. But perhaps saving the world happens in their own ways.
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Grief, loss, and pain are unavoidable pieces of the human experience, but how we react to them are all unique in our own ways. I recently read How High We Go in the Dark and it’s a beautiful exploration on how we move on after the unthinkable happens. I found it particularly beautiful the way that this story emphasized how humans find the most fascinating and increasingly bizarre ways to cope with the trauma.
Summary: In a series of interconnected short stories, Nagamatsu spends time focusing on people. After a virus sweeps through the world causing mass devastation, How High We Go in the Dark gives us a glimpse into how we move on. Through the strange and heartwrenching moments we get the privilege of sharing with these characters, we see the virus sweep through the world in the background. We are reminded that life doesn’t stop, despite everything that it puts us through. We are forced to see humanity within devastation.
How Do We Move On?
Dealing with grief and moving on from difficult events is such a difficult task and no two people handle it the same way. In the midst of despair and difficult times, we’re forced to become creative in the ways in which we are mentally capable of handling it. The coping methods of the characters are absolutely bizarre, but a beautiful reminder that regardless of how we process our grief, that it’s completely valid, as long as it works for us. A compelling reminder of how far we will go to usher ourselves off to death in peace.
Connection
A true piece of brilliance in How High We Go in the Dark is the intricate connectedness between each story. It isn’t that each story spawns directly off of each other, but rather an implication that all of our stories are interconnected. The way that a crisis affects some of us may be different than how it affects others, but it affects us nonetheless. Circling widely around what we might expect to be the main plot of the story, Nagamatsu centering the people on the outskirts. Those whose lives have changed from the virus in inexplicable ways, but were not necessarily integral to saving the world. But perhaps saving the world happens in their own ways.
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