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and_im_ash's Reviews (395)
It just is not grabbing me. I don't feel compelled to continue right now. It's nothing to do with the book because I love T. Kingfisher's writing, but I don't think it's the right concept for me right now. I'm just not getting invested in the portals and the islands etc. It's not going it for me right now. I find the museum itself more interesting rn and would prefer to be there rather than the portal world.
I am sticking to my resolution that if I'm not vibing it, I stop reading it.
I am sticking to my resolution that if I'm not vibing it, I stop reading it.
This just wasn't grabbing me. I liked the prose, but Belle and the story just weren't keeping my attention and I just couldn't get into it at all unfortunately.
Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression
DID NOT FINISH: 56%
Some really good takeaways in the first half, but then my loan ran out, I didn't get the book back for ages, and by then didn't feel the desire to read more. I think the more relevant sections to me were in the first half anyway.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is an incredible novel. The writing is exquisite, the Jewish look at vampires was great, the exploration of post-partum depression and disability and change and belonging and grief was poignant and done in that unique way horror can do it. It was scary, intriguing, entertaining, thought-provoking.
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are.
It's an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway.
A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."
I will be thinking about that staircase for some time, I think.
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are.
It's an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway.
A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."
I will be thinking about that staircase for some time, I think.
The prose is great, the concept is fun, but it's just not grabbing me right now and life's too short to force it. I'm too much of a mood reader so I'll likely return to this eventually and devour it.
I just really want to read them in order, I think. So I'll wait for the other ones at the library then return to this one.
Rating this 5 stars because I think it achieves exactly what it aims to: it is a book about someone's experience living with ADHD, someone without ADHD's experience being with them, and how tackling shame with compassion can go a long way to helping people with ADHD form healthier ways to manage and cope with the symptoms.
I don't have a diagnosis but I related so heavily to so many things in this book. The directional dyslexia? That's me. Impulsive spending? Yep. Task avoidance? To the extreme. Difficulty cleaning my apartment? For sure. It was validating and also affirming to hear Rox talk about how she struggles with the symptoms of ADHD and what she's done to try and reduce their negative affects. And then hearing Rich discuss his journey from frustration to understanding, and how they then became a team dealing with these symptoms together, rather than working against each other, was so beautiful.
I listened to the audiobook of this and highly recommend reading this book that way, as you get to hear Rox and Rich go back and forth reading the parts they wrote from their perspective and it feels like a conversation, really. AND I didn't have to speed the book up in order to be able to pay attention to it and not drift off!!
If you're looking for scientific explanations and advice from psychologists and such, this isn't the right book for you. But if you want to read about someone's lived experience with ADHD, and the way they've gone about managing it, this is the book for you. I took away some great pointers from this for my own day to day, including the idea that I should apply the compassion both Rox and Rich talk about to my self talk and start being nicer to myself. People rarely flourish in negative conditions, so I don't know why I think I can succeed when I'm so negative towards myself.
I don't have a diagnosis but I related so heavily to so many things in this book. The directional dyslexia? That's me. Impulsive spending? Yep. Task avoidance? To the extreme. Difficulty cleaning my apartment? For sure. It was validating and also affirming to hear Rox talk about how she struggles with the symptoms of ADHD and what she's done to try and reduce their negative affects. And then hearing Rich discuss his journey from frustration to understanding, and how they then became a team dealing with these symptoms together, rather than working against each other, was so beautiful.
I listened to the audiobook of this and highly recommend reading this book that way, as you get to hear Rox and Rich go back and forth reading the parts they wrote from their perspective and it feels like a conversation, really. AND I didn't have to speed the book up in order to be able to pay attention to it and not drift off!!
If you're looking for scientific explanations and advice from psychologists and such, this isn't the right book for you. But if you want to read about someone's lived experience with ADHD, and the way they've gone about managing it, this is the book for you. I took away some great pointers from this for my own day to day, including the idea that I should apply the compassion both Rox and Rich talk about to my self talk and start being nicer to myself. People rarely flourish in negative conditions, so I don't know why I think I can succeed when I'm so negative towards myself.
