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bloop's Reviews (102)
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
such an exhilarating read. i don't think i've ever read a book that has gripped me as much as this one. it's also fairly easy to follow, despite exploring some complicated topics like alternate realities and parallel timelines. i think blake crouch's writing style is very engaging—i fw the way he writes short, staccato sentences.
medium-paced
I liked this book most of the time and didn’t think it was too cheesy. They kinda lost me there during the last quarter of the book with the stupid “conflict” they had though. v weak plot but fun christmas read. Stella is just a f*ckin idiot. Also hate HATEEEE how Luka calls her La La. Romance authors need to do away with these nonsensical nicknames.
im sorry i think i was too slow at reading this so i kept getting bored at the really explicit parts
im sure it is interesting i just couldn’t get into it
im sure it is interesting i just couldn’t get into it
The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
J.T. Molloy, John "Chick" Donohue
i just don't understand how any of this is logistically possible. how did a civilian get on a flight to an active warzone the fuck. honestly kinda disingenuous regarding american support for the war, failing to mention any atrocities committed against the vietnamese by american soldiers, yet lamenting about how protestors fucked up american soldiers' morale. yeah no shit. chick donohue tries to ride the line between supporting and opposing the war, but in his efforts to be impartial, he comes off as ingenuine
plotless and a little boring. revolutionary for the 20th century but tired and banal observations for the 21st century
heard rave reviews about this book and idk it was just alright. it tries to portray the killer in a humanizing light but in the end he killed people for no reason (not a spoiler btw dw you know this from the beginning) so im not sure i bought into it lol
Julia Fox's life needs to be made into a movie holy shit. I'm actually in disbelief of how she experienced all this shit and made it out in the end.
This book was everything I wanted it to be and more. At first, I found myself rolling my eyes at Julia Lee's complaints whilst at Princeton. As someone who had always dreamed of going to these elite institutions as a high schooler (Yale was my dream Ivy but I got waitlisted), I was scoffing at how ungrateful Lee sounded for shit talking a place that I somehow deluded myself into thinking was a space that was inclusive for all those who had the merit to get in. But after putting my biases aside, I was able to absorb Lee's words more effectively and truly understand that there was little to do with merit for these institutions and all to do with luck, legacy, and proximity to whiteness. One of my favorite things that Lee does while dissecting the complicated systems that uphold white supremacy in America was the constant references to BIPOC (specifically black) historians and authors in her writing. You can really tell that she did her research while simultaneously being conscious of her place in the conversation. I definitely want to buy a hard copy of this book because I listened to it on audiobook and didn't fully take in some of the things she was saying. There were definitely some lines that floored me, especially when she was talking about her own experiences and started crying while narrating the book. I didn't expect this book to be so thorough and nuanced, as I feel like I haven't read many books relating to the "social justice" zeitgeist of the 2010s and 2020s that explore these kinds of topics in depth like Lee does. I particularly resonated with her reference to W.E.B. Du Bois and the double consciousness. I need to meet her!!!
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Provides so much context for the Dune films. This was a well written book. a bit unnecessarily wordy at times though. So much lore that it is hard to keep track of. Ironically, the beginning of the book gripped me, but kinda lost me at the end, which is opposite of how I felt about the movies. Overall, I'm glad I read it, but will never be re-reading this ever again. The main reason why I wanted to read it was so that I could read Dune Messiah before the movie comes out lol.