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Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
4.0
nice addition to the series and an interesting world/door but not my favorite from the series overall.
still a good read with nice commentary and realistic portray of what adoption especially out of country adoptions can be like.
still a good read with nice commentary and realistic portray of what adoption especially out of country adoptions can be like.
James by Percival Everett
2.0
i’m so disappointed.
but this just didn’t work for me for so many reasons that i can’t give it another rating.
starting with how women in this are used as a rage reason instead of making them actual characters or even necessary - why include women if you only going to rape them or throw them aside for other reasons if it da story about a black slave? doesn’t he have enough reasons to be mad without the reader having to read through a horrible rape scene? (which by the way i hate anyways especially if they are written by men)
i also don’t understand why this was necessary as a huckleberry finn retelling?
this character of Jim wasn’t anything like the original version.
it’s good to get an educated slave BUT why make it a retelling if you change the character completely?
why not do a whole new story about a slave and tell what is done in this book without the connection to the other story?
i also didn’t like the writing style nor the differences how james spoke depending on who he was talking to or thought was listening - either he over simplified his speech or he talked in a way nobody would have talked outside of an overproduced theater production.
i am not saying the story was bad or unnecessary - the opposite is true actually.
i think this could have been an incredibly story but as it is there is just a lot of strange moments together that for me made no sense and could have been left out and made be book better.
clearly i am in the minority here and that’s fine! i am very happy that so many people are getting something out of this book and especially with what is currently going on in the US it’s certainly necessary for people to remember that enslaving people and taking away their rights and voice is not the right way to go -ever.
but this just wasn’t for me and i am pretty sure this author just doesn’t work for me personally.
but this just didn’t work for me for so many reasons that i can’t give it another rating.
starting with how women in this are used as a rage reason instead of making them actual characters or even necessary - why include women if you only going to rape them or throw them aside for other reasons if it da story about a black slave? doesn’t he have enough reasons to be mad without the reader having to read through a horrible rape scene? (which by the way i hate anyways especially if they are written by men)
i also don’t understand why this was necessary as a huckleberry finn retelling?
this character of Jim wasn’t anything like the original version.
it’s good to get an educated slave BUT why make it a retelling if you change the character completely?
why not do a whole new story about a slave and tell what is done in this book without the connection to the other story?
i also didn’t like the writing style nor the differences how james spoke depending on who he was talking to or thought was listening - either he over simplified his speech or he talked in a way nobody would have talked outside of an overproduced theater production.
i am not saying the story was bad or unnecessary - the opposite is true actually.
i think this could have been an incredibly story but as it is there is just a lot of strange moments together that for me made no sense and could have been left out and made be book better.
clearly i am in the minority here and that’s fine! i am very happy that so many people are getting something out of this book and especially with what is currently going on in the US it’s certainly necessary for people to remember that enslaving people and taking away their rights and voice is not the right way to go -ever.
but this just wasn’t for me and i am pretty sure this author just doesn’t work for me personally.
Inheriting Magic: My Journey Through Grief, Joy, Celebration, and Making Every Day Magical by Jennifer Love Hewitt
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
i read the book and afterwards listened to the audio book and both are worth the time but different experiences from each other.
Hewitt reads the book and you can hear the emotions she felt while writing specific moments -the grief and sadness talking about her mother, but also the love and eagerness for specific moments and topics.
it makes the book felt a bit more personal, a bit more memoir feeling instead of a book filled with ideas and inspirations to also fill the readers life with little magical moments.
i recommend both highly if you want something that reminds you that you can find reminders and love and hope and yes magic in little moments and/or holidays.
if that doesn’t sound like you type of book? don’t read this.
but if it sounds like something fitting to you?
divide your format and go for it! it’s not a huge commitment but worth the time spend it just too experience of a different persons life and their small moments of life that made it special to them and how it can inspire you.
and also how grief and sadness is very much part of life and okay to feel and experience as long as you need - Hewitt reminded me a lot of that and i think sometimes that is necessary to be reminded of.
be it the grief for a person or a life or a moment or a situation…. grief needs to be felt .
and especially in the audio book i think that is very clearly felt.
Hewitt reads the book and you can hear the emotions she felt while writing specific moments -the grief and sadness talking about her mother, but also the love and eagerness for specific moments and topics.
it makes the book felt a bit more personal, a bit more memoir feeling instead of a book filled with ideas and inspirations to also fill the readers life with little magical moments.
i recommend both highly if you want something that reminds you that you can find reminders and love and hope and yes magic in little moments and/or holidays.
if that doesn’t sound like you type of book? don’t read this.
but if it sounds like something fitting to you?
divide your format and go for it! it’s not a huge commitment but worth the time spend it just too experience of a different persons life and their small moments of life that made it special to them and how it can inspire you.
and also how grief and sadness is very much part of life and okay to feel and experience as long as you need - Hewitt reminded me a lot of that and i think sometimes that is necessary to be reminded of.
be it the grief for a person or a life or a moment or a situation…. grief needs to be felt .
and especially in the audio book i think that is very clearly felt.