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challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
When I talk about how much I love cannibalism metaphor this is exactly what I mean
- The vibes of this were just so good… it was simultaneously delicious and grotesque prose filled with overflowing amounts of love but also the painful absence of it.
- cannibalism as a force to explore incredibly messy, painful, & abusive mother/daughter dynamics + sapphic love
- being in the mind of the child for this book was paaaainful
- The vibes of this were just so good… it was simultaneously delicious and grotesque prose filled with overflowing amounts of love but also the painful absence of it.
- cannibalism as a force to explore incredibly messy, painful, & abusive mother/daughter dynamics + sapphic love
- being in the mind of the child for this book was paaaainful
DNF 68% in, I think this is the first Star Wars book I’ve DNF’d ??
I wanted to love this so bad and I really did love all of the Dooku lore that we were getting; I genuinely think he’s such an interesting character and I wish there was more background on him.
I was just confused listening along to this and I found all the jumps around timelines and settings too discombobulating & hard to follow
I wanted to love this so bad and I really did love all of the Dooku lore that we were getting; I genuinely think he’s such an interesting character and I wish there was more background on him.
I was just confused listening along to this and I found all the jumps around timelines and settings too discombobulating & hard to follow
dark
tense
I definitely enjoyed this more than The Hacienda!!
Positives:
- I love when vampires are actually gross & freakish & monsters
- the romance 🤌🤌 all of the yearning and tension and drama my gOD
- the overall vibes and aesthetic were soooooo good
- i love the slow creeping gothic horror of these books and how even though they have genuine supernatural horrors happening, the true villainy in some form is always the colonizers/oppressors in some way & i think it’s a brilliant way to explore commentary
Negatives:
- sometimes I think this author struggles a little bit in her storytelling? This one definitely felt stronger, but I still felt a liiiittle meh about it all in the end?
- I don’t understand why these books aren’t categorized as historical romances with horror elements 🤔. There is undeniably horror in her books, but I feel like they (so far) have first and foremost been romances?? Idk, I think the marketing of these as horror novels is working against them a little bit?
Positives:
- I love when vampires are actually gross & freakish & monsters
- the romance 🤌🤌 all of the yearning and tension and drama my gOD
- the overall vibes and aesthetic were soooooo good
- i love the slow creeping gothic horror of these books and how even though they have genuine supernatural horrors happening, the true villainy in some form is always the colonizers/oppressors in some way & i think it’s a brilliant way to explore commentary
Negatives:
- sometimes I think this author struggles a little bit in her storytelling? This one definitely felt stronger, but I still felt a liiiittle meh about it all in the end?
- I don’t understand why these books aren’t categorized as historical romances with horror elements 🤔. There is undeniably horror in her books, but I feel like they (so far) have first and foremost been romances?? Idk, I think the marketing of these as horror novels is working against them a little bit?
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Wowowowowowowowowow
For the majority of this book I was sitting at a pretty solid 4.75-5⭐️ rating and adored this. The last 100 pages I kind of have some critiques of however do that dropped my rating a liiiittttlleee bit
Positives:
- the vibes??? Holy fuck??? Genuinely such a unique and eclectic writing style that i think arguably could be comp’d to so many different things and yet strongly stand on its own?
- like: The Neverending Story meets Once Upon a Time meets Once Upon a Broken Heart, meets Legendborn meets The Raven Boys meets lowkey Sharkboy and Lavagirl with a romance dynamic that kinda gave CaitVi a little bit dare I say??? I know that sounds like a LOT but it all works…….
- the romance?? I was locked tf in and I would not call this a smutty book by any means, but when they fuck… they FUCKKKKKKKK
- the writing style was beautiful and so whimsical, same with the world
- the commentary in this type of fantasy world ate the house down & I can’t wait for others to experience it
Negatives:
- I have to be honest and say that there were elements of the story/worldbuilding that felt a little lacklustre/not-explained and for the most part I easily overlooked that, but the last 100 pages undeniably left me with a little bit of a …. That was it…? Feeling. It just felt like this big, slow, epic build-up to a conclusion that was kind of rushed and not fully fleshed out?? I don’t know exactly, but it honestly was kind of unsatisfying.
For the majority of this book I was sitting at a pretty solid 4.75-5⭐️ rating and adored this. The last 100 pages I kind of have some critiques of however do that dropped my rating a liiiittttlleee bit
Positives:
- the vibes??? Holy fuck??? Genuinely such a unique and eclectic writing style that i think arguably could be comp’d to so many different things and yet strongly stand on its own?
- like: The Neverending Story meets Once Upon a Time meets Once Upon a Broken Heart, meets Legendborn meets The Raven Boys meets lowkey Sharkboy and Lavagirl with a romance dynamic that kinda gave CaitVi a little bit dare I say??? I know that sounds like a LOT but it all works…….
- the romance?? I was locked tf in and I would not call this a smutty book by any means, but when they fuck… they FUCKKKKKKKK
- the writing style was beautiful and so whimsical, same with the world
- the commentary in this type of fantasy world ate the house down & I can’t wait for others to experience it
Negatives:
- I have to be honest and say that there were elements of the story/worldbuilding that felt a little lacklustre/not-explained and for the most part I easily overlooked that, but the last 100 pages undeniably left me with a little bit of a …. That was it…? Feeling. It just felt like this big, slow, epic build-up to a conclusion that was kind of rushed and not fully fleshed out?? I don’t know exactly, but it honestly was kind of unsatisfying.
Honestly…. Didn’t really care about this at all and this had some of my favourite characters in it???
DNF 66% in
I fear I maybe needed to rewatch ATLA before dabbling with this?? I don’t really remember anything about Jin & I’m finding myself unsure of the other side stories/plot and the overall point of it & how much I was supposed to already know going into this??
I think when I rewatch ATLA I may come back and dabble with this
I fear I maybe needed to rewatch ATLA before dabbling with this?? I don’t really remember anything about Jin & I’m finding myself unsure of the other side stories/plot and the overall point of it & how much I was supposed to already know going into this??
I think when I rewatch ATLA I may come back and dabble with this
Don’t care where’s Rick (Fitzloved)…..
Soft dnf’ing this at 25% and skipping to The Fitz & the Fool trilogy because I simply have 0 desire to read this 🤷
I looked up a summary of this series & perhaps whenever I re-read ROTE I’ll actually finish these, but for now I need my Fitzloved so desperately
Soft dnf’ing this at 25% and skipping to The Fitz & the Fool trilogy because I simply have 0 desire to read this 🤷
I looked up a summary of this series & perhaps whenever I re-read ROTE I’ll actually finish these, but for now I need my Fitzloved so desperately
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
This was cute!
A wholesome portrayal of grief & this actually had a pretty strong story/plot in my opinion. I don’t know that the writing/romance was always the strongest, but I honestly had a good time with this.
This felt reminiscent of the movie Casper & the character Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice
A wholesome portrayal of grief & this actually had a pretty strong story/plot in my opinion. I don’t know that the writing/romance was always the strongest, but I honestly had a good time with this.
This felt reminiscent of the movie Casper & the character Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Cozy horror deniers just haven’t read this book yet….
The Haar is part tender-hearted romance and part folk horror and it weaves deeply wholesome moments with absolutely grotesque body horror and I had so much fun with this!
This book simultaneously made me cry, & made me clap my hands over my mouth in shock at some of it’s wild subject matter lmao
The Haar is part tender-hearted romance and part folk horror and it weaves deeply wholesome moments with absolutely grotesque body horror and I had so much fun with this!
This book simultaneously made me cry, & made me clap my hands over my mouth in shock at some of it’s wild subject matter lmao
emotional
tense
fast-paced
This felt kinda anticlimactic in some ways, but I also did tear up and was kinda flabbergasted at some stuff that went down.
Burryaga and Bell’s dynamic in this was my favourite!!!
Burryaga and Bell’s dynamic in this was my favourite!!!