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fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
The erotica was the hard carry for this book, the vibes were overall fun too
dark
fast-paced
Cute little Dracula reimagining with queer rep & absolutely stunning art
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Positives:
- I simply adore Andrew Joseph White’s Brain
- the Autism rep in this is SO fucking good & real. It also felt so personal to my experience and denial throughout the years in my eventual acceptance of my own autism.
- the evil racist corrupt small town story hit so astronomically hard & the commentary in this was on a whole other level and is so visceral to the current state of the world right now
- the Appalachian backdrop wasn’t as folkloric as I thought it was going to be, but it more so read as southern… gothic dare I say? & I read this whole book in a deep Southern Appalachian drawl & there’s so much potential for the audiobook to hit so hard in that regard.
- and of course, the trans rep & commentary was A+
Negatives:
- I can’t lie, I did feel quite bored throughout & found myself skimming through pretty large portions.
However, in general the commentary and representation is so fucking good it’s hard for my to seriously hold onto major critiques of this book. I liked it a lot & I think books like this are so important especially right now.
- I simply adore Andrew Joseph White’s Brain
- the Autism rep in this is SO fucking good & real. It also felt so personal to my experience and denial throughout the years in my eventual acceptance of my own autism.
- the evil racist corrupt small town story hit so astronomically hard & the commentary in this was on a whole other level and is so visceral to the current state of the world right now
- the Appalachian backdrop wasn’t as folkloric as I thought it was going to be, but it more so read as southern… gothic dare I say? & I read this whole book in a deep Southern Appalachian drawl & there’s so much potential for the audiobook to hit so hard in that regard.
- and of course, the trans rep & commentary was A+
Negatives:
- I can’t lie, I did feel quite bored throughout & found myself skimming through pretty large portions.
However, in general the commentary and representation is so fucking good it’s hard for my to seriously hold onto major critiques of this book. I liked it a lot & I think books like this are so important especially right now.
emotional
slow-paced
Ummmm i’m sorry but this is the most visceral example of second book syndrome I’ve ever read & I feel….. like I’m being punked??? Like this was 600+ pages of no substance to make one point & this pretty much completely didn’t need to exist at all sorry…….
1.5⭐️ because the last paragraph did make me kinda tear up and I really really really do love the Fool. I really hope the other books are better than this because this world & author are in such a pedestal in my mind… especially after how much I loved assassins apprentice. How did I go from feeling like a protective mother to Fitz to just wanting him to shut the fuckUPPPPP
1.5⭐️ because the last paragraph did make me kinda tear up and I really really really do love the Fool. I really hope the other books are better than this because this world & author are in such a pedestal in my mind… especially after how much I loved assassins apprentice. How did I go from feeling like a protective mother to Fitz to just wanting him to shut the fuckUPPPPP
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Ummmmm I feel hollow
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Binged the second half in one sitting and here are my thoughts:
Positives:
- Claudia Gray is so clearly a Star Wars lover & she is so masterful at incorporating elements of the world/characters/background/lore etc into her books.
- the politics at times were soooo good (a double edged sword at the same time which I’ll get too) & this book works great as a prequel to the OG trilogy films!
- the last line…. I fell to my knees in my living room let me tell you…. Claudia never fails to devastate the audience
Negatives:
- the over-reliance on the politics as the main plot for a book this long ended up feeling quite dry & boring, & I think this would have worked sooooooo much better as a novella
- much of the second half I skimmed because I hit a point where it just felt like either the same conversations over and over again, or this constant build up to something that never really happened, (because to be fair, it is building up to the events of the movie, but it made this book as a standalone not have all that much substance/story in the end.
Positives:
- Claudia Gray is so clearly a Star Wars lover & she is so masterful at incorporating elements of the world/characters/background/lore etc into her books.
- the politics at times were soooo good (a double edged sword at the same time which I’ll get too) & this book works great as a prequel to the OG trilogy films!
- the last line…. I fell to my knees in my living room let me tell you…. Claudia never fails to devastate the audience
Negatives:
- the over-reliance on the politics as the main plot for a book this long ended up feeling quite dry & boring, & I think this would have worked sooooooo much better as a novella
- much of the second half I skimmed because I hit a point where it just felt like either the same conversations over and over again, or this constant build up to something that never really happened, (because to be fair, it is building up to the events of the movie, but it made this book as a standalone not have all that much substance/story in the end.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This was so beautiful, I’m rendered kind of speechless atm
DNF 58% in, I honestly was loving the vibes and the setting, but the character dynamics I couldn’t bring myself to care about and I was kind of just over it
