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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
3.75
Though probably aimed at an audience slightly younger than I was at the time of reading, I found this book at the age of fifteen and fell in love. I love word play and with a math teacher as a mother I am no stranger to numbers. This was a wonderful story of a boy who lives a boring life arriving in a world where word choice is paramount.
A bit of a parallel to alice in wonderland as they both contain precocious children who are a bit too logical to understand the more niche rules of the world around them.
A bit of a parallel to alice in wonderland as they both contain precocious children who are a bit too logical to understand the more niche rules of the world around them.
The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1 by Aneko Yusagi
4.0
I think a lot of the flack this series gets is based on the specific 'anti-me-too' sentiments people have given the story. It's a fun read, and honesty I don't think it deserves the hatred it gets at times. It's basically an 'everyone against the MC' story and it's overall an easy, fun read.
The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 1: Deus Lo Vult by Carlo Zen
5.0
This story basically takes the idea that 'capitalism is the bane of religion' to make the MC insult 'Being X' who claims to be 'God'. This spirals into causing the hapless logician to be reborn as a baby girl with (dead?) parents in pre-WWI Germany (I mean... fantasy Germany obviously, they aren't throwing shade at any particular countries or anything...). This is supposed to cause MC (Tanya) to 'believe in God' again. She, of course, will have none of that.
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One vaguely spoiler-ish part that always amuses me about this series is the huge difference when speaking 'I' sentences and 'Tanya' sentences. Clearly, even though he has been in Tanya's body for over ten years he still things of himself and Tanya as two separate people. It brings a whole new level to the vaguely philosophical edge to the story where she banters about war morality with the various generals.
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One vaguely spoiler-ish part that always amuses me about this series is the huge difference when speaking 'I' sentences and 'Tanya' sentences. Clearly, even though he has been in Tanya's body for over ten years he still things of himself and Tanya as two separate people. It brings a whole new level to the vaguely philosophical edge to the story where she banters about war morality with the various generals.