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The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake
challenging
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Pro´s:
- I LOVED Nico
- I adored Gideon and of course his relationship with Nlco!
- I worship Nico and Libbys dynamic and relationship (p. 257 - 268)
- Callums character arc
Con´s:
- too long
- too philosophical
- unnecessary deaths, that made no sense and where handeld bad
- Libby
- I LOVED Nico
- I adored Gideon and of course his relationship with Nlco!
- I worship Nico and Libbys dynamic and relationship (p. 257 - 268)
- Callums character arc
Con´s:
- too long
- too philosophical
- unnecessary deaths, that made no sense and where handeld bad
- Libby
Dune by Frank Herbert
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I really enjoyed "Dune" :)
I mainly read it because I had watched the movie with (my love) Timothée Chalamet beforehand with a friend, but the book was quite interesting - especially regarding the political statement and the value of self-control!
I mainly read it because I had watched the movie with (my love) Timothée Chalamet beforehand with a friend, but the book was quite interesting - especially regarding the political statement and the value of self-control!
Sacred Hospitality by Olivie Blake
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Perfection.
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
It was a quick read, but there wasn't that much going on ...
Prinzip Menschlichkeit by Joachim Bauer
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
3.25
I mainly read it to prepare for my "Fachreferat", but it was nevertheless quite interesting!
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
"Aldo,” Regan said, “what’s the ether?”
“It’s what people used to believe the universe was filled with,” he said. “They believed light needed to pass through something, only Einstein proved light can be particles, which don’t need a medium to travel through. And before that,” he added, “ether was what they called the air in the realm of the gods. A shining, fluid substance.”
“So when people say we’re alone in the ether . . . ?”
“Alone in everything. In time and space, in existence, in religion.”
“But,” she said, and stopped. “But the bees.” She felt certain she could feel him smile. “Yeah,” he said, “the bees,” and she felt the weight in her chest ease a little, the sea that had risen to her ankles fading away with the tide.
This book was incredible! I have never read a book like that! A love story between two outcast people - one of them a theoretical mathmatecian, the other a former criminal.
Your future self will always see what your present self is blind to. This is the problem with mortality, which is in fact a problem of time.
It made me question a lot of things and made me realize even more ...
"Because if you don’t have something to figure out, then you have no reason to keep going?” Or maybe it wasn’t that difficult to explain. “Yeah,” he said. “Basically.”
[...]
“No, it totally is. You gave yourself an impossible problem so you’d never be able to stop thinking about it. It’s brilliant, actually.” She sounded close to impressed. “Other people probably think it’s crazy, don’t they?”
The characters were so intersting and deep, with their own struggles and talents ...
There was a difference between craving and compulsion.
[...]
Cravings were wishes that could be satisfied, but compulsions were needs that must be met.
“It’s what people used to believe the universe was filled with,” he said. “They believed light needed to pass through something, only Einstein proved light can be particles, which don’t need a medium to travel through. And before that,” he added, “ether was what they called the air in the realm of the gods. A shining, fluid substance.”
“So when people say we’re alone in the ether . . . ?”
“Alone in everything. In time and space, in existence, in religion.”
“But,” she said, and stopped. “But the bees.” She felt certain she could feel him smile. “Yeah,” he said, “the bees,” and she felt the weight in her chest ease a little, the sea that had risen to her ankles fading away with the tide.
This book was incredible! I have never read a book like that! A love story between two outcast people - one of them a theoretical mathmatecian, the other a former criminal.
Your future self will always see what your present self is blind to. This is the problem with mortality, which is in fact a problem of time.
It made me question a lot of things and made me realize even more ...
"Because if you don’t have something to figure out, then you have no reason to keep going?” Or maybe it wasn’t that difficult to explain. “Yeah,” he said. “Basically.”
[...]
“No, it totally is. You gave yourself an impossible problem so you’d never be able to stop thinking about it. It’s brilliant, actually.” She sounded close to impressed. “Other people probably think it’s crazy, don’t they?”
The characters were so intersting and deep, with their own struggles and talents ...
There was a difference between craving and compulsion.
[...]
Cravings were wishes that could be satisfied, but compulsions were needs that must be met.
Choices - Volume 3 by MesserMoon
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
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Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
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Choices - Volume 1 by MesserMoon
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
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The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
So ... it wasn´t as great as I´d hoped ...
I read "TBDATE" and it was great, I loved it, I even cried at the end.
But this?
I don´t know, it just felt - forced?
Nothing against that book, I am sure that a lot of people will enjoy it, but it wasn´t my personal favourite ... Orion and Valentino were kind of cute but also very awkward ... but I loved Scarlet, Valentinos sister and the whole plotline with establishing of death cast was also quite interesting!
I read "TBDATE" and it was great, I loved it, I even cried at the end.
But this?
I don´t know, it just felt - forced?
Nothing against that book, I am sure that a lot of people will enjoy it, but it wasn´t my personal favourite ... Orion and Valentino were kind of cute but also very awkward ... but I loved Scarlet, Valentinos sister and the whole plotline with establishing of death cast was also quite interesting!