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Electre by Jean Giraudoux
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Mon Dieu mon Dieu mon Dieu….
« Elle est la vérité sans residu, la lampe sans mazout, la lumière sans mèche. De sorte que si elle tue, comme cela menace, toute paix et tout bonheur autour d’elle, c’est parce qu’elle a raison! C’est que si l’âme d’une fille, par le plus beau soleil, se sent un point d’angoisse, si elle renifle, dans les fêtes et les siècles les plus splendides une fuite de mauvais gaz, elle doit y aller, la jeune fille est la ménagère de la vérité, elle doit y aller jusqu’à ce que le monde pète et craque dans les fondements des fondements et les générations des générations, dussent mille innocents mourir la mort des innocents pour laisser le coupable arriver à sa vie de coupable! Regardez les deux innocents. C’est ce qui va être le fruit de leurs noces: remettre à la vie pour le monde et les âges un crime déjà périmé et dont le châtiment lui-même sera un pire crime. […] C’est le premier repos d’Électre!… C’est le dernier repos d’Oreste! »
« - Comment cela s’appelle-t-il, quand le jour se lève, comme aujourd’hui, et que tout est gâché, que tout est saccagé, et que l’air pourtant se respire, et qu’on a tout perdu, que la ville brûle, que les innocents s’entretuent, mais que les coupables agonisent, dans un coin du jour qui se lève?
- Demande au mendiant. Il le sait.
- Cela a un très beau nom, femme Narsès. Cela s’appelle l’aurore. »
Les citations parlent d’elles même je pense. Magnifique.
« Elle est la vérité sans residu, la lampe sans mazout, la lumière sans mèche. De sorte que si elle tue, comme cela menace, toute paix et tout bonheur autour d’elle, c’est parce qu’elle a raison! C’est que si l’âme d’une fille, par le plus beau soleil, se sent un point d’angoisse, si elle renifle, dans les fêtes et les siècles les plus splendides une fuite de mauvais gaz, elle doit y aller, la jeune fille est la ménagère de la vérité, elle doit y aller jusqu’à ce que le monde pète et craque dans les fondements des fondements et les générations des générations, dussent mille innocents mourir la mort des innocents pour laisser le coupable arriver à sa vie de coupable! Regardez les deux innocents. C’est ce qui va être le fruit de leurs noces: remettre à la vie pour le monde et les âges un crime déjà périmé et dont le châtiment lui-même sera un pire crime. […] C’est le premier repos d’Électre!… C’est le dernier repos d’Oreste! »
« - Comment cela s’appelle-t-il, quand le jour se lève, comme aujourd’hui, et que tout est gâché, que tout est saccagé, et que l’air pourtant se respire, et qu’on a tout perdu, que la ville brûle, que les innocents s’entretuent, mais que les coupables agonisent, dans un coin du jour qui se lève?
- Demande au mendiant. Il le sait.
- Cela a un très beau nom, femme Narsès. Cela s’appelle l’aurore. »
Les citations parlent d’elles même je pense. Magnifique.
Juste la fin du monde by Jean-Luc Lagarce
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Fun fun fun! Got kind of bored in the beginning of the second half, but I think it’s more on me and my disastrous attention span than the book’s fault. Vicious is action upon action mixed with dark characters and complicated relationships + a very nice found family that I don’t think enough people talk about. Liked it a lot.
(I did think the ending was a bit rushed though, would’ve liked a longer scene between Eli and Victor since well… the entire book kind of builds up to it)
(I did think the ending was a bit rushed though, would’ve liked a longer scene between Eli and Victor since well… the entire book kind of builds up to it)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Banana Fish, Vol. 1 by Akimi Yoshida
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Fun but I have no idea how to rate manga to be honest
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Fun book, nothing stood out exactly but I definitely found it interesting.
I really liked the historical references and it did teach me a lot about society in Shanghai at that time. However, the fantasy plots did not make a lot of sense to me. I also did not particularly care about what was happening. The romance also felt a bit bland, it was really great at the beginning but I found its ‘resolution’ a bit too easy. Kind of felt like the characters lost most of the fun aspects of their personality about halfway through… What I wanted was angst upon angst and enemies and hatred and tensionand a LOT more romance. I did not really get that. This sounds iind of bad but I wnated it to be more… toxic? I mean this is Romeo and Juliet !!
Not to say I didn’t like the book, it was just not my favourite.
Also REALLY loved the side characters, especially Kathleen and Marshall and Ben. Excited to see more of them.
I really liked the historical references and it did teach me a lot about society in Shanghai at that time. However, the fantasy plots did not make a lot of sense to me. I also did not particularly care about what was happening. The romance also felt a bit bland, it was really great at the beginning but I found its ‘resolution’ a bit too easy. Kind of felt like the characters lost most of the fun aspects of their personality about halfway through… What I wanted was angst upon angst and enemies and hatred and tensionand a LOT more romance. I did not really get that. This sounds iind of bad but I wnated it to be more… toxic? I mean this is Romeo and Juliet !!
Not to say I didn’t like the book, it was just not my favourite.
Also REALLY loved the side characters, especially Kathleen and Marshall and Ben. Excited to see more of them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation
Dubliners by James Joyce
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Some stories I loved, other I didn’t, but overall this was a beautiful glimpse into the simple but often touching lives of the people of turn of the century Dublin, both rich and poor, old and young. It’s not anything crazy, not romantic, it’s just realistic look into their reality, and I quite liked that. I wished I had enough knowledge to get more of the references though!
I will admit it was a bit tedious at times, especially cause I didn’t care about some of the characters, but I still think this was an enjoyable and interesting read, as well as a good intro to Joyce. Also a great insight into the Irish mind pre-independance in terms of politics, mindset etc.
I will admit it was a bit tedious at times, especially cause I didn’t care about some of the characters, but I still think this was an enjoyable and interesting read, as well as a good intro to Joyce. Also a great insight into the Irish mind pre-independance in terms of politics, mindset etc.
Retour d'Iwaki: récit by Christophe Fiat
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.5
Une expérience étrange mais bizarrement assez mémorable. Ce livre explore de manière confuse entre réalité et fiction les horreurs de la bombe atomique et du seisme du 11 mars, les différences culturelles entre la France et le Japon, l’hypocrisie occidentale, la spiritualité et la mentalité japonaise, le symbole qu’est Godzilla (bien plus qu’un monstre de pop culture!) - tout est survolé, rapidement, sans analyse, et pourtant une fois le livre fini j’ai vraiment l’impression d’avoir réfléchi et d’avoir appris.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, War
Minor: Body horror
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I don’t really know what I think about this book. I really liked the beginning and thought it would end up something I loved, but then in the middle it kind of fell flat for me.
I liked the science fiction elements and the plot was definitely interesting, even though it felt a bit confusing at times (but that’s probably because I’m not a big science-fiction writer).
I was a very much disappointed with the romance in this;, it wasn’t awful by any means, but it just didn’t really make me feel anything. There was zero to no tension between the characters, and instead of a slow burn, the book kind of felt like a switch had turned on at some point and all of a sudden they loved each other with barely any evolution. So not the biggest fan of that.
I will say the characters were very endearing and I did like them a lot, and the ending definitely picked it up. The middle part was definitely what I found lacking in he story. I was also a bit mad that Jainan’s previous relationship, which obviously had a huge impact on him, did not really have an impact on his relationship with Kiem in the end. The ending to that sort of character arc he had just felt a bit too neat and proper to actually feel realistic. I would’ve liked more angst between the characters I guess and also a bit more in depth look at the impacts of the Empire in this world. I thought for a while that this would have more commentary on the issues of Empire and colonisation, which would’ve been really interesting, but again it was just perhaps a bit too lighthearted.
This was a fun and entertaining read and I liked it, I just feel like a couple of changes and it could’ve been great.
I liked the science fiction elements and the plot was definitely interesting, even though it felt a bit confusing at times (but that’s probably because I’m not a big science-fiction writer).
I was a very much disappointed with the romance in this;, it wasn’t awful by any means, but it just didn’t really make me feel anything. There was zero to no tension between the characters, and instead of a slow burn, the book kind of felt like a switch had turned on at some point and all of a sudden they loved each other with barely any evolution. So not the biggest fan of that.
I will say the characters were very endearing and I did like them a lot, and the ending definitely picked it up. The middle part was definitely what I found lacking in he story. I was also a bit mad that Jainan’s previous relationship, which obviously had a huge impact on him, did not really have an impact on his relationship with Kiem in the end. The ending to that sort of character arc he had just felt a bit too neat and proper to actually feel realistic. I would’ve liked more angst between the characters I guess and also a bit more in depth look at the impacts of the Empire in this world. I thought for a while that this would have more commentary on the issues of Empire and colonisation, which would’ve been really interesting, but again it was just perhaps a bit too lighthearted.
This was a fun and entertaining read and I liked it, I just feel like a couple of changes and it could’ve been great.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Not a masterpiece but funfun!! We love hot villains, nice heroes who discover maybe they’re not so nice, inner conflicts and heartbreaking relationships (when they love each other deeply but cannot be together because of their diverging destinies, YES give me more!!!). Seriously, Leigh Bardugo I love you. And very happy to have FINALLY met Nikolai, who I am very excited to read more about in the King of Scars duology.
One thing I maybe didn’t like: although it was quite long, I somehow felt that not a lot was going on compared to the first book. Objectively it did so just a weird impression I guess. Maybe because the Darkling wasn’t present all that much and he obviously adds a lot of thrill to the story. It was nice to see Alina evolve on her own though. Another thing: although the evolution of their relationship really made me suffer in the best way, sometimes the fights between Mal and Alina were a bit too frequent and felt repetitive. They were also annoying at times, but I mean, realistically, who isn’t? Still, I really enjoyed my read. Very excited for the next one.
One thing I maybe didn’t like: although it was quite long, I somehow felt that not a lot was going on compared to the first book. Objectively it did so just a weird impression I guess. Maybe because the Darkling wasn’t present all that much and he obviously adds a lot of thrill to the story. It was nice to see Alina evolve on her own though. Another thing: although the evolution of their relationship really made me suffer in the best way, sometimes the fights between Mal and Alina were a bit too frequent and felt repetitive. They were also annoying at times, but I mean, realistically, who isn’t? Still, I really enjoyed my read. Very excited for the next one.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo II by Alexandre Dumas, Jean-Yves Tadié, Gilbert Sigaux
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Une histoire rocambolesque avec un éventail de personnages plus intéressants, drôles et complexes les uns que les autres; un personnage principal aux valeurs morales ambiguës, consummé par son ambition mais qui n’en reste pas moins tellement tellement touchant; des émotions en veux tu en voilà… Quelle masterclass!