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lorebug's Reviews (60)
things are settling down from the coup d’état. enjoyed the slower, domestic nature of this installment. lots of frustrating moments from cajieri. the boy is gracefully learning from his mistakes at least. good god is he constantly stirring up trouble though lol. ilisidi’s tongue is like a whip for getting out information. she could ring out water from a stone, love her to death
had a lot of fun reading and discussing this with solis. there’s lots to critique with all the obtuse and rampant misogyny, fatphobia, and xenophobia but if you put those to the way side there is such a compelling story here. i loved the gothic atmosphere and plot. collin’s prose is beautiful and compelling. i was worried i’d find this boring since i’m not much of a fan of mysteries. the choice of the narrative being written as character testimonies was so much fun though. i enjoyed the unreliability of it all and how it’s truly up to our judgment to decide who and what to believe. the count was probably my favorite villain in this. his manipulation and the way he moved through the story was so sinister and eerie. walter and marian are the true stars though their friendship and detective duo was such a delight to follow. this is by no means perfect but even in its flaws the way collin’s uses the perils at which women were affronted during this time as a device within the story was excellent.
back on planet and everything has essentially collapsed on the mainland leading to a lot of stress for bren AND ME
really informative. broken up into individual essays of 10 different sea birds. there’s no overall thread that ties them all together at the end so you can easily split them up or jump around at your own discretion. i really enjoyed the kittiwake and cormorant chapters. you can feel the authors passion for these birds through his writing. he does cover some sad truths that most of the things we know about these birds were through horrendous, torturous experiments but he doesn’t shy away from calling it what it is, animal cruelty, and condemning it while also acknowledging that we wouldn’t know so much without them. a difficult and ugly truth to swallow. must read for anyone interested in seabirds of the british isles
this is everything, pure poetry