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A cosy magical read about the cost of power and the magic of love. Cornelius stole the show 🐈⬛
Definitely reminiscent of Howls Moving Castle.
A cosy magical read about the cost of power and the magic of love. Cornelius stole the show 🐈⬛
Definitely reminiscent of Howls Moving Castle.
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Very similar vibes to Before The Coffee Gets Cold but instead of coffee it’s food (tied to the idea of remembrance meals) and instead of returning to a memory you get to talk with a loved one who has passed. Similar style of interweaving stories, including the owners, and set around each experience.
I did enjoy this one. A heartwarming, thoughtful, gentle read.
Very similar vibes to Before The Coffee Gets Cold but instead of coffee it’s food (tied to the idea of remembrance meals) and instead of returning to a memory you get to talk with a loved one who has passed. Similar style of interweaving stories, including the owners, and set around each experience.
I did enjoy this one. A heartwarming, thoughtful, gentle read.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
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As someone who found pottery during a hard time in her life like the protagonist, I definitely connected to this book sooooo much. I loved that someone who clearly loves the craft wrote about it and it was accurate. Had the feelings of Before The Coffee Gets Cold without the fantastical elements. It focuses on self-growth, work life balance, forgiveness, creativity, and friendship/found family. Really gorgeous book.
As someone who found pottery during a hard time in her life like the protagonist, I definitely connected to this book sooooo much. I loved that someone who clearly loves the craft wrote about it and it was accurate. Had the feelings of Before The Coffee Gets Cold without the fantastical elements. It focuses on self-growth, work life balance, forgiveness, creativity, and friendship/found family. Really gorgeous book.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Book 1 in my classics reading challenge.
A dark dive into a man obsessed with a woman he can’t have as he slowly descends into madness from it.
I appreciated its writing and Highsmith is clearly Queen of unreliable narrators and tense situations. I found it, perhaps, too long in places as we watch him slowly lose his mind but it picked up near the end. I did predict a lot of the main narrative but this is a book about character not plot so that’s okay. It’s definitely a character study kind of novel and that is done well.
It isn’t something I’d gravitate towards naturally, but I am glad to have read a Highsmith novel.
As it says in the intro by Sarah Hilary:
Book 1 in my classics reading challenge.
A dark dive into a man obsessed with a woman he can’t have as he slowly descends into madness from it.
I appreciated its writing and Highsmith is clearly Queen of unreliable narrators and tense situations. I found it, perhaps, too long in places as we watch him slowly lose his mind but it picked up near the end. I did predict a lot of the main narrative but this is a book about character not plot so that’s okay. It’s definitely a character study kind of novel and that is done well.
It isn’t something I’d gravitate towards naturally, but I am glad to have read a Highsmith novel.
As it says in the intro by Sarah Hilary:
Highsmith demands close attention, repaying it in the dubious coin of discomfort. We're deep inside the heads of her characters, seeing the world through the dark lens of their delusion, or desire, or indifference.
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
There are elements of this I really liked (experimental, connecting stories, mixed media, the watching of a place) but I think I didn’t connect with the different characters enough for me to feel strongly about this book. It also took me a while to get into it which didn’t help.
Overall an enjoyable read, and glad I read it, but from the hype I perhaps expected something more?
Overall an enjoyable read, and glad I read it, but from the hype I perhaps expected something more?
