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Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
inspiring
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Beautiful and magical
Love this man
Love this man
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
I see no point in reading about a white man killing women 500 pages long
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Did not finish book. Stopped at 61%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 61%.
Library lend ran out
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
This is everything.
From Family to class to love to identity and womanhood.
I wasn’t even surprised when I saw that the author took more than ten years to write this and I accept that I would never ever be able to craft such a complex and beautifully realistic (feeling?) story even if I had all the means and time in the world for it.
Min Jin Lee crafted an epic story that features complex and thought out characters whom I could not help but love like i love my own family: be annoyed sometimes, disagree with their choice, but love them all the same.
Sunja was like a daughter, sister and mother to me. At the same time.
5.0
"Living every day in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage."
This is everything.
From Family to class to love to identity and womanhood.
I wasn’t even surprised when I saw that the author took more than ten years to write this and I accept that I would never ever be able to craft such a complex and beautifully realistic (feeling?) story even if I had all the means and time in the world for it.
Min Jin Lee crafted an epic story that features complex and thought out characters whom I could not help but love like i love my own family: be annoyed sometimes, disagree with their choice, but love them all the same.
Sunja was like a daughter, sister and mother to me. At the same time.
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
My fav is „Returning“, I would like a whole book for that pls.
Yk a short story collection is good when u keep wanting more after each one ends. Ling Ma is way more intelligent than I am so I don’t even feel like I have a right to “review” this ifykwim.
Yk a short story collection is good when u keep wanting more after each one ends. Ling Ma is way more intelligent than I am so I don’t even feel like I have a right to “review” this ifykwim.
Alles, was wir geben mussten by Kazuo Ishiguro
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I’m gonna have to collect my thoughts on this one for a while
Finishing this book has made me feel peaceful in a kinda dazed way? As if I had just meditated for twenty minutes.
Finishing this book has made me feel peaceful in a kinda dazed way? As if I had just meditated for twenty minutes.
Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
0.0
idgaf that this was a “Schlüsselwerk der Aufklärung“ im pretty sure I failed my exam on this and therefore I feel like I’m allowed to demolish my copy of this and cure Lessing forever
Normal People by Sally Rooney
4.0
Romance books make me delulu.
No but I fr caught myself giggling over Connell and wanted to kms
No but I fr caught myself giggling over Connell and wanted to kms
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
As much as I love giving books .25 stars for no reason other than it just feeling right, Carmilla is a real 3 stars.
Enjoyed but not loved, no more and no less.
Actually crazy how I went into this fully expecting a lesbian love story. Even crazier how a lot of Goodreads reviews seem to see this novel as such as well..
Carmilla scared the me sm but i guess I just rlly rlly do not like stalkers and blood suckers no matter how pretty they are lmao.
Enjoyed but not loved, no more and no less.
Actually crazy how I went into this fully expecting a lesbian love story. Even crazier how a lot of Goodreads reviews seem to see this novel as such as well..
Carmilla scared the me sm but i guess I just rlly rlly do not like stalkers and blood suckers no matter how pretty they are lmao.