Cecilie
Okay but why were the best parts the cat and the child? Best boy Misha and best girl Oncat 💖
But what the fuck, this is probably the first time I've felt the finale in a series was the best of the series. Interesting and tense from start to finish. Loved the character progression. My only gripe was that the climax felt really short and not much more dramatic or climactic than other similar scenes in the book. It was just really good.
Best boy Nikolai ❤️
Thought the drama between Mal and Alina would have been worse. Then I reached that second half of the book and it really was. Nikolai is a lovely addition to the cast of characters, though I find Alina's affinity to just ignore her problems with Mal for the sake of a moment of fun with Nikolai else very annoying. Especially when Nikolai's charming character makes him feel like such a good fit for a love-interest. Oh well. I guess we can't have it all.
It's a quick read and though politics take up a fair amount of this book, I was really enjoying and the different settings we were in. It was nice to have the dynamics that come with new scenery. And again, Nikolai is just 👌🏻😍
I'm sorry. What?
Not sure I completely get what Antar's role is. Is he the new Laachan? Is he the Ronald Ross of his time? How on earth do these people not age? I just am so confused and I don't understand anything at all, but I had a good time being confused as all hell.
But what was up with that imagined moment between Urmila and Murrugan?? I was totally getting vibes between Urmila and Sonali, so it felt so out of place.
I liked the writing, and I found myself interested and invested in the story overall. The main character had moments where he really got on my nerves, but he was never un-interesting. The ending was somewhat ambiguous, but if what I think happened happened then I'd say “yeah that tracks”. The main character could almost get an award for stupid decisions but who am I to judge that?
This is a book that introduces a cast of very interesting characters, all of which I'm curious to see how they will interact with trees (this book's main focus is trees) and how they will interact with each other.
It loses me a bit after the halfway point, mainly because I found things were getting a little convoluted, and it was somewhat hard to keep up. The latter third of the book is terribly bleak in ways I didn't quite feel prepared for, and in very humane ways that I felt had been distanced for so long in this book that it almost felt out of place.
That being said, I did find myself intrigued and interested in the characters and what they were doing and trying to accomplish, which is why I overall found myself enjoying this.
I found this to be a surprisingly light read. I enjoyed all the characters involved and found them really sympathetic. The novel is very 21st century in a way that I'm not actually used to reading, but I enjoyed how much of it was really just the world as it is, with no excuses on how terrible people and the world can be but simply stating it as how it is.
I did have a bit of a problem with the way this book was written, but it didn't mean that I was unable to enjoy the story. But it is written in a way that with every meeting comes a new story/tale, and sometimes these stories just felt too much like plot points rather than organic storytelling. I also found some issues with the dialogue, but overall it was good, enjoyable.
I honestly think my biggest gripe with it has to do with Tipu's stubbornness. He's in a distinct situation where he can ask for help from people who care about him, instead of doing things the hard way, but he doesn't make use of it, and risks his life (and Rafi's) several times because of it. That was really annoying and unnecessary in my opinion.
I ended up really enjoying this reading experience, which was a relief upon the disaster that was Catch-22.
Kesey is great at making the characters feel both vividly realistic and caricature-like at the same time. They're incredibly enjoyable characters and they play off each other really well. Having the story told from someone who essentially is a fly on the wall, but literally is within the story is clever. The story feels less subjective and very observative in that way even though it actually isn't. Following McMurphy's storyline and how he affects the others is also a joy all the way through, and the only time that lags is when McMurphy himself has a temporary change of heart halfway through.
It was an interesting, thoughtful, and enjoyable read that had to something to say about authority figures and how easily we trust (and betray) others.
This was shit. It doesn't hit my good spot at all. I'm a very character-driven person, you know? If the plot is bad, I can sometimes get by if the characters are still good, but these characters are so many, and they're all unlikeable, they're all the same, they do the same shit, and they know the same people. I can't read books like this! That's not interesting to me! It's so clearly satire, but it's not funny to me. It's just depressing and frustrating to read. I need hope! This doesn't give it. I need enjoyable characters (not necessarily likeable ones) but this doesn't give it. And finally, it's just such a fucking drag. There was absolutely no reason for this book to be longer than 300 pages. None. Silch. Nu-uh. It's too long, and it's hard to keep tabs on which character you're with, and it's entirely character-driven but without character development (because it's satire...), and I really wish I hadn't needed to waste my precious time reading a book that wasn't suited to my tastes whatsoever, when I'm busy enough as it is right now. Because all this book did was frustrate me. It was just. so. frustrating. Never again do I want to think about this book.
I don't know what to say about this book except that after listening to the audiobook, it severely warrants a re-read, possibly before continuing. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed it and I adore Gideon and Harrow. Gideon was particularly surprising as I had assumed from the name that she was a man but knew based on fanart that she was not entirely sketched as such. She turned out to be a fantastic narrator for the story though, and I really enjoyed her arc, as well as Harrow's arc. Just a great book about lesbians and necromancers.
Aw, this was so great! The build on what happened with the characters in the last book was so lovely, I loved seeing them all get their act together 😂
Simon and Baz were soooooo cute in this one and I love everything that happened between the two and how they finally evolved their relationship.
I just really enjoyed it overall tbh! The beginning was a bit rough - emotionally - and that was really hard but it led us somewhere lovely that I wouldn't want without.
I was a bit confused about why the epilogue was what it was, but maybe that's just me. I don't think it was necessary, I guess, idk.
But I loved all the plot points, Penny and Shep's chapters were funny, Simon and Baz had a lot of emotional ones, and Agatha's were more neutral, and she's generally my least favorite narrator, but her chapters were still interesting enough. Maybe it's just that Agatha's story seems both at a stand-still as well as being unrelated to her plot arc from the previous books. Idk.
Overall, it was really good 😍❤️
Okay what the actual fuck just happened??? I have SO many questions and I do not understand anything in that last chapter, did it not just unravel everything about the previous chapter?? I don't get ittttttt
I really need to to see more of Adam in the next book I miss him SO MUCH, and what in the world is up with Jordan, like how the fuck, and why ir RONAN THE ONE AFFECTED I DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND IF I DO THEN I DONT LIKE THE IMPLICATIONS HERE LIKE I LITERALLY CAAAAAN'T
This was very cute! It had me more in the first half than the second, not gonna lie, but overall it was a solid 3 stars.
Part of what pulled it down was in the cliched writing, and I don't mean as in tropes, I mean as in literal lines of dialogue or monologue that we have heard a million times before. They stop being funny or cute at some point, be and just become cheesy and cliche to a point where I can't take it serious.
I also think this book could easily have been longer, which is not something I often say. There are moments that simply seem rushed because we haven't had enough time with the characters and their feelings.
But this was exactly what I was in the mood for and needed right now! A good read, for sure.
