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THIS BOOK. THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD.
It wasn't anything completely mind-blowing but I enjoyed every second!!! From the story to the characters to the romance (oh, the romance, the slowest-burning romance I have EVER read) it was definitely what I needed to get back into the swing of things in regards to reading (I will definitely re-read by the end of this year. Just watch me).
That being said, I did feel like the first 50 pages or so did drag on a little (I know everyone agrees on this already, but I just felt like I should mention it). Everything picks up the pace as SOON as Baz is finally, FINALLY introduced (he might be my favorite) and the story just unfolds beautifully. I didn't expect anything less from Rainbow - I wanted a feel-good, fantastical lovey-dovey book, and that's exactly what I got with 'Carry On'!! SO beyond excited to have finally read it!!
It wasn't anything completely mind-blowing but I enjoyed every second!!! From the story to the characters to the romance (oh, the romance, the slowest-burning romance I have EVER read) it was definitely what I needed to get back into the swing of things in regards to reading (I will definitely re-read by the end of this year. Just watch me).
That being said, I did feel like the first 50 pages or so did drag on a little (I know everyone agrees on this already, but I just felt like I should mention it). Everything picks up the pace as SOON as Baz is finally, FINALLY introduced (he might be my favorite) and the story just unfolds beautifully. I didn't expect anything less from Rainbow - I wanted a feel-good, fantastical lovey-dovey book, and that's exactly what I got with 'Carry On'!! SO beyond excited to have finally read it!!
I don't really have much to say about this except it's absolutely brilliant and wow I'm so happy this book exists and I picked it up.
Mental health issues are always, always going to be worth talking about, especially when they're treated with such care and such rawness. I know John himself struggles with some of the things he touches on in TATWD, but being part of Aza's story felt unbelievably validating. I have never read a book that deals with mental health as largely as this one does before, and it felt empowering and sad at the same time - because I felt it so deeply, and all I wanted to do was take it all away from Aza, set her free.
Surprisingly enough, this cry-baby only shed tears at one particular line that hit me like a freight train: 'Jesus Christ, Holmesy, you can sure hold a grudge against yourself.' And I definitely can. It's something I've struggled with for a long time, and I never thought seeing it put down into words would get such an emotional reaction out of me, but alas, it did. Personally, I've never experienced OCD and such debilitating anxiety as Aza does (mine is largely social), but that didn't take away from my experience with this book. Although I couldn't really understand it, I was given a front-seat view into the life of someone who has to constantly battle against forces bigger than themselves, sometimes winning over them, sometimes losing, and to that I am definitely no stranger.
I love this book. It's such a great book. Beautifully written and such a poignant story. Will probably most likely definitely pick it up again over the course of this year. What an amazing book.
Mental health issues are always, always going to be worth talking about, especially when they're treated with such care and such rawness. I know John himself struggles with some of the things he touches on in TATWD, but being part of Aza's story felt unbelievably validating. I have never read a book that deals with mental health as largely as this one does before, and it felt empowering and sad at the same time - because I felt it so deeply, and all I wanted to do was take it all away from Aza, set her free.
Surprisingly enough, this cry-baby only shed tears at one particular line that hit me like a freight train: 'Jesus Christ, Holmesy, you can sure hold a grudge against yourself.' And I definitely can. It's something I've struggled with for a long time, and I never thought seeing it put down into words would get such an emotional reaction out of me, but alas, it did. Personally, I've never experienced OCD and such debilitating anxiety as Aza does (mine is largely social), but that didn't take away from my experience with this book. Although I couldn't really understand it, I was given a front-seat view into the life of someone who has to constantly battle against forces bigger than themselves, sometimes winning over them, sometimes losing, and to that I am definitely no stranger.
I love this book. It's such a great book. Beautifully written and such a poignant story. Will probably most likely definitely pick it up again over the course of this year. What an amazing book.
I was supposed to give this book a 3/3.5 rating but that finale made up for pretty much the ENTIRE thing.
While it's still definitely not my favorite out of the series (I think City of Glass maintains its place so far), I did enjoy this!! It was nice getting back into this world and re-familiarising myself with the characters and the story. That being said, fact is that it felt like a filler - which, in essence, it is, BUT the last few chapters picked up TREMENDOUSLY and left me beyond excited to see what comes next!!
While it's still definitely not my favorite out of the series (I think City of Glass maintains its place so far), I did enjoy this!! It was nice getting back into this world and re-familiarising myself with the characters and the story. That being said, fact is that it felt like a filler - which, in essence, it is, BUT the last few chapters picked up TREMENDOUSLY and left me beyond excited to see what comes next!!
My first Faulkner experience turned out to be better than I thought it would be! It was definitely hard to read this book at times, both in terms of the literary techniques used and in terms of themes, but I was most struck by the rawness of the writing, and how everything is presented so uniquely in each chapter - if you didn't know that the same person wrote the entire novel, you'd think four people wrote four different chapters. Overall, I enjoyed it, just wasn't that blown away by it!