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coolfoolmoon's Reviews (357)
Picture this. You're me. You're in biology class. it's 2014. Your teacher overhears you say you wanna be a writer or you wanna make movies when you get older. She tells you "Oh my gosh, I just saw this movie you'd really like." She softly, accidentally spoils the plot twist, but it's okay you know enough about tv amd movies to know nobody ever really dies except Uncle Ben. So you shrug it off and say, "Okay, I'll still watch it." And then she says, "It was based on a book." brcause she knows you like books. And then she goes, "Oh, wait! It's really mature... Maybe you shouldn't watch it." How old was I in 2014 you ask? FOURTEEN !!!
Honestly I was reading way worse stuff back then and I've calmed down now. But anyway.
That was, and I don't mean this lightly, pretty fucking amazing. The first third is pretty slow but it pays off so well. And then the second part being titled "Boy Meets Girl"? Even though they've known each other seven years?? Shut the fuck up it's literally true. Wow. And also, amazing.
Every crazy sociopathic calculated woman deserves her own pathetic spineless weasel of a man. Her own puppet.
And even after all that, she wasn't racist? My bar has been met. I love it.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Classism
Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident
I think the movie warped my little baby brain, so then I ended up liking stuff like The Help and Hairspray, which I absolutely was obsessed with. But the focus on women, bees, connections to mothers and ancestry and selfs... Like ancestry lives within you and also you are your own mother... That white lady kinda popped off writing this. She kinda had a point to make. She kinda dotted her i's and crossed her t's. She kinda had her cake and ate it too. She kinda gobbled ate right the fuck up left no crumbs. She kinda did her thing.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Misogyny, Vomit, War
I like stories with kids uncovering forgotten histories and secrets, especially in this place with its feeling of being a forgotten land. Don't like the manic pixie dream next door, but hell it was written in the 90s I'll cut it some slack. I judge books by their covers and I bought this as a teen because it was beautiful. The book itself is nice, fine. Feels like a debut novel. So much of the backstories being told in the form of dialogue instead of just switching perspectives to tell the story in the past took me out of it. If I'm thinking "People don't talk like this!" whenever I read something, I know I'm taking points off. I don't like how quick the ending was, but only because you didn't really get to sit with the main character and the titular character after the mystery's been solved. So it's a fine book like it's okay. It's whatever. I'm being harsh. It's alright.
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death
Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Death of parent, War
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Dementia, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Terminal illness, Medical content, Stalking
One of the best details that gave it extra points is that it's about the same time reading as it would be for an actual script for a regular feature length film. 5 stars for the audiobook. Of the few audiobooks I've listened to, they're produced very dry, just a persom reading to you, but this one has sounds effects and little fun details that make the already vibrant story really come alive.
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Classism
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Police brutality, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment
Minor: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Slavery, Xenophobia, War, Deportation
This is the hardest review I've ever had to write.
This is the best book I've ever read.
This is the hardest review for me because I don't know what to say. I don't know how to say it all. It's too good. I can't talk about the amazing writing, the beautiful imagery, the twists the turns I fell for every time. It's so personal. It's everything I've ever been looking for. Not even a quarter of the way through I was recommending it to people. Please, please, do yourself a favor, please, read this masterpiece. Buy this masterpiece. Listen to the audio of this masterpiece! Thank me later. I love you.
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NOV 2024 REVIEW:
I first read this before starting my master's degree. Now I'm done. Crazy! I love this book so much. I feel like I should read it after every milestone. I'm gonna get a heart feather scales tattoo next!
I love this book so much it makes me mad. I wish I wrote it. I hope to write something half as good someday!
Also, this was written in the shadow of Trump's 2016 election and I reread it in the shadow of... oh god please don't make me say it... Even with both perspectives, the book just gets better and better. A fine fine wine.
Erin E. Adams you will ALWAYS be famous!!!!!
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Gaslighting
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Sexual assault
There's clearly a lot of love for the werewolf genre but the story was just fine. I didn't make the connection to the larger themes until after the sort-of climax. And I mean way after. Like, I was reading the last paragraph of the book. And no, I don't mean the last page of the story, I mean the last paragraph of the Acknowledgements section.
I have never really been a werewolf girlie, but I did watch Teen Wolf all the way through even when it got bad. Those are some of the most exciting and fun parts of the book, even when it gets a little spooky scary ew that's gross.
It's also kinda written like there was room given for a sequel? If that's the case, the book is good enough that I would read that too.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Blood, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Infidelity