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coralinejones's Reviews (556)
I'm sorry, I felt this was a little stupid. I must start by saying this has the annoying repetition of All's Well by Mona Awad, with the ever growing collection of animal motifs in relation to mother's and their children, see: NightBitch by Rachel Yoder; I am not impressed.
However, the very beginnings of this novel did interest me to where I was able to finish this in one day. Props to the author. I did enjoy Poor Deer, so it's not like this author's writing is unkind to me. It's just the execution of this book... Didn't work.
I guess where I'm a little confused, or even upset, is in what really lies beneath this novel. Is the author using "owl-baby" Chouette, an animal, as a means to express how the world treats parents with unlikely children? Disabled children? Children with deformities? Children who learn differently than others? Children with mental disorders? I don't really like that, as a child who grew up with a deformity. I did like some of the quotes here, and removed from it's context I think they hold strong in relation to human emotion and experiences; fatigue, loneliness, regret, sincerity, love; but otherwise......... Meh.
Like, this is the same issue I had with NightBitch; I get that our mother character is trying to do the best for her daughter, and also loves her the way she is, but a lot of times parents don't realize how badly they're doing a disservice to their kid... And unless you've been in a situation where you either A.) know you would've been better off getting help early on as a child or B.) You're a parent who understands getting help for your kids important, I don't think you'd really why this bothers me so heavily.
I guess I'm just not a big fan of the messaging here. I get that motherhood is tough, and I certainly got that point throughout the novel. I do understand that some fathers are overbearing. I get that some people just want to "fix" their kids and have them be as "normal"/"typical" as possible and that can be negative depending on the child and what people want to "fix". But again, the execution...
I do appreciate the ending, kind of. If I speak more on Chouette I feel I may spoil some things so I'll leave it there.
However, the very beginnings of this novel did interest me to where I was able to finish this in one day. Props to the author. I did enjoy Poor Deer, so it's not like this author's writing is unkind to me. It's just the execution of this book... Didn't work.
I guess where I'm a little confused, or even upset, is in what really lies beneath this novel. Is the author using "owl-baby" Chouette, an animal, as a means to express how the world treats parents with unlikely children? Disabled children? Children with deformities? Children who learn differently than others? Children with mental disorders? I don't really like that, as a child who grew up with a deformity. I did like some of the quotes here, and removed from it's context I think they hold strong in relation to human emotion and experiences; fatigue, loneliness, regret, sincerity, love; but otherwise......... Meh.
Like, this is the same issue I had with NightBitch; I get that our mother character is trying to do the best for her daughter, and also loves her the way she is, but a lot of times parents don't realize how badly they're doing a disservice to their kid... And unless you've been in a situation where you either A.) know you would've been better off getting help early on as a child or B.) You're a parent who understands getting help for your kids important, I don't think you'd really why this bothers me so heavily.
I guess I'm just not a big fan of the messaging here. I get that motherhood is tough, and I certainly got that point throughout the novel. I do understand that some fathers are overbearing. I get that some people just want to "fix" their kids and have them be as "normal"/"typical" as possible and that can be negative depending on the child and what people want to "fix". But again, the execution...
I do appreciate the ending, kind of. If I speak more on Chouette I feel I may spoil some things so I'll leave it there.
I don't know what the hell (lol) I just read? Completely different from what the reviews made it out to be and I'm both impressed and disappointed in this fact. Probably shouldn't have read this before bed.
Just okay. A quick enough read, fast-paced and easy, with a silly twist that kind of makes all the events in this novella seem pointless.
It was good. That's sort of the issue. To me, this was just good. Nothing extraordinary, however, quite interesting. I think the pacing of this novel ruin the fun parts. There were too many mentions of the women's home life for my liking. While I completely understand that these ladies being mothers and wives, at the same time as being astronauts, especially in their time period, is important. And, of course, that's important to them. It's perhaps my modern mindset of women being more than just their home responsibilities that left me disappointed. I kind of didn't care about the paragraphs upon paragraphs about these women finding love and getting pregnant during their honeymoon. What exactly did they do during their time at NASA?
And while, yes, we did read about their responsibilities at work, as well as the misogyny they faced and how they dealt with it (beautifully, may I add), as stated above, the pacing ruin those moments for me. Felt so far and few in between. By the time we got to read about them flying out into space I just didn't care. One critique I have about most nonfiction books is that the poorly written ones read like skimmed Wiki pages. When that occurs, I feel like I could find a video essay on the same topic that's more engaging and visually entertaining which... I mean... Defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
I don't mean to be harsh. I do think this is a worth-it read. I just feel as though there may be better resources available out there to learn about these lovely women and their time at NASA.
And while, yes, we did read about their responsibilities at work, as well as the misogyny they faced and how they dealt with it (beautifully, may I add), as stated above, the pacing ruin those moments for me. Felt so far and few in between. By the time we got to read about them flying out into space I just didn't care. One critique I have about most nonfiction books is that the poorly written ones read like skimmed Wiki pages. When that occurs, I feel like I could find a video essay on the same topic that's more engaging and visually entertaining which... I mean... Defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
I don't mean to be harsh. I do think this is a worth-it read. I just feel as though there may be better resources available out there to learn about these lovely women and their time at NASA.
I can tell Stephen King's son wrote this and that's not a compliment.
This was somehow better and way, way worse than the first book. When I tell y'all every single character is insufferable no matter who they are, where they come from, and how old they are. As the story continues it becomes glaringly clear how nonsensical this whole thing is. These grown ass adults in a college-like setting getting detention???? These grown ass teachers flirting with STUDENTS? THE WOLF ORGY? Lord help me. So cringy and stupid and ridiculous and bad. I could go on. Why do I continue? Because it's so entertaining.
I love my CW / MTV teen drama slop.
I love my CW / MTV teen drama slop.
Enjoyable. Be in a good headspace before reading. Some parts get a bit heavy. Loved the backdrop of zombies; the undead is one of my favorite horror tropes and I was more than excited to read about them in a time period like this. I feel this is very unique and better written than those historical horror movies that feature zombies. My only thing is some parts were a bit slow and I thought the zombie horror could've been upped a bit more than what was given but I recommend this nonetheless.