crusoe's reviews
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The characters in this book are messy and there's so many twists and turns to Theo's and Griffin's relationship. At times it can be uncomfortable to read how much Griffin is destroying himself and his

relationship with Wade at the end does not feel as fleshed out as his relationship with Theo, but I guess that's what Wade is insecure about

. Not as good as they both die at the end and it also has more mature themes but it was still a solid read. 

Confettiregen is niet baanbrekend, maar dat hoeft ook niet, want het is een hele persoonlijke, herkenbare en eerlijke vertelling over hoe het is je anders te voelen. Zelf als wat anders is geaccepteerd wordt door je omgeving. Ik ben blij dat er nu ook boeken zoals dit in de Nederlandse taal bestaan. 

I'm a big fan of how the body horror is described in this book; the pain Benji goes through must be excruciating. However, my favourite part is probably how Benji's entanglement with the people of New Nazareth is presented, how stripping yourself bare from abusive organised religion (and your own skin in his case) means losing friends, ripping apart both fond and awful memories. The most boring part of this book to me was Benji's time at the ALC, but I guess this is intentional. (Relative) safety is not the most exciting to read about but being safe & accepted is what Benji is searching for in the first place. 

Once & Future truly reads like arthurian gay space communism fanfiction in the best and worst ways. I have to admit: it is poorly written with a lot of plotholes, unnecessary skipping sequences where the characters are unconscious and at first I thought I was making a mistake by not outright DNF'ing it.

However, as I got used to the writing, the story became more entertaining. The characters are at least mildly endearing, their drama and the story absurd, and there's some wonderful one-liners in there that made me crack up. 

I can't in good conscience recommend this book (the bad guy is a comically evil capitalist and I don't know how to feel about everyone being horny for each other) but I had a good time reading it. 

This book was a blast, I really blew through it in less than 24h! Simon is funny, him pining over Blue is adorable and I like the minor and major conflicts in the novel. I'm also so glad that these characters are allowed to be awkward and cringy like teenagers are. It really adds to the story. 

This is the book I point to when people ask what book I dislike the most. I might as well have a personal vendetta against it. 

I liked the double plottwist at the end and the theme throughout the book is iron clad but god are these characters insufferable. It maybe has to do with the fact that I'm aro/ace but I could not get behind the the toxic decisions these  characters take 'for love and lust'. This book is also very high up its own ass when it comes to 'high' literature and the expectation that its audience should be familiar with it. Good grief and good riddance. 

Pretty good story that is completely ruined by its ending.