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ellieeeeeee's Reviews (238)
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
god my heart breaks so much for the lives lost to the aids epidemic
theres so much love in this story filled with so much sorrow in between i just ugh this book is art in and of itself such a beautiful glimpse into such beautiful lives and stories 🥲🥲 gonna be thinking about this one for a long time to come
theres so much love in this story filled with so much sorrow in between i just ugh this book is art in and of itself such a beautiful glimpse into such beautiful lives and stories 🥲🥲 gonna be thinking about this one for a long time to come
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
I was unhappy at home and equally unhappy elsewhere, so tell me, where should I have gone?
I’ve never been happy. Is there some tortured soul forever at my back, clutching at my throat, my limbs? I’ve only ever wanted to run away, an extremely basic impulse, the pain that provokes a cry, the pinch that produces a scream. Sitting with my knees up at the back of the bus, looking as though I wouldn’t hurt a fly, and all that time longing to shatter the window with my fist. Greedy for the blood that would stream down my palm, I would have lapped it up as a cat does milk. What was it that I was trying to run away from, what was it that tormented me so much I longed to flee to the other side of the world? And what held me back, hobbling me, crippling me? What were the fetters that weighed me down, preventing the leap that would transfuse this sickening blood?
love this quote from the translator
Han Kang’s works often strike me as retellings of myths for which no original exists
god what a story
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
such gorgeous writing.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
read this for x for an a-z challenge, surprisingly funny for having been written 100+ years ago
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
very cute and sad and happy and emotional. lighthearted writing style but had me crying for the latter half of the book.
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
god i wish this was longer or a series I loved robin so much and ramyyyyy ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ so beautifully written and horrifically relevant and reflective on life in the real world by means of a fictional magical story ugh loved this book so much I cried so much I want to reread it already
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexism
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So relevant and emotional and beautifully written and just ugh we've really destroyed this planet 🥲
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"It's perfectly clear to me now that it was I who, owing to my boundless vanity, and hence also my exactingness towards myself, very often looked upon myself with furious dissatisfaction, reaching the point of loathing, and therefore mentally attributed my view to everyone else."
related too much to the underground man in the beginning which makes me worry about the state of the rest of my upcoming life....
related too much to the underground man in the beginning which makes me worry about the state of the rest of my upcoming life....
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i wish i could unread this
it was going fine until the pedophilia and then i thought maybe it could recover and then nope the last sex scene in the book made me want to die
it was going fine until the pedophilia and then i thought maybe it could recover and then nope the last sex scene in the book made me want to die
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide
informative
medium-paced
god i would read patrick radden keefe's shopping lists if he published them he is such a captivating writer and does such a good job of removing himself from the pieces he writes which is so hard to find these days