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Nightmare Magazine 37: October 2015. Queers Destroy Horror! Special Issue
Michael Matheson, Joel Lane, Kelley Eskridge, Poppy Z. Brite, A.J. Jones, Naomi Kanakia, Elizabeth Leggett, Catherine Lundoff, Megan Arkenberg, K.G. Smith, Meghan McCarron, Traci Castleberry, Robyn Lupo, Arley Sorg, Matthew Bright, Wendy N. Wagner, W.H. Pugmire, Lee Thomas, Alyssa Wong, Lucy A. Snyder, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Lee Mandelo, Amal El-Mohtar, Shweta Narayan, Chuck Palahniuk, Eliza Gauger, Sigrid Ellis, Carrie Cuinn, Sunny Moraine, Lisa M. Bradley, R.B. Lemberg, Evan J. Peterson, Sandra M. Odell, Cory Skerry
Still trying to decide if it's racism or satire...
But tbh, I really liked the writing
But tbh, I really liked the writing
Okay so I've read this before. And I gave it five stars. And I just cannot get through it a second time. This was meant to be a reread so I could get into the second book (finally), but I just...I probably never will at this point. I guess this goes to show that what you like at one point, you won't always like forever, and that's okay? I dunno, I'm kind of sad. I love the world, I love Karou, but I don't care enough for the plot and it's not moving fast enough and it's sooooo 2012, I'm dying.
So yeah. This was a nope right now. Who knows, maybe I'll try it again one day, but I doubt it at this point.
-Book Hugger
Original Review, which makes me realize how much my writing and reviews truly have improved:
Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone is yet another well-written young adult novel. This was recommended to me by a friend and I am very pleased I decided to pick it up. The book is fast-paced and exciting with characters that you can’t help but rooting for. At times I found it a bit confusing because the main character has a very complex past. Also, the character names are definitely not normal (for example: Karou, Akiva, Kishmish, and Zuzana). The age of using Polly, Bob, and Sarah as names has passed. Now it’s a contest to see who can create the oddest of names. Though, I do have to commend Taylor for making them pronounceable. That’s definitely a plus. I also appreciate Taylor’s descriptiveness. When I read each passage a picture was painted in my mind of the scene. Not all authors have the ability to do that and I love it when they can. My final complaint: The huge cliffhanger ending. Really? Was that necessary? Though, besides that I highly recommend this book.
So yeah. This was a nope right now. Who knows, maybe I'll try it again one day, but I doubt it at this point.
-Book Hugger
Original Review, which makes me realize how much my writing and reviews truly have improved:
Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone is yet another well-written young adult novel. This was recommended to me by a friend and I am very pleased I decided to pick it up. The book is fast-paced and exciting with characters that you can’t help but rooting for. At times I found it a bit confusing because the main character has a very complex past. Also, the character names are definitely not normal (for example: Karou, Akiva, Kishmish, and Zuzana). The age of using Polly, Bob, and Sarah as names has passed. Now it’s a contest to see who can create the oddest of names. Though, I do have to commend Taylor for making them pronounceable. That’s definitely a plus. I also appreciate Taylor’s descriptiveness. When I read each passage a picture was painted in my mind of the scene. Not all authors have the ability to do that and I love it when they can. My final complaint: The huge cliffhanger ending. Really? Was that necessary? Though, besides that I highly recommend this book.
I think I read a different book from everyone else.
Review to come? Maybe?
-Book Hugger
Review to come? Maybe?
-Book Hugger
This month I'm trying something new: waiting until the end of the month for ratings. What I find is that as time passes, my opinions change and become more solidified, so therefore...we're doing this...because I already want to change half my 2019 ratings (but I won't).
Anyway, in a nutshell, this was kind of fun, surprisingly enjoyable for a school read, but isn't going to be something I'll rave about anytime soon.
Anyway, in a nutshell, this was kind of fun, surprisingly enjoyable for a school read, but isn't going to be something I'll rave about anytime soon.
That was certainly an interesting way to end it.
-Book Hugger
-Book Hugger
Oddly I ended up liking this more than I thought I would when I started it. Also, there was character development, so that was a very large factor in my liking it.