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I enjoyed this book, some interesting ideas to stew on. Some things were a bit predictable and I would have liked some more on how she functioned that way in the world; things we take for granted by having an identity. But overall, I did really like it.
"No, Adeline has decided she would rather be a tree, like Estele. If she must grow roots, she would rather be left to flourish wild instead of pruned, would rather stand alone, allowed to grow beneath the open sky. Better that than firewood, cut down just to burn in someone else's hearth."
"No, Adeline has decided she would rather be a tree, like Estele. If she must grow roots, she would rather be left to flourish wild instead of pruned, would rather stand alone, allowed to grow beneath the open sky. Better that than firewood, cut down just to burn in someone else's hearth."
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I’m just going to put Sonja’s review here :p
I enjoyed hearing some of the basic history of Cuba, but I just need to read a history book instead. The main character Marisol was not very likable and TWO romance stories. Meh.
I’m just going to put Sonja’s review here :p
I enjoyed hearing some of the basic history of Cuba, but I just need to read a history book instead. The main character Marisol was not very likable and TWO romance stories. Meh.
Stayed up until midnight finishing the second half of this book, my favorite types of books.
But yes if you are anti-vax, you may be butt hurt over this one, King does not hold back. But I do agree that the character Holly would experience the time of COVID that way, especially losing someone to it.
But yes if you are anti-vax, you may be butt hurt over this one, King does not hold back. But I do agree that the character Holly would experience the time of COVID that way, especially losing someone to it.
This book was so well done and has left me thinking about so much. The setting is dystopian, but is based on facts from our prison system and its parallels can't be overlooked. Capitalism on others pain and who society deems as "deserving" of that pain and punishment. Much like the fans and supporters of the sport in this book, we on the outside tend to justify any violence committed on "criminals". But when people monetize human beings and take away their humanity, are they any better than the criminals? As it is said, "Violence begets violence."
The story of the man who found his passion while in prison, the book notes, what if he had found it BEFORE. “We aren’t asking for an erasure; we aren’t trying to forget the pain of victims. For us, abolition is a positive process. It means creating new infrastructure, new ways of thinking about reducing harm, that’s what we are saying. I’m not saying there isn’t something to be afraid of, we are saying the thing we fear, is already here. It’s wrong not to try to do better.”
This story was brutal but beautiful at the same time. "She hated what she was, but loved what she could do." I really want another book, because I did not want this story to end.
The story of the man who found his passion while in prison, the book notes, what if he had found it BEFORE. “We aren’t asking for an erasure; we aren’t trying to forget the pain of victims. For us, abolition is a positive process. It means creating new infrastructure, new ways of thinking about reducing harm, that’s what we are saying. I’m not saying there isn’t something to be afraid of, we are saying the thing we fear, is already here. It’s wrong not to try to do better.”
This story was brutal but beautiful at the same time. "She hated what she was, but loved what she could do." I really want another book, because I did not want this story to end.
A unique format but I really enjoyed it. For lovers of nature and history and how it is all linked.