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Lovely and devastating and funny and poignant. Lots of thoughts. Lots of feelings. I have a feeling I could reread this a hundred times and learn something new each go.
3.5 stars
This is F. Scott Fitzgerald boiled down as simplistically as possible. It is wealth and greed and corruption and illusion and disillusionment. Quick, funny, and a little jarring, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a novella-sized Fitzgerald with all of the themes he writes so well. Fast and easy!
This is F. Scott Fitzgerald boiled down as simplistically as possible. It is wealth and greed and corruption and illusion and disillusionment. Quick, funny, and a little jarring, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a novella-sized Fitzgerald with all of the themes he writes so well. Fast and easy!
There's very little I can say about this stunning novel that hasn't already been said, but I feel renewed and lit with something very special after finishing. Jandy Nelson is a force to be reckoned with and I'll Give You the Sun has somehow reminded me that I can love YA and also that I can love myself. The characters were whole and honest in their dishonesty and it is a triumph of a narrative. A perfect contemporary piece, it deserves its Printz Award in every way possible.
"You cannot get in the way of anyone's path to happiness, it also does no good. The problem is figuring out which part is the path and which part is the happiness.
A first reading of War of the Foxes is not a clear or full reading of War of the Foxes. Siken has a raw ebb and flow I haven't found in other poets and I am so appreciative of it here. War of the Foxes cannot be compared to Crush because they are different beasts entirely, but the questioning nature of Siken's work and the responsibility with which he writes is lovely. Looking forward to rereading and rereading and learning something new each time.
A first reading of War of the Foxes is not a clear or full reading of War of the Foxes. Siken has a raw ebb and flow I haven't found in other poets and I am so appreciative of it here. War of the Foxes cannot be compared to Crush because they are different beasts entirely, but the questioning nature of Siken's work and the responsibility with which he writes is lovely. Looking forward to rereading and rereading and learning something new each time.
“But who names a starship the Icarus? What kind of man possess that much hubris, that he dares it to fall?”
Oh man, I've just ridden the roller coaster that is YA Sci-Fi and what a ride it was. Sci-Fi isn't my go to genre, I normally find a lot lacking in detailed mechanical descriptions and mechanical characters to boot, but I really love the world that Kaufman and Spooner were able to create. The romance is slightly predictable and the ending is slightly underwhelming, but the story is very heartfelt and captivating - it's a page turner! Looking forward to the sequel!
Oh man, I've just ridden the roller coaster that is YA Sci-Fi and what a ride it was. Sci-Fi isn't my go to genre, I normally find a lot lacking in detailed mechanical descriptions and mechanical characters to boot, but I really love the world that Kaufman and Spooner were able to create. The romance is slightly predictable and the ending is slightly underwhelming, but the story is very heartfelt and captivating - it's a page turner! Looking forward to the sequel!
I sobbed my way through the entire second half of Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls so I'm not entirely sure what I missed in that time. A Monster Calls is fairytale realism with grim roots. It's written beautifully (as everything by Patrick Ness is) and the art by Jim Kay is absolutely gorgeous. I feel that the circumstances outshone the characters, but I did enjoy that they were symbols rather than fleshed out people. Really lovely, definitely recommend.