cant believe she was bruce willis the whole time

Pretty bad writing, the sex scenes caused me pain. Not the worst plot. 

Ah I don't know what I expected but the reality was better. The whole book (aside from some drama) was so warm and lovely. Loved all the main characters. Loved the island. Loved the birds. 

I think if you loved remarkably bright creatures you'll love this one too. 

Pretty cute. Hit on some dark topics though so check content warnings for sure. Loveable characters. I live in the town this is set in so its funny to be able to picture every place haha. The warm French bread being irresistible is so real. 

Honestly I'm not a huge fan of Greek mythology. I just don't find it that interesting in general. However, this was a genuinely good book. Well written enough to keep me going. Demeter's chapters were hard to get into until it got closer to part 2. Wouldn't have picked this up if it wasn't the once upon a book club pick for August. But didn't hate it. 

I think there were a couple points in the book where I thought...oh here we go. And then we just didn't go. I almost liked it a lot but ultimately liked it just OK. 

Oh hey this was fun! Verrrrrry fast read when I actually sat down with the intentions to read. Minimal world building but sometimes that's OK in the first of a trilogy. 

I just always enjoy jon krakauer's writing. It's hard for me to get through non fiction books but his are always so compelling. It's hard to feel much sympathy for a well off kid who voluntarily chose to do something knowingly dangerous but here I am tearing up at the end. Krakauer is excellent at giving you so much research you see the whole person and also every person around them. 

I don't know what I was necessarily expecting but this ended up being sweeter and sadder than what I imagined. I am a person who loves a book when I just get plonked into a period of time for characters and that is all. There's something simple and sweet about being there with that character just for a time and then gone so they can live their life. I liked the general role of memory in this story and what the ghost stories brought to the overall theme. This book is more of a feeling than anything else and that's cool with me. 

As a self proclaimed hater of the dead romantics I genuinely might never have picked this up if it weren't the once upon a book club pick this month and that would have been a shame because I really enjoyed this. Very fun premise for anyone who has ever found comfort in a book series that becomes a part of you. Sweet, hopeful, a little magical. I loved it!

I think this felt a bit like a really sad ghost story even though it technically wasn't. But it has the melancholy feel of a sad ghost story. I just loved it.