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moserk's Reviews (128)
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Highly recommend reading by audiobook. It's narrated by Matthew which brings this part-journal/part-memoir into a more conversational setting --- like you bumped into him organically and just got to have a little life chat.
Starts stronger than it finishes. Fans of quotes, quips, and questions on one's life journey are more likely to enjoy. Scattered with sage advice he calls "prescriptions" and "bumper stickers," but doesn't feel overly try-hard.
Starts stronger than it finishes. Fans of quotes, quips, and questions on one's life journey are more likely to enjoy. Scattered with sage advice he calls "prescriptions" and "bumper stickers," but doesn't feel overly try-hard.
The hype the hype...yes ok, but it's no 5 star. If not for the sheer amount of praise surrounding this series, it would've easily been a DNF for me. [Would you be mad if I told you I considered 3-stars?!
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Call it 3.5 but rounding up because it finishes better than it begins.
S L O W going for me (needed ~150 pages to really get invested), but glad I stayed the course. Would I recommend? - depends what else you're considering. Would I lend you my copy? - certainly!
S L O W going for me (needed ~150 pages to really get invested), but glad I stayed the course. Would I recommend? - depends what else you're considering. Would I lend you my copy? - certainly!
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Quirky novella. Enjoyable! Lil more 'gloomy' than humorous - but never heavy. Interesting points to pause + consider societal expectations.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
"We are all of us more complicated than the roles we are assigned in the stories other people tell."
A truly incredible memoir. Told with conviction, yet balanced with an intentional awareness to discrepancies in how individuals recall shared experiences - especially complicated or traumatic memories.
Themes of family, love, and relationships with others and one's self. Religion, faith, and trust. Resilience. History, education, curiosity, and a hunger to grow.
What is love? How does it change when conditions are attached? When prerequisites, expectations, or specific rules introduced?
"What is a person to do when their obligations to their family conflict with other obligations - to friends, to society, to themselves?"
A truly incredible memoir. Told with conviction, yet balanced with an intentional awareness to discrepancies in how individuals recall shared experiences - especially complicated or traumatic memories.
Themes of family, love, and relationships with others and one's self. Religion, faith, and trust. Resilience. History, education, curiosity, and a hunger to grow.
What is love? How does it change when conditions are attached? When prerequisites, expectations, or specific rules introduced?
"What is a person to do when their obligations to their family conflict with other obligations - to friends, to society, to themselves?"
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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:
Yes
An interesting summer read. Do yourself a favor and earmark this for your fall stack.
Enjoyable and certainly cues a pause for reflection (we love a book that makes us think, yeah?). Reads like a soap opera - 4 interwoven short stories all taking place at 100+ year old Tokyo café.
Ultimately, it just felt over-hyped for me. Quick pace and an easy afternoon or evening read, so no big loss on time invested if you don't love!
Ultimately, it just felt over-hyped for me. Quick pace and an easy afternoon or evening read, so no big loss on time invested if you don't love!
Retelling of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, but with a darkness you've likely not encountered in other retellings/continuations. We follow Holly Darling (Wendy's granddaughter) in trying to find her own daughter Eden, after she's disappeared from the family estate despite being in a coma for a decade. In order to find Eden, Holly must first find Peter Pan - who, despite what you may currently think, is both very real and quite dangerous.
While I always enjoy a perspective shift and credit Michalski for challenging our current thoughts on the classic fairytale - is Peter Pan the nice guy we all remember? or is there a darker side to him and his motivations? - readers should note some potential triggers for readers surrounding rape/sexual assault, domestic violence, and self harm/suicidal ideation. While these moments are infrequent and references mostly vague and short-lived, I understand including them to support Michalski's chosen narrative but wish this was more apparent in the outside cover description to warn readers. It didn't ruin my read, but was wildly unexpected for what I thought I was picking up. The provided description gave me more "fairytale with dark twist" but the contents leaned more heavily to "dark read loosely based on a well-known fairytale."
I enjoyed the read but not sure I'd be quick to recommend. I also felt it was a missed opportunity to only focus on Holly's POV alone. Would have loved to hear the voice of Jane (Holly's mother) and Eden (Holly's daughter) as well to really round this one out.
While I always enjoy a perspective shift and credit Michalski for challenging our current thoughts on the classic fairytale - is Peter Pan the nice guy we all remember? or is there a darker side to him and his motivations? - readers should note some potential triggers for readers surrounding rape/sexual assault, domestic violence, and self harm/suicidal ideation. While these moments are infrequent and references mostly vague and short-lived, I understand including them to support Michalski's chosen narrative but wish this was more apparent in the outside cover description to warn readers. It didn't ruin my read, but was wildly unexpected for what I thought I was picking up. The provided description gave me more "fairytale with dark twist" but the contents leaned more heavily to "dark read loosely based on a well-known fairytale."
I enjoyed the read but not sure I'd be quick to recommend. I also felt it was a missed opportunity to only focus on Holly's POV alone. Would have loved to hear the voice of Jane (Holly's mother) and Eden (Holly's daughter) as well to really round this one out.