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I’ve been a little bit iffy on this series relative to Rick’s other books (which is to say it’s not an automatic five stars but still pretty dang good), but this was definitely solid. The flyting/Final Boss Battle against Loki was immensely satisfying, as was the actual ending of the book; possibly the strongest moments of differentiation of this series from PJO, just as good in a different way.
4.75 stars, but I'm more than a little inclined to round up.
Huh. No small feat, to write a funny, charming, captivating story that really just centers around two people who take a maddeningly, ridiculously long time to get together - but Ahern pulls it off masterfully.
Huh. No small feat, to write a funny, charming, captivating story that really just centers around two people who take a maddeningly, ridiculously long time to get together - but Ahern pulls it off masterfully.
Read in elementary school — I think third or fourth grade? That's about all I remember, the fact that I read it in school.
Lemony Snicket-esque humor and Edward Gorey-esque illustrations make this little guidebook a delightful and atmospheric read.
It really doesn't feel like any review I write could possibly do justice to this memoir. Chanel Miller is a fantastic writer who displays incredible vulnerability about her experiences as well as insightful indictments of rape culture, privilege, fundamentally flawed institutions; powerful and poignant feel like massive understatements.
(finally got my hands on this one, right after yet another LBD webseries rewatch - so here we goooo)
"It was just us — the seven of us and the trees and the sky and the lake and the moon and, of course, Shakespeare. He lived with us like an eighth housemate, an older, wiser friend, perpetually out of sight but never out of mind, as if he had just left the room."
I think my love for pretentious-but-passionate college/uni students is well-documented at this point, so I'll just add that I have a particular love of Shakespeare and of theater — I have particularly fond memories of doing scenes from Caesar and Hamlet. (Though I'm still working my way through the rest of his works; they're rewarding but challenging reads.) It's very much a "dark side of new adulthood and academia" story, which I am very much into.
This is such a masterfully woven story, brimming with emotion and messily-human characters/relationships and some really freaking fantastic lines. I will admit that the main seven blur together a bit, especially in the beginning (even trying to remember them by their easy identifiers, i.e. Oliver is the narrator, Meredith is the sexy one, Richard is the asshole golden boy, etc. ), but that's nearly always the case with these big ensemble casts. And I honestly wasn't even trying to piece together the plot because I was so engaged in watching it all unfold.
tl;dr This is a fantastic book that more than lives up to the hype.
content warnings: major character death(s), slut-shaming, bullying (physical + verbal), queerphobic (homophobic, biphobic, transphobic) language, drug abuse & overdose, casual suicidal ideation, eating disorder (minor character), suicide (mentioned), implied domestic abuse
rep: bi/pan MC, bi/pan love interest, queer Latinx major character, Jewish major character
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CONVERSION: 13.4 / 15 = 4.5 stars
Prose: 9 / 10
Characters & Relationships: 9 / 10
Emotional Impact: 8 / 10
Development / Flow: 9 / 10
Setting: 9 / 10
Diversity & Social Themes: 4 / 5
Intellectual Engagement: 5 / 5
Originality / Trope Execution: 5 / 5
Rereadability: 5 / 5
Memorability: 4 / 5
I think my love for pretentious-but-passionate college/uni students is well-documented at this point, so I'll just add that I have a particular love of Shakespeare and of theater — I have particularly fond memories of doing scenes from Caesar and Hamlet. (Though I'm still working my way through the rest of his works; they're rewarding but challenging reads.) It's very much a "dark side of new adulthood and academia" story, which I am very much into.
This is such a masterfully woven story, brimming with emotion and messily-human characters/relationships and some really freaking fantastic lines. I will admit that the main seven blur together a bit, especially in the beginning (even trying to remember them by their easy identifiers, i.e.
tl;dr This is a fantastic book that more than lives up to the hype.
content warnings:
rep:
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CONVERSION: 13.4 / 15 = 4.5 stars
Prose: 9 / 10
Characters & Relationships: 9 / 10
Emotional Impact: 8 / 10
Development / Flow: 9 / 10
Setting: 9 / 10
Diversity & Social Themes: 4 / 5
Intellectual Engagement: 5 / 5
Originality / Trope Execution: 5 / 5
Rereadability: 5 / 5
Memorability: 4 / 5
