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sara_berlin
adventurous
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emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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medium-paced
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Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
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Diverse cast of characters:
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Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked it. The historical dual timeline was a new thing for this series, but I think it worked and made the story more interactive with the reader, as we’re trying to figure out what’s going on before the characters do. I flew through it, which is especially impressive considering it’s a long book. Daniel O’Malley is really good at getting the pacing just right; it’s not exhausting and numbing from too much action, but it also doesn’t drag at any points. He’s so underrated. All in all, I was very satisfied with this third installment, and I can’t wait to see if there will be more!
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Candice Iloh definitely has a lot of potential and I’m excited to read any new books she releases. This felt very personal and real, almost like a memoir, but it’s fiction. Ada was a very sympathetic, and brave, character and the multiple timelines gave me a better understanding of her and what and who makes her who she is. The descriptions of her feelings and her dancing were beautiful. I just found it very moving and inspiring.
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A mix
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Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was really interesting to see this story told in the graphic novel format, and I feel like it gave the character of the Darkling more dimension as well.
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It was very interesting and informational. I didn't know much about the Black Panthers before this, so I learned a lot. It was inspiring but also kind of saddening, I didn't realize how quickly they developed and then broke apart, and how huge of a role the media and the FBI played in it.
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Persepolis is a very personal story; it almost feels wrong to rate it, but I will anyway because it's deserved. I think that graphic memoirs are so unique in how they can show you how people change over time directly, and it's just generally a very conducive medium for those kinds of stories. I personally know almost nothing about Iran nor it's multiple revolutions, so this book was quite informative in that sense as well. I think that the Middle East's conflicts are ones where we don't see the perspectives shown nearly as much as things like WW2, not that those shouldn't be shown, but that everyone deserves to have their voices heard and I'm glad this author has managed to accomplish that.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
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
feel like it was a little too late for me to read this book. Most of the conclusions and thoughts drawn in it are things that either don't apply to me or that I have already understood previously, but it was still fun to seen it all written out
It also made me want to visit Memphis, so I guess that’s a bonus.
It also made me want to visit Memphis, so I guess that’s a bonus.
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It somewhat shocks me that I've never seen anyone recommend this before, considering what a beautiful book this was. Yet another sign to trust your instincts when it comes to everything, including which books to read.
This is a kind of memoir written in letters to Akwaeke Emezi's friends, relatives, lovers, strangers, just people in their life, and it's so honest and visceral, and frankly, fascinating. I won't say it's changed my life, since my life is still the same for now, but it's probably one of the most inspiring and deep pieces of literature I've read so far, maybe that I'll ever read. It feels corny to call something deep, but I can't think of a better word. It does get dark at times, but not in a very morbid or excessive way. I know most of us have had similar feelings.
With Pet I admired that they don't mind being brief, same goes for this one. It was also spellbinding to see how they use metaphorical and literal language, and blur the lines between the two; sometimes you can't tell if what's said is completely literal or if it's meant in an allegorical way, but honestly, I got so lost in the lyrics of this wonderful song that whether something was meant to be taken at surface level or required some interpretation didn't change much for me. It really made me think of Untitled God Song by Haley Heynderickx. I don't think a musical piece that is like, three minutes long, could encapsulate the entire text, but it reminded me of some aspects of it.
Everything ends, including this book, but that doesn't mean we cannot mourn it.
This is a kind of memoir written in letters to Akwaeke Emezi's friends, relatives, lovers, strangers, just people in their life, and it's so honest and visceral, and frankly, fascinating. I won't say it's changed my life, since my life is still the same for now, but it's probably one of the most inspiring and deep pieces of literature I've read so far, maybe that I'll ever read. It feels corny to call something deep, but I can't think of a better word. It does get dark at times, but not in a very morbid or excessive way. I know most of us have had similar feelings.
With Pet I admired that they don't mind being brief, same goes for this one. It was also spellbinding to see how they use metaphorical and literal language, and blur the lines between the two; sometimes you can't tell if what's said is completely literal or if it's meant in an allegorical way, but honestly, I got so lost in the lyrics of this wonderful song that whether something was meant to be taken at surface level or required some interpretation didn't change much for me. It really made me think of Untitled God Song by Haley Heynderickx. I don't think a musical piece that is like, three minutes long, could encapsulate the entire text, but it reminded me of some aspects of it.
Everything ends, including this book, but that doesn't mean we cannot mourn it.
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I admit, before I read this I didn’t really understand what queer theory is. I kind of got that it was a discipline of analysis of queerness but I hadn’t encountered many specific examples. I think this was a great starting point but also supplement to my ever changing opinions and knowledge on these topics. It’s interesting to me how much of this I had already discussed with friends or seen talked about online, although often in more specific or more general terms than this. I really liked this as a staring point and it helped me understand the big picture a little better, but also understand my own feelings around gender and sexuality, as someone who doesn’t always “fit in” with a lot of the binaries and has found that a lot of those constructs have closed just as many doors as they have opened for me.