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i would die for these boys!! Also the tara&darcy story just ended me, i am completely, 100% ready for their own book!!
I'd rate this 3 stars (maybe), but it's a book too complicated to rate, and it feels so incomprehensible wrong to rate a book of a dying man.
the first few chapters were disappointing i would say, but as the book progresses we get a stark, raw view of cancer and living-dying from it.
the last chapter, even if composed only of snippets that Hitchens never had time to flesh out into a full piece (or pieces), is perhaps that which hits hardest. With the help of the foreword, we realize that it wasn't from a lack of ability but from a believe that there would always be more time. As he put it: "I don't have a body, I am a body. Yet consciously and regularly acted as if this was not true, or as if an exception would be made in my case."
the first few chapters were disappointing i would say, but as the book progresses we get a stark, raw view of cancer and living-dying from it.
the last chapter, even if composed only of snippets that Hitchens never had time to flesh out into a full piece (or pieces), is perhaps that which hits hardest. With the help of the foreword, we realize that it wasn't from a lack of ability but from a believe that there would always be more time. As he put it: "I don't have a body, I am a body. Yet consciously and regularly acted as if this was not true, or as if an exception would be made in my case."
alice oseman is one of my favourite authors, and this book really consolidated that for me. from her 3 books, this one is my favourite so far (she just announced her 4th book).
there are some characters that you'll find that just speak to you, and seeing a lost 18 year old who uses her obsessions with pop-culture as a lifeline is definitely #relatable.
i also did not want to put it down. her writing just makes you fly from chapter to chapter. being obsessed in a book dealing with obsessions? bit cliche, but i'll allow it.
the representation is this book is also outstanding - alice does the representation that we have been wanting. it just is - it's not a plot point; characters/people just are diverse (a conversation she touches on briefly and very well,in this book).
the themes found in this book are also pretty well handled - fandom, fame, mental health.
much like radio silence, i would love to know a little bit more of what happens after, but alice seems to enjoy open ended endings. perhaps the rest is best left to fanfiction writers
there are some characters that you'll find that just speak to you, and seeing a lost 18 year old who uses her obsessions with pop-culture as a lifeline is definitely #relatable.
i also did not want to put it down. her writing just makes you fly from chapter to chapter. being obsessed in a book dealing with obsessions? bit cliche, but i'll allow it.
the representation is this book is also outstanding - alice does the representation that we have been wanting. it just is - it's not a plot point; characters/people just are diverse (a conversation she touches on briefly and very well,in this book).
the themes found in this book are also pretty well handled - fandom, fame, mental health.
much like radio silence, i would love to know a little bit more of what happens after, but alice seems to enjoy open ended endings. perhaps the rest is best left to fanfiction writers
"Não conheço melhor definição do trabalho do humorista. Fazer com que as pessoas se riam desta ideia: por mais que façam, vão morrer. [...] É um ofício belo, nobre, indispensável e inútil [...]."
i loved this book! It's funny and entertaining and the themes in it are amazing! I loved spending time with each character, all the pieces of the puzzle coming together. I have not read Terry Pratchett before, but the beggining definitely feels a lot like Gaiman.
I'm super excited to see the show and to reread this many times and even drop it in the bath a couple of times
My thoughts are better summarized in a tumblr post i found: "Good Omens is literally all about transcending loyalties, tradition and expectations. It’s about good and bad, about friendship and love across enemies lines. Human, antichrist, angel or demon they’re all united in loving something or someone they shouldn’t ITS LITERALLY ALL ABOUT transcendental love and honestly how are people suprised the queers love it I mean Neil and Terry basically said love wins for 109,185 words"
I'm super excited to see the show and to reread this many times and even drop it in the bath a couple of times
My thoughts are better summarized in a tumblr post i found: "Good Omens is literally all about transcending loyalties, tradition and expectations. It’s about good and bad, about friendship and love across enemies lines. Human, antichrist, angel or demon they’re all united in loving something or someone they shouldn’t ITS LITERALLY ALL ABOUT transcendental love and honestly how are people suprised the queers love it I mean Neil and Terry basically said love wins for 109,185 words"
The Books of Magic
Paul Johnson, Scott Hampton, John Bolton, Neil Gaiman, Roger Zelazny, Charles Vess
The Books of Magic will take alongside Tim Hunter, a pre-Harry-Potter Harry Potter, into the realms of fantasy and magic, all that beyond what humans know. however, while doing so it also takes you through a guide tour to much of humanity's great questions and the puzzles we try to solve about ourselves.
Here you can meet Harry and Hedwig in the first year of Hogwarts with much more grittiness than even the 7th book has. What's not to love? They take their journey through 4 realms, with 4 guides. (Apparently, they stroll through all the worlds of DC, but i know nothing of DC universe and it was still quite enjoyable.)
The artwork is also fantastic (my favourite is the 3rd part one) , and you will take duble the time to look at it closely - its part of the magic.
Here you can meet Harry and Hedwig in the first year of Hogwarts with much more grittiness than even the 7th book has. What's not to love? They take their journey through 4 realms, with 4 guides. (Apparently, they stroll through all the worlds of DC, but i know nothing of DC universe and it was still quite enjoyable.)
The artwork is also fantastic (my favourite is the 3rd part one) , and you will take duble the time to look at it closely - its part of the magic.
I dont believe it to be a bad book (2 short stories). But it was just okay, hence 2 stars.
The first one (Mrs Manstleys view) is nice in an heartbreaking way. The reckoning is also an interesting story and a nice contrast in perspective but i just,, didnt care. I dont know how else to put it.
The writing style is also a bit weird, with long paragraphs for pages, ending in short pieces of dialogue. The big paragraphs made me reread in a way i hadn't need to since my highschool days analysing text
The first one (Mrs Manstleys view) is nice in an heartbreaking way. The reckoning is also an interesting story and a nice contrast in perspective but i just,, didnt care. I dont know how else to put it.
The writing style is also a bit weird, with long paragraphs for pages, ending in short pieces of dialogue. The big paragraphs made me reread in a way i hadn't need to since my highschool days analysing text
Tldr: 3/5 - I did like how the stories ended, but I don't desire to reread/keep the book. And I really liked the 1st short (4/5)
I don't know how to rate this book because my enjoyment level was a rollercoaster throughout.
Maureen's was probably my favourite; Green's and Myracle's tie up in the end. Many people say that Myracle's protagonist is a very hard read, but it wasn't much different from John's, in my opinion.
That was the reason for the rollercoaster. It's very hard to get to the point where you enjoy these characters, and in some stories you don't really. I suppose it's a "care about their journey" book.
Lastly, you can definitely tell the book was written in 2008 - there's a weird hate of cheerleaders, for example, that is in some ways justified, but the way it was handled in All Three Stories made me uncomfortable (although I only know cheerleaders from american movies)
I don't know how to rate this book because my enjoyment level was a rollercoaster throughout.
Maureen's was probably my favourite; Green's and Myracle's tie up in the end. Many people say that Myracle's protagonist is a very hard read, but it wasn't much different from John's, in my opinion.
That was the reason for the rollercoaster. It's very hard to get to the point where you enjoy these characters, and in some stories you don't really. I suppose it's a "care about their journey" book.
Lastly, you can definitely tell the book was written in 2008 - there's a weird hate of cheerleaders, for example, that is in some ways justified, but the way it was handled in All Three Stories made me uncomfortable (although I only know cheerleaders from american movies)