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shane_the_reading_rat's Reviews (1.21k)
eh not my favorite t kingfisher but it was fine. feel like the fairytale vs weird dynamic was off though, too much of it felt classic fairy tale and the weird scenes were WEIRD and it could’ve been balanced/evened out a bit better
fenris my darling my beloved sad middle aged knight man
fenris my darling my beloved sad middle aged knight man
i could say that this is my favorite ajw book but literally every ajw book i read is my favorite ajw book. the way this he managed to juggle so many different topics in this book-- politics, trans identity, autism, a lot of murder lmao -- frankly massively impresses me. and the dog!! i love the dog!!
the discussion of autism and Miles coming to terms with being autistic hit hard ngl. i may be a little biased but that was one of my favorite aspects of Compound Fracture
the discussion of autism and Miles coming to terms with being autistic hit hard ngl. i may be a little biased but that was one of my favorite aspects of Compound Fracture
decided to finish this up before going to bed and. wow. i did not like it
the characters didn’t feel real at all, they felt like they were just there to Do Things
also while reading this i saw one review that said something like “why do the mc and Giang get together she calls Giang her li’l sis” and i was like “well ive read one instance of that happening but yknow maybe its a more general form of endearment and/or this fantasy world doesn’t have wording for queer relationships” no. she and Giang call each other big sis and lil sis so many times. once right before kissing. and queer relationships are accepted in this book. so its not even wording differences it’s just pure ick
the characters didn’t feel real at all, they felt like they were just there to Do Things
also while reading this i saw one review that said something like “why do the mc and Giang get together she calls Giang her li’l sis” and i was like “well ive read one instance of that happening but yknow maybe its a more general form of endearment and/or this fantasy world doesn’t have wording for queer relationships” no. she and Giang call each other big sis and lil sis so many times. once right before kissing. and queer relationships are accepted in this book. so its not even wording differences it’s just pure ick
idk man i thought this was fine
Gay People Explore Their Break-Up In The Multiverse
might pick up the sequel just cause i like the concept of this evil ikea and its evil little wormholes but unfortunately i despise the sequel cover. so we’ll see what wins, my interest in the world of Finna or my love of good cover design
(bro how did they not know where annapolis was, they are american they have zero excuse. im american and have never lived in or near maryland yet i absolutely know ANNAPOLIS IS THE CAPITAL OF MARYLAND)
Gay People Explore Their Break-Up In The Multiverse
might pick up the sequel just cause i like the concept of this evil ikea and its evil little wormholes but unfortunately i despise the sequel cover. so we’ll see what wins, my interest in the world of Finna or my love of good cover design
(bro how did they not know where annapolis was, they are american they have zero excuse. im american and have never lived in or near maryland yet i absolutely know ANNAPOLIS IS THE CAPITAL OF MARYLAND)
thank you to Netgalley and Levine Querido for this ARC!
it makes me so sad to have to DNF this, but i think it just isn’t for me (at least not right now). it leans much more into mystery than what it seemed (and im not a mystery fan, so this is not good). along with this, the writing style is just not flowing for me. i want to try it again once the audiobook releases, but for now i just have to leave this one behind.
it makes me so sad to have to DNF this, but i think it just isn’t for me (at least not right now). it leans much more into mystery than what it seemed (and im not a mystery fan, so this is not good). along with this, the writing style is just not flowing for me. i want to try it again once the audiobook releases, but for now i just have to leave this one behind.
for some reason listening to this cozy fantasy instrumental playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/61ePVjb032Ztvd8qOnN2tt?si=bjlInjNTSD-hW5XGTpNbJQ&pi=u-3tsb7h6AR_GX really enhanced this reading experience even though this isn’t fantasy. huh.
anyway i loved this one a Lot
Dylan and Leighton were both super interesting characters, and i love their different motifs of rocket ships and roller skates (its also hilarious to me that Dylan is a dead ringer for how i looked at their age, hairstyle and all)
while i do prefer Dylan out of the two, imo Leighton kinda got left in the dust plot-wise. her part of the story just ended so suddenly i had to flip back a few pages to check that i hadn’t missed anything.
otherwise this would’ve been five stars easily. but either way i loved it!! (art style was wonderful, warmer colors for flashback scenes + a rounded style for Leighton/angular style for Dylan were such nice touches and attention to detail)
anyway i loved this one a Lot
Dylan and Leighton were both super interesting characters, and i love their different motifs of rocket ships and roller skates (its also hilarious to me that Dylan is a dead ringer for how i looked at their age, hairstyle and all)
while i do prefer Dylan out of the two, imo Leighton kinda got left in the dust plot-wise. her part of the story just ended so suddenly i had to flip back a few pages to check that i hadn’t missed anything.
otherwise this would’ve been five stars easily. but either way i loved it!! (art style was wonderful, warmer colors for flashback scenes + a rounded style for Leighton/angular style for Dylan were such nice touches and attention to detail)
sorry not sorry. litfic is consistently so fucking boring i commend anyone who likes it. youre stronger than me
pretty much the most i can say about this book is that it was Fine
i liked the fast pace and how short many chapters were, i thought that was nice and that it was paced well and was suspenseful enough to keep my interest (i finished this in about three sittings, so at least there’s that!)
but this was much more situated in the sad-girl subgenre of literature than advertised, and personally that’s just not a vibe i like very often (i have been a sad girl many times, and then a sad boy, and it’s just not something i find interesting to read about)
also this needed such a trigger warning for violence against animals, granted ive read worse in horror but still it’s something i would’ve liked to emotionally prepare for beforehand.
anyway what is awesome about this is that it’s translated from icelandic!!! never read a book from iceland before so that was pretty cool :]
i liked the fast pace and how short many chapters were, i thought that was nice and that it was paced well and was suspenseful enough to keep my interest (i finished this in about three sittings, so at least there’s that!)
but this was much more situated in the sad-girl subgenre of literature than advertised, and personally that’s just not a vibe i like very often (i have been a sad girl many times, and then a sad boy, and it’s just not something i find interesting to read about)
also this needed such a trigger warning for violence against animals, granted ive read worse in horror but still it’s something i would’ve liked to emotionally prepare for beforehand.
anyway what is awesome about this is that it’s translated from icelandic!!! never read a book from iceland before so that was pretty cool :]
