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I didn't think it got worse than Merchant of Venice, but wow, this was literal torture to read. I can't even rant about it properly, I'm so pissed I'm just screaming internally.
I loved this, although the ending left me a bit confused. But I love Lundy, and the Archivist and the rules were giving me serious Luidaeg feels.
Read this years ago, but never continued the series. Historical M/M romance with occultism, horroristic monsters, Egyptian mythology (?) and world-shaking stakes. Also, there is a cat, and a wonderful female archaeologist character whom I love.
This wasn't really what I expected. I didn't really like how the trans guy character was handled. Also, the main two guys didn't actually get together in this book, but they hopefully will later?
I loved this F/F/NB retelling, and especially the way it explores polyamory, and also getting out of a fantasy version of an abusive relationship. I especially liked how it focused heavily on linking love wtih trust. Also, that cover is wonderful.
Benedick and Beatrice and the whole matchmaking business deserve the full 5 stars, but their romance actually took up less of the play than I thought, and the rest of the play was the trope where some guy lies about a woman cheating and then all the other guys including the one who claims to love her just believe his trickery and publicly shame the woman without having a goddamn conversation about it, and that kind of ruined my enjoyment because there's nothing that I hate more
Hero deserves better
Hero deserves better
Weirdly, I liked the framing of this more than the time traveller's story itself? I was kind of bored. But eh.
I received an early copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Release date: March 6th, 2018
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The first collection of the women are some kind of magic series has been on my wishlist since forever, so I was really excited when I got to read this one. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations.
I have heard people talk about how empowering Amanda Lovelace's poetry is, and I definitely enjoyed many of the poems - I loved the little references to the way women survive and support each other, the body positivity, and the confidence in every poem. Still, there were almost none that really shook me to the core the way I expected.
Truthfully, many poems in this collection felt repetitive and redundant, repeating sentences I've heard many times in feminist circles. Make no mistake, it's still incredibly important to say these things! But it simply didn't feel as revolutionary as I expected based on what others said.
I did love how the formatting of the poems varied, and there were some unconventional ones I loved, e.g. "how to prevent getting sexually assaulted". I also loved some others, e.g. "confidence isn't egotism" and "confidence isn't healthy".
Still, poetry for me is mostly about emotional response, and this collection simply didn't awake those emotions in me. Somebody else might like these poems more than I did and get more strength for them, though.
(note: This poetry collection deals with heavy topics such as abuse and rape, as well as misogyny, fatphobia and a long list of other things. There is a mostly-complete trigger warning list at the beginning, which is pretty useful.)
Release date: March 6th, 2018
Read on my blog.
The first collection of the women are some kind of magic series has been on my wishlist since forever, so I was really excited when I got to read this one. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations.
I have heard people talk about how empowering Amanda Lovelace's poetry is, and I definitely enjoyed many of the poems - I loved the little references to the way women survive and support each other, the body positivity, and the confidence in every poem. Still, there were almost none that really shook me to the core the way I expected.
Truthfully, many poems in this collection felt repetitive and redundant, repeating sentences I've heard many times in feminist circles. Make no mistake, it's still incredibly important to say these things! But it simply didn't feel as revolutionary as I expected based on what others said.
I did love how the formatting of the poems varied, and there were some unconventional ones I loved, e.g. "how to prevent getting sexually assaulted". I also loved some others, e.g. "confidence isn't egotism" and "confidence isn't healthy".
Still, poetry for me is mostly about emotional response, and this collection simply didn't awake those emotions in me. Somebody else might like these poems more than I did and get more strength for them, though.
(note: This poetry collection deals with heavy topics such as abuse and rape, as well as misogyny, fatphobia and a long list of other things. There is a mostly-complete trigger warning list at the beginning, which is pretty useful.)
adorable little story about a little girl and her best friend, who is a yeti