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This counts as my review for the whole Haikyuu!! manga
READ FOR: best character developments and themes that I have ever encountered
READING LEVEL: Level 1-3 out of 5
*All of my reviews are as spoiler-free as possible unless stated otherwise*
I don’t think I’ll ever have enough words to express how much I love this manga and anime series but I’ll try anyway. But I just need to make it known that this has changed my view in anime and manga forever. I caught up with this manga in the last 30 or so chapters but I won’t say much to avoid spoilers... but it was crazy.
It made me laugh, cry, fall in love, think, and honestly... what else do you need in a series? I can keep going on and on about this series but honestly I think you should just read it for yourself. I really don't think you'll regret it.
When someone asks me what the plot is, honestly, all I can say is “they play volleyball” HAHAHA… but it’s so much more than that.
PLOT: ★★★★★
The plot was so well thought of from the very beginning and when I re-read the manga I can’t believe the amount of foreshadowing Furudate actually placed. My mind was so blown… I just. No words. I am seriously in love.
ART STYLE: ★★★★★
The art style… *chef’s kiss* especially in the later arcs. There were so many matches but even then Furudate never failed to leave me breathless at each one.
CHARACTERS: ★★★★★
The character development here is THE BEST. HANDS DOWN. that I have ever come across. I fell in love with the so many characters in this series that I did not even think that was possible.
The character relationships... the character dynamics... their mindsets... they are all so perfectly well done and realistic GAHHHH I've said this so many time throughout this review BUT THEY JUST MADE ME FALL IN LOVE SO EASILY. I can't pick my favourite one but hinata and kageyama just hold a special place in my heart.
This connects to the themes but my favourite thing that was done with the characters here was that each one of them embodied a theme or a message that the author wanted to get across. Those are spoilers so I won’t really talk about it but just know that it was one of the main reasons that made me go so crazy about this series.
*cough* hinata kageyama atsumu sakusa bokuto kita noya ushijima tendou tsukki suga kenma kuroo *cough* +++
Note: if you think this series is focused on only 1 team... you're in it for A RIDEEEEEE
I'm getting chills just looking at and remembering these panels ^^
THEMES: ★★★★★
Honestly I basically thought the themes were just gonna be “teamwork” and “friendship”… while it is all that, Furudate sensei was able to make it even deeper.
I think the one that was focused on the most was “It’s not always about winning, it’s about growth”. But there were also so many smaller things that lead up to that bigger point: (1) we get our strength from others, (2) but you also need to make yourself dependable, (3) there is always room for improvement, (4) working hard is good but overworking yourself isn’t, (5) you are built on the small things you do everyday, (6) an ace's back should be an inspiration to your teammates (hi bokuto), (7)+++
The way I wrote it was very straight to the point but I was amazed at how Furudate tackled the so many messages that I received from this series.
PACING: ★★★★★
THE TIMING. OF EVERYTHING. JUST MAKES SENSE.
It’s so realistic that I want to cry. (I actually already did… a lot of times.)
PAGE TURNER: ★★★★★
You should understand that I made this review weeks after I finally calmed down about this series cuz I was really going crazy about it HAHAHA if you have finished this series too or met me while I was reading this, you know what I’m talking about ;)
I'll keep this series close to my heart until the grave. You cannot convince me otherwise.
”You don’t win alone.
That’s just how it is.”
READ FOR: best character developments and themes that I have ever encountered
READING LEVEL: Level 1-3 out of 5
*All of my reviews are as spoiler-free as possible unless stated otherwise*
I don’t think I’ll ever have enough words to express how much I love this manga and anime series but I’ll try anyway. But I just need to make it known that this has changed my view in anime and manga forever. I caught up with this manga in the last 30 or so chapters but I won’t say much to avoid spoilers... but it was crazy.
It made me laugh, cry, fall in love, think, and honestly... what else do you need in a series? I can keep going on and on about this series but honestly I think you should just read it for yourself. I really don't think you'll regret it.
When someone asks me what the plot is, honestly, all I can say is “they play volleyball” HAHAHA… but it’s so much more than that.
PLOT: ★★★★★
The plot was so well thought of from the very beginning and when I re-read the manga I can’t believe the amount of foreshadowing Furudate actually placed. My mind was so blown… I just. No words. I am seriously in love.
ART STYLE: ★★★★★
The art style… *chef’s kiss* especially in the later arcs. There were so many matches but even then Furudate never failed to leave me breathless at each one.
CHARACTERS: ★★★★★
The character development here is THE BEST. HANDS DOWN. that I have ever come across. I fell in love with the so many characters in this series that I did not even think that was possible.
The character relationships... the character dynamics... their mindsets... they are all so perfectly well done and realistic GAHHHH I've said this so many time throughout this review BUT THEY JUST MADE ME FALL IN LOVE SO EASILY. I can't pick my favourite one but hinata and kageyama just hold a special place in my heart.
This connects to the themes but my favourite thing that was done with the characters here was that each one of them embodied a theme or a message that the author wanted to get across. Those are spoilers so I won’t really talk about it but just know that it was one of the main reasons that made me go so crazy about this series.
*cough* hinata kageyama atsumu sakusa bokuto kita noya ushijima tendou tsukki suga kenma kuroo *cough* +++
Note: if you think this series is focused on only 1 team... you're in it for A RIDEEEEEE
I'm getting chills just looking at and remembering these panels ^^
THEMES: ★★★★★
Honestly I basically thought the themes were just gonna be “teamwork” and “friendship”… while it is all that, Furudate sensei was able to make it even deeper.
I think the one that was focused on the most was “It’s not always about winning, it’s about growth”. But there were also so many smaller things that lead up to that bigger point: (1) we get our strength from others, (2) but you also need to make yourself dependable, (3) there is always room for improvement, (4) working hard is good but overworking yourself isn’t, (5) you are built on the small things you do everyday, (6) an ace's back should be an inspiration to your teammates (hi bokuto), (7)+++
The way I wrote it was very straight to the point but I was amazed at how Furudate tackled the so many messages that I received from this series.
PACING: ★★★★★
THE TIMING. OF EVERYTHING. JUST MAKES SENSE.
It’s so realistic that I want to cry. (I actually already did… a lot of times.)
PAGE TURNER: ★★★★★
You should understand that I made this review weeks after I finally calmed down about this series cuz I was really going crazy about it HAHAHA if you have finished this series too or met me while I was reading this, you know what I’m talking about ;)
I'll keep this series close to my heart until the grave. You cannot convince me otherwise.
“Maybe we look into mirrors not merely to seek beauty, regardless how illusive, but to make sure, despite the facts, that we are still here”
This truly deserves all the praise it gets. Ocean Vuong’s writing style is so insanely gorgeous it hurts. It's lyrical without it being too flowery. What hit me even more so was probably the fact that this felt like such a raw but healing story at the same time. It never felt too fast or slow paced and the way Ocean Vuong describes the range of emotions and places makes it feel tattooed in my soul.
Contemporary literary fiction is usually a hit or miss for me with how heavy topics can get sometimes without it being balanced with hopefulness, which is my personal preferences with stories in general. This was that perfect balance and I am here for it.
I felt like i was there in the narrator’s memories while holding a mirror of my own life in certain parts. tears were shed.
p.s. if you are an audiobook listener, please listen to the audiobook because ocean vuong narrates it and it is enchanting
i want every audiobook ever to be narrated by ocean vuong
“Let no one mistake us for the fruit of violence—but that violence, having passed through the fruit, failed to spoil it.”
— 4.5 —
⇢ content warnings// bullying, abuse, drug addiction, homophobia, mental illness, and animal violence
I'M STILL SOBBINGGG AND I'VE READ THIS 4 TIMES
me: "there are so many books on my TBR"
me:
4th Read: Dec 14-16, 2020
⇢ trigger warnings database//
All the metaphors, the double meanings... there is just so many things to discuss and interpret. Plus as a musician there are too many aspects that resonated within me.
It took me my 4th read to realize that January LaVoy is one of the narrators and it's official: she is really is my favorite narrator at this point.
3rd Read: Aug 28-29, 2020
this is just so beautiful, even the third time around. such a powerful story that i won't get tired of.
the timelessness and the fact that i can't believe these aren't real people gahhh + the bonus track at the end of the audiobook is everythinggg!!
2nd Read: Jun 30-Jul 1, 2019
FORMAT READ: Audiobook
SIMILAR VIBES: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
READ FOR: themes that are written so well… the nostalgia… the satisfaction
GENERAL PLOT: How a 70s rock band rose to fame and why they broke up at the peak of their career.
READING LEVEL: Level 2-3 out of 5
--Buddy Re-Read with Marilou Paru--
OVERALL: 5/5
Ohmy the second time I read this did not dampen the emotional wreck that I was. Maybe it’s because I’m a musician as well but everything about this book just hits home for me.
In case you did not know and I never mentioned it before: this book is about commitment most of all but also about knowing what you want and what you are willing to do for the life you strive for. It’s about love and family and WOW….
*crowd surfs while screaming and crying*
I also noticed more the little differences of how each character tells the same story from their own perspectives. There was also a little tidbit of info that I completely failed to put together the first time I read this so that was a nice little surprise. It was all a very subtle way of portraying how different everyone can be. It comes to show what different people notice and pay attention to distinct things depending on what they have gone through in their own lives or their own circumstances. I appreciated the subtlety and the attention that TJR put to details in the writing.
Just a quick chat about Camila and Simone because I think that in the end… they were the real people that saved Billy and Daisy from turmoil. READ THIS SECTION ONLY IF YOU HAVE FINISHED THE BOOK:
CAMILA DUNNE PEOPLE. My goodness <3
oh gosh SIMONE! She wasn’t very prominent in this story as most of the other characters were but the scene where she was talking about the stoplight thing to Daisy over the phone was 1 out of 2 times I cried in this book. It made me so emotional because she is just a great friend to Daisy. She cared about Daisy when no one else did and sometimes that’s all we need. A good friend that will be there when we need them to be.
There’s nothing else for me to say that I haven’t already XD but I cannot wait to hear these songs in the series adaptation :”)
I mean, I already felt like I was listening to a movie with the audiobook. And l also didn’t realize that there was a bonus track of instrumentals for Honeycomb at the end of the audiobook AND HOLY I AM LIVING.
Will I ever get over this book? NEVER.
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PLOT: ★★★★★
WRITING STYLE: ★★★★★
WORLD BUILDING: ★★★★★
CHARACTERS: ★★★★★
THEMES: ★★★★★
PACING: ★★★★★
PAGE TURNER: ★★★★★
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO NOT BE RE-READING THE BOOKS YOU LOVE
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1st Read: May 24-May 26 2019
FORMAT READ: Audiobook
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK
PLOT:
Everything about the pacing of this story was perfect to me. It appealed to my reading speed and I never thought that it was going too fast or too slow. Listening to it definitely helped me focus on the story more that I would have if I just read it.
The fact that it was written in an interview style was great for the narrative rather than shifting perspectives. It allowed me to get sucked in to what each of the characters were experiencing at different moment and for some reason it felt like I was experiencing it in real-time. It's like I was right there with them.
I liked reading about the musical aspect as I am a musician myself and I do not think there are not many books that talk about in-depth the life of musicians. It was like having an inside peek on how bands start, how they begin, their own musically-related struggles, the hours or recordings, etc. and it was nice to have some little parts where I could relate to them.
It was nice to see how the smallest details resulted to the bigger pictures.
WRITING STYLE:
Very well-written. Everything just seemed to flow seamlessly together.
CHARACTERS:
Taylor Jenkins Reid is a master at creating characters you wish were real... or at some point you actually thought were real.
I was so in love with every single character and even though it was confusing at first to get used to the narrative, it helped that the audiobook is by A FULL CAST. The different voices helped me distinguish the characters. By the end of the book, I felt like I actually knew each of them and that I lived their life with them as well.
I love me a character-driven story and this is one of the good ones. Just like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, TJR created Daisy Jones as not the perfect protagonist/antagonist/whatever but you cannot help but love her and feel for her anyway. The same goes with every other member of The Six. I was in love. I was crying. My heart ached and it swelled.
All of their relationships were written so well and realistically that I swear they exist somewhere.
"things don’t have to be perfect to be strong."
OVERALL:
Ultimately, this book is about chasing your dreams (no matter what it is) and what is worth losing or keeping them. It is about loyalty and trust.
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me: "there are so many books on my TBR"
me:
4th Read: Dec 14-16, 2020
⇢ trigger warnings database//
All the metaphors, the double meanings... there is just so many things to discuss and interpret. Plus as a musician there are too many aspects that resonated within me.
It took me my 4th read to realize that January LaVoy is one of the narrators and it's official: she is really is my favorite narrator at this point.
"We love broken, beautiful people. And it doesn't get anymore broken and classically beautiful than Daisy Jones."
3rd Read: Aug 28-29, 2020
this is just so beautiful, even the third time around. such a powerful story that i won't get tired of.
the timelessness and the fact that i can't believe these aren't real people gahhh + the bonus track at the end of the audiobook is everythinggg!!
“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story.”
2nd Read: Jun 30-Jul 1, 2019
”Life is about who is holding your hand and, I think, whose hand you commit to holding.”
FORMAT READ: Audiobook
SIMILAR VIBES: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
READ FOR: themes that are written so well… the nostalgia… the satisfaction
GENERAL PLOT: How a 70s rock band rose to fame and why they broke up at the peak of their career.
READING LEVEL: Level 2-3 out of 5
--Buddy Re-Read with Marilou Paru--
OVERALL: 5/5
Ohmy the second time I read this did not dampen the emotional wreck that I was. Maybe it’s because I’m a musician as well but everything about this book just hits home for me.
"Music is never about music. If it was, we'd be writing songs about guitars."
In case you did not know and I never mentioned it before: this book is about commitment most of all but also about knowing what you want and what you are willing to do for the life you strive for. It’s about love and family and WOW….
*crowd surfs while screaming and crying*
I also noticed more the little differences of how each character tells the same story from their own perspectives. There was also a little tidbit of info that I completely failed to put together the first time I read this so that was a nice little surprise. It was all a very subtle way of portraying how different everyone can be. It comes to show what different people notice and pay attention to distinct things depending on what they have gone through in their own lives or their own circumstances. I appreciated the subtlety and the attention that TJR put to details in the writing.
"I don't expect anything to be perfect. But things don't have to be perfect to be strong."
Just a quick chat about Camila and Simone because I think that in the end… they were the real people that saved Billy and Daisy from turmoil. READ THIS SECTION ONLY IF YOU HAVE FINISHED THE BOOK:
Spoiler
Don’t get me wrong, Billy and Daisy were it for me. If there is such a thing as soulmates, I really believe that was what Billy and Daisy were to each other. But what this book taught me was that sometimes we don’t end up with the people that we want the most, the ones that are most like us. We end up with the people we need in our lives and that was what Camila was for Billy. There was a part that Karen was talking about how people don’t end up with the person that they are most like. People end up with people that are the missing part of themselves. And that was Camila and Billy.CAMILA DUNNE PEOPLE. My goodness <3
oh gosh SIMONE! She wasn’t very prominent in this story as most of the other characters were but the scene where she was talking about the stoplight thing to Daisy over the phone was 1 out of 2 times I cried in this book. It made me so emotional because she is just a great friend to Daisy. She cared about Daisy when no one else did and sometimes that’s all we need. A good friend that will be there when we need them to be.
”Don’t count yourself out this early, []. You’re all sorts of things you don’t even know yet.”
There’s nothing else for me to say that I haven’t already XD but I cannot wait to hear these songs in the series adaptation :”)
I mean, I already felt like I was listening to a movie with the audiobook. And l also didn’t realize that there was a bonus track of instrumentals for Honeycomb at the end of the audiobook AND HOLY I AM LIVING.
Will I ever get over this book? NEVER.
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*All of my reviews are as spoiler-free as possible unless states otherwise*
PLOT: ★★★★★
WRITING STYLE: ★★★★★
WORLD BUILDING: ★★★★★
CHARACTERS: ★★★★★
THEMES: ★★★★★
PACING: ★★★★★
PAGE TURNER: ★★★★★
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO NOT BE RE-READING THE BOOKS YOU LOVE
----------------------------
1st Read: May 24-May 26 2019
"But the only reason people thought I had everything is because I had all the things you can see.
I had none of the things you can’t."
FORMAT READ: Audiobook
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK
PLOT:
Everything about the pacing of this story was perfect to me. It appealed to my reading speed and I never thought that it was going too fast or too slow. Listening to it definitely helped me focus on the story more that I would have if I just read it.
The fact that it was written in an interview style was great for the narrative rather than shifting perspectives. It allowed me to get sucked in to what each of the characters were experiencing at different moment and for some reason it felt like I was experiencing it in real-time. It's like I was right there with them.
I liked reading about the musical aspect as I am a musician myself and I do not think there are not many books that talk about in-depth the life of musicians. It was like having an inside peek on how bands start, how they begin, their own musically-related struggles, the hours or recordings, etc. and it was nice to have some little parts where I could relate to them.
It was nice to see how the smallest details resulted to the bigger pictures.
WRITING STYLE:
Very well-written. Everything just seemed to flow seamlessly together.
CHARACTERS:
Taylor Jenkins Reid is a master at creating characters you wish were real... or at some point you actually thought were real.
I was so in love with every single character and even though it was confusing at first to get used to the narrative, it helped that the audiobook is by A FULL CAST. The different voices helped me distinguish the characters. By the end of the book, I felt like I actually knew each of them and that I lived their life with them as well.
I love me a character-driven story and this is one of the good ones. Just like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, TJR created Daisy Jones as not the perfect protagonist/antagonist/whatever but you cannot help but love her and feel for her anyway. The same goes with every other member of The Six. I was in love. I was crying. My heart ached and it swelled.
All of their relationships were written so well and realistically that I swear they exist somewhere.
"things don’t have to be perfect to be strong."
OVERALL:
Ultimately, this book is about chasing your dreams (no matter what it is) and what is worth losing or keeping them. It is about loyalty and trust.
"And I liked that. The idea that just by being me, I was doing all right."
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“We try so hard to hide everything we're really feeling from those who probably need to know our true feelings the most.”
This book taught me so much about unconditional love, life and just people in general. My heart always seems to be crushed in every single Colleen Hoover book that I have read and this book is no different. Her writing style just really is unforgettable.
And as a music person I seemed to favor and appreciate this book much more. The idea and theme of this book is also something that I have always had a weakness for. COLLEEN HOOVER just really is an exceptional writer.
This book taught me so much about unconditional love, life and just people in general. My heart always seems to be crushed in every single Colleen Hoover book that I have read and this book is no different. Her writing style just really is unforgettable.
And as a music person I seemed to favor and appreciate this book much more. The idea and theme of this book is also something that I have always had a weakness for. COLLEEN HOOVER just really is an exceptional writer.
[11/30/16]
ranked #2 in my list of best epilogues of all time
[6/4/17]
“It makes no sense,” she said, her voice cracking a little. “You and me.” “I know that,” he said, reaching out and taking her hand, and the feel of his skin on hers nearly knocked the breath right out of her. “Sort of. But sometimes I think…” “What?” “That maybe it’s the only thing that makes sense.”
This was definitely a wonderful conclusion to Happy by Jennifer E. Smith. The prequel of this book was in my opinion, very predictable and cliche, as are all Jennifer E. Smith books but what I love about her books is how she manages to not make the readers tired of the cliche love story. It just gives you a different vibe and even though the prequel of this was not my favorite in her books, it was one of the sweetest and this epilogue just filled my heart and fixed the left over broken parts that the previous book gave me.
Readers of Happy would want to read this epilogue to fix your broken heart and headaches.
ranked #2 in my list of best epilogues of all time
[6/4/17]
“It makes no sense,” she said, her voice cracking a little. “You and me.” “I know that,” he said, reaching out and taking her hand, and the feel of his skin on hers nearly knocked the breath right out of her. “Sort of. But sometimes I think…” “What?” “That maybe it’s the only thing that makes sense.”
This was definitely a wonderful conclusion to Happy by Jennifer E. Smith. The prequel of this book was in my opinion, very predictable and cliche, as are all Jennifer E. Smith books but what I love about her books is how she manages to not make the readers tired of the cliche love story. It just gives you a different vibe and even though the prequel of this was not my favorite in her books, it was one of the sweetest and this epilogue just filled my heart and fixed the left over broken parts that the previous book gave me.
Readers of Happy would want to read this epilogue to fix your broken heart and headaches.
