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wordsofclover's Reviews (2.16k)
Ordinarily I don't read books like this, but I really love Carrie so I really wanted to support her.
Being 23 years of age, I'm definitely not the right age group for this book, but I think there are certain points in it that can help someone no matter what age. For example, dealing with social media and the kind of anonymous bullying that can happen - this is a problem that anyone of any age could have to deal with so any kind of advice on it is helpful.
The chapters about friends, school bullying and not being afraid of being your own individual person (and that means being on your own and 'dating' yourself) could all be very helpful to young girls growing up. The whole book is written in a way that makes you feel like you're having a conversation with a friend and sharing experiences which is great. If there was anyone feeling alone and reading this, I think that it could really help them. While there are some complaints about the standard of writing, I do feel that we have to remember that this book started as a blog by a twenty-something-year-old girl.
This is a must-read for anyone who is feeling a bit awkward in their teen years, or someone who feels like they need a friend. If anyone has little sisters (or indeed a little brother) this book should definitely be passed on.
Being 23 years of age, I'm definitely not the right age group for this book, but I think there are certain points in it that can help someone no matter what age. For example, dealing with social media and the kind of anonymous bullying that can happen - this is a problem that anyone of any age could have to deal with so any kind of advice on it is helpful.
The chapters about friends, school bullying and not being afraid of being your own individual person (and that means being on your own and 'dating' yourself) could all be very helpful to young girls growing up. The whole book is written in a way that makes you feel like you're having a conversation with a friend and sharing experiences which is great. If there was anyone feeling alone and reading this, I think that it could really help them. While there are some complaints about the standard of writing, I do feel that we have to remember that this book started as a blog by a twenty-something-year-old girl.
This is a must-read for anyone who is feeling a bit awkward in their teen years, or someone who feels like they need a friend. If anyone has little sisters (or indeed a little brother) this book should definitely be passed on.
Agh, this book is just magical, and hurts my heart with all the romance.
We all know about Achilles, the great half-immortal Achilles who killed Hector, defied King Agamemnon and managed to help break the Siege of Troy. Who we don't know quite so much about, is Patroclus, Achilles' companion. In some books, he's simply a best friend, in the movie, he was a cousin...and in The Song of Achilles, he's a life-long companion,a lover, a loyal follower and someone who would lay down his own life for the man he loves.
Patroclus is a nervous boy who grew up with a violent, mean father. He has never had any confidence in himself until he is exiled to Achilles' father. Here, he finds the son of Thetis, and a friendship is born that will last over 18 years. We follow Achilles' and Patroclus' feelings for one another, their deepening love, their training in war, medicine and life. Patroclus follows Achilles to Troy, and serves him in both morality, love and eventually life.
This book is a weeper but it's so beautiful, it both hurts your heart and makes it rejoice at the same time. I loved it.
We all know about Achilles, the great half-immortal Achilles who killed Hector, defied King Agamemnon and managed to help break the Siege of Troy. Who we don't know quite so much about, is Patroclus, Achilles' companion. In some books, he's simply a best friend, in the movie, he was a cousin...and in The Song of Achilles, he's a life-long companion,a lover, a loyal follower and someone who would lay down his own life for the man he loves.
Patroclus is a nervous boy who grew up with a violent, mean father. He has never had any confidence in himself until he is exiled to Achilles' father. Here, he finds the son of Thetis, and a friendship is born that will last over 18 years. We follow Achilles' and Patroclus' feelings for one another, their deepening love, their training in war, medicine and life. Patroclus follows Achilles to Troy, and serves him in both morality, love and eventually life.
This book is a weeper but it's so beautiful, it both hurts your heart and makes it rejoice at the same time. I loved it.
Serafina is the principessa of an underwater kingdom called Miromara. Today is one of the most important days of Sera's young life. She needs to confront a terrifying monster and even worse, her entire kingdom and convince them that she's their rightful ruler.
And suddenly, everything goes wrong and Serafina finds herself fleeing for her life with her best friend Neela. The two need to survive in a treacherous and lonely waters when they can trust no-one but themselves. It turns out that Neela and Serafina are two of six mermaids who have the powers and heritage that could save the entire ocean from an awful evil.
This isn't a story about pretty mermaids (though it helps!), magic, or even a deep-sea adventure. But the love and trust between a group of friends and how they will fight for what's right and what they believe in. Serafina and Neela, underneath it all, are a pair of teenage girls who would much rather be worrying about eating zee-zee's and Serafina's betrothed Prince Madhi. The glimpses of youth and slight immaturity in the book are refreshing in my opinion, as it shows the true nature of what would happen if a bunch of teen girls were thrown together to save their world. The lack of merman isn't too disappointing but I'm holding out hope for rouguish outlaw Blu to reappear.
And suddenly, everything goes wrong and Serafina finds herself fleeing for her life with her best friend Neela. The two need to survive in a treacherous and lonely waters when they can trust no-one but themselves. It turns out that Neela and Serafina are two of six mermaids who have the powers and heritage that could save the entire ocean from an awful evil.
This isn't a story about pretty mermaids (though it helps!), magic, or even a deep-sea adventure. But the love and trust between a group of friends and how they will fight for what's right and what they believe in. Serafina and Neela, underneath it all, are a pair of teenage girls who would much rather be worrying about eating zee-zee's and Serafina's betrothed Prince Madhi. The glimpses of youth and slight immaturity in the book are refreshing in my opinion, as it shows the true nature of what would happen if a bunch of teen girls were thrown together to save their world. The lack of merman isn't too disappointing but I'm holding out hope for rouguish outlaw Blu to reappear.
Where do you even start with this book? So much happening, so much emotion, so much angst!!
Lady Midnight takes place a few years after The Mortal Instruments and focuses on Emma Carstairs and her life in the Los Angeles Institute with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn and his family. We met all of these characters in City of Heavenly Fire so it was nice going into a brand new story still feeling like you knew the characters or already had some measure of who they were. It was also very refreshing getting a story from the POV of a character who has grown up in the Shadowhunter world and already has it a part of their very soul like Emma.I definitely felt the loss of a sassy, handsome, slightly tortured male love interest like Jace and Will Herondale but I felt at times that Emma was a female version.
There was so much in this that had been hinted at in City of Heavenly Fire and The Shadowhunter Academy novellas about Mark and I' so glad he was a main character in this book. He's so tortured and intriguing and I think I would have loved him to be in every single scene because Mark, Mark, Mark!
There was definitely a lot of tropes overused as usual in a style I've come to associate with Cassandra Clare but for the first time in one of her series, I wasn't totally invested in the romance. It was always Jace and Clary for me, and then Tessa and Will but Emma andJulian just didn't do it for me for a long time. I think it might be because Julian is so different to our normal characters, he was a bit more of a Jem and as you can tell I'm a Will girl. He's so safe and dad-like and for me that's boring. I actually shipped Emma with Mark for a while (which means I'm interested to see how things play out in the next book because I want some pretend feelings to become real, oh yes I do).
This was such a strong start to what's going to be a great series. I've been wondering about the lose Herondale since the second novella in the Shadowhunter Academy. I knew it wouldn't have been mentioned so off-hand without it being some sort of significance later on. I definitely suspectedKit of being the lost Herondale so I'm glad I was right. I can't wait to see where it goes - especially with the fact he has grown up in the world so isn't a complete mundane alá Clary and Tessa.
And can we talk about Ty for a minute? I LOVE that we have a character like him (who seems to fall on to the autistic spectrum), and Arthur and that it's talked about. I hate The Clave, always have. Pretty much everything they do is awful and imprisoning people for mental health is archaic. I really hope this gets more time, and turned around, in the rest of this series. I can't wait to see where we go from here!
And can we talk about that Clary and Jace story? CLARY WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
Lady Midnight takes place a few years after The Mortal Instruments and focuses on Emma Carstairs and her life in the Los Angeles Institute with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn and his family. We met all of these characters in City of Heavenly Fire so it was nice going into a brand new story still feeling like you knew the characters or already had some measure of who they were. It was also very refreshing getting a story from the POV of a character who has grown up in the Shadowhunter world and already has it a part of their very soul like Emma.I definitely felt the loss of a sassy, handsome, slightly tortured male love interest like Jace and Will Herondale but I felt at times that Emma was a female version.
There was so much in this that had been hinted at in City of Heavenly Fire and The Shadowhunter Academy novellas about Mark and I' so glad he was a main character in this book. He's so tortured and intriguing and I think I would have loved him to be in every single scene because Mark, Mark, Mark!
There was definitely a lot of tropes overused as usual in a style I've come to associate with Cassandra Clare but for the first time in one of her series, I wasn't totally invested in the romance. It was always Jace and Clary for me, and then Tessa and Will but Emma and
This was such a strong start to what's going to be a great series. I've been wondering about the lose Herondale since the second novella in the Shadowhunter Academy. I knew it wouldn't have been mentioned so off-hand without it being some sort of significance later on. I definitely suspected
And can we talk about Ty for a minute? I LOVE that we have a character like him (who seems to fall on to the autistic spectrum), and Arthur and that it's talked about. I hate The Clave, always have. Pretty much everything they do is awful and imprisoning people for mental health is archaic. I really hope this gets more time, and turned around, in the rest of this series. I can't wait to see where we go from here!
And can we talk about that Clary and Jace story? CLARY WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
