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The Alysé Diaries
Sentury Alysé is a woman torn between her life and who she was meant to be. The Alysé Diaries follows Sentury Alysé through her college years until her death at age thirty-four. Investigators find her diary and discover stories of her love life, home issues, unresolved grief, sexuality, and religion. In the end, has she left a mark on this world, or is she a victim of her self-destruction?
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 10, 2022
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September 17, 2023
Sentury is constantly conflicted between what life demands of her and what she wants for herself. This book is written in the style of Sentury Alysé's diary entries. Sentury, a five-foot-eleven brown-skinned athlete, preferred to wear big clothes rather than tiny dresses and heels. Being a ballplayer and captain of Montana State University's female basketball team has its pros and cons.
Sentury's sexuality has always been viewed differently by society because of her clothing. She was convinced that how she dressed had nothing to do with her sexuality. Sentury adored men and had always imagined herself as a stay-at-home mom or a teacher with a family. However, after meeting Alana Willoughby, she begins to question her sexuality. This contradicts everything Sentury has always imagined herself to be, as well as her religious teachings and beliefs. What will Sentury Alysé's fate be? For further information, read B. Danielle Watkins' The Alysé Diaries.
First and foremost, I appreciate how friendly the book's beginning is. Although readers were given a sample of how Sentury's life ended in the prologue, the way Watkins depicted Sentury's existence enthralled us so much that we forgot about the book's conclusion point. The book's character development moved along beautifully. I like how each character was introduced effortlessly into the plot to spice things up. Although there were multiple extra characters introduced at various points during the book, the characters did not appear overpowering because they were simply transitory characters serving a specific purpose at that time.
Sentury Alysé's life was depicted in the novel through a variety of emotions. Watkins incorporates emotions such as happiness, sadness, depression, regret, and many others into this book. The author made the reader feel as though they were transported back in time to the days of Sentury. Because of the author's wonderful writing style, I felt what Sentury felt and understood her points of view at times. Another aspect of Sentury's personality that I admire is her gift for sarcasm. It was thrilling to read her ideas and, especially, her point of view on things.
I particularly appreciated the brief quotations that Watkins included to introduce each chapter of the book. It offers readers some things to ponder when they read that particular section. As I go through the section, these statements offer me a fresh viewpoint because the quotes are appropriate for the circumstances that were shown in that section. My favorite quote out of the four quotes is from Part 1 - Curious which states that "Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures, as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret, and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. —Sivananda". This is one enlightening quote that I'd love to remember as I live my everyday life.
Additionally, I didn't find anything offensive about this book. Sentury Alysé's life was depicted by Watkins in a pretty excellent way. The book was intriguing and fun to read.
In addition, I found no forms of errors in this book; it was exceptionally edited. Thus, I rate The Alysé Diaries 5 out of 5 stars.
I recommend The Alysé Diaries to anyone enthusiastic about coming of age and the young adult genre because of the types of moments this book has.
Sentury's sexuality has always been viewed differently by society because of her clothing. She was convinced that how she dressed had nothing to do with her sexuality. Sentury adored men and had always imagined herself as a stay-at-home mom or a teacher with a family. However, after meeting Alana Willoughby, she begins to question her sexuality. This contradicts everything Sentury has always imagined herself to be, as well as her religious teachings and beliefs. What will Sentury Alysé's fate be? For further information, read B. Danielle Watkins' The Alysé Diaries.
First and foremost, I appreciate how friendly the book's beginning is. Although readers were given a sample of how Sentury's life ended in the prologue, the way Watkins depicted Sentury's existence enthralled us so much that we forgot about the book's conclusion point. The book's character development moved along beautifully. I like how each character was introduced effortlessly into the plot to spice things up. Although there were multiple extra characters introduced at various points during the book, the characters did not appear overpowering because they were simply transitory characters serving a specific purpose at that time.
Sentury Alysé's life was depicted in the novel through a variety of emotions. Watkins incorporates emotions such as happiness, sadness, depression, regret, and many others into this book. The author made the reader feel as though they were transported back in time to the days of Sentury. Because of the author's wonderful writing style, I felt what Sentury felt and understood her points of view at times. Another aspect of Sentury's personality that I admire is her gift for sarcasm. It was thrilling to read her ideas and, especially, her point of view on things.
I particularly appreciated the brief quotations that Watkins included to introduce each chapter of the book. It offers readers some things to ponder when they read that particular section. As I go through the section, these statements offer me a fresh viewpoint because the quotes are appropriate for the circumstances that were shown in that section. My favorite quote out of the four quotes is from Part 1 - Curious which states that "Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures, as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret, and depression. Do not repeat them in the future. —Sivananda". This is one enlightening quote that I'd love to remember as I live my everyday life.
Additionally, I didn't find anything offensive about this book. Sentury Alysé's life was depicted by Watkins in a pretty excellent way. The book was intriguing and fun to read.
In addition, I found no forms of errors in this book; it was exceptionally edited. Thus, I rate The Alysé Diaries 5 out of 5 stars.
I recommend The Alysé Diaries to anyone enthusiastic about coming of age and the young adult genre because of the types of moments this book has.
November 17, 2022
Thoughts and Themes: This is one that I decided to read because I was drawn in by the description of the book when I was asked to provide a review for it. I am glad that I read it though even if it was different than my typical read.
Right from the very few pages you know how this story is going to end but I forgot about that as I was reading and was invested in the story and not so much the ending. I really liked how this story drew you in and you wanted to hear more about the main character and go along her journey with her.
Characters: In this book you are introduced to several characters through their interactions with the main character, Sentury. While you are introduced to many characters, you dont really get to know anyone in depth. I really liked how you only get to know side characters on a surface level because that's how our main character views them. I love that you only get to know side people if the main character is close with them and trusts them.
Writing Style: This story is told in diary entries which I found rather interesting. I liked that it was written through diary entries because it made for a unreliable narrator. There were times where I wanted to know things from the other character's perspectives but I thought it was good that we didn't get to know what others thought. The fact that all we know is how Alyse has experienced things makes it so that it is easy to sympathize with her.
Right from the very few pages you know how this story is going to end but I forgot about that as I was reading and was invested in the story and not so much the ending. I really liked how this story drew you in and you wanted to hear more about the main character and go along her journey with her.
Characters: In this book you are introduced to several characters through their interactions with the main character, Sentury. While you are introduced to many characters, you dont really get to know anyone in depth. I really liked how you only get to know side characters on a surface level because that's how our main character views them. I love that you only get to know side people if the main character is close with them and trusts them.
Writing Style: This story is told in diary entries which I found rather interesting. I liked that it was written through diary entries because it made for a unreliable narrator. There were times where I wanted to know things from the other character's perspectives but I thought it was good that we didn't get to know what others thought. The fact that all we know is how Alyse has experienced things makes it so that it is easy to sympathize with her.
March 4, 2025
my only 6 star read.
i have no choice but to read this book every year for the rest of my life 💔
i have no choice but to read this book every year for the rest of my life 💔
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