Discover new books on Goodreads

Meet your next favorite book

195 ratings (3.82 avg)
63 reviews

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅

Add friend

https://instagram.com/libremilie

https://www.goodreads.com/ediesbookshelf

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅’s favorite books

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime Isayama

More…

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (54)
currently-reading‎ (3)
read‎ (195)

did-not-finish‎ (0)
physical-tbr‎ (24)
wishlist‎ (24)

to-reread‎ (8)
kindle-tbr‎ (2)
ordered‎ (0)

Stats | More…

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅ is Currently Reading

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅ is currently reading

Anthroposophy in Everyday Life: Practical Training in Thought - Overcoming Nervousness - Facing Karma - The Four Temperaments

by Rudolf Steiner

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Sep 30, 2026 01:12AM

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅ is currently reading

The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)

by Olivie Blake (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: physical-tbr, currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 42 of 376)
"I’m hooked" — Sep 29, 2026 03:07AM

Sep 29, 2026 03:06AM

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅ is currently reading

Dead Poets Society

by N.H. Kleinbaum

bookshelves: currently-reading

Reading for the 4th time

read in April 2024

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

emilie ୨୧ ‧₊˚ ⋅ said: " ͙͘͡★ “𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.”

⊹ ࣪ ˖ ★★★★☆ ⊹ ࣪ ˖

𝐒 𝐏 𝐎 𝐈 𝐋 𝐄 𝐑 𝐒 𝐀 𝐇 𝐄 𝐀 𝐃 !

Anyone who knows me knows that behind my very existence is a deep relationship with Dead Poets Society. I love and adore this st ͙͘͡★ “𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅.”

⊹ ࣪ ˖ ★★★★☆ ⊹ ࣪ ˖

𝐒 𝐏 𝐎 𝐈 𝐋 𝐄 𝐑 𝐒 𝐀 𝐇 𝐄 𝐀 𝐃 !

Anyone who knows me knows that behind my very existence is a deep relationship with Dead Poets Society. I love and adore this story with all my heart and the only reason the book doesn't get five stars from me is because this is one of the very rare instances in which I prefer the movie. However, as a reverse adaptation, I still wholeheartedly adore this book and pick it up every so often to relive it again.

This book may or may not also be partially guilty for filling me with rage towards parts of my literature degree. I just love it. As a huge adorer of the idea of "art for art's sake", I love the perspective this story places on literature. I love the idea of looking at it as a thing of beauty to be seen for how it makes YOU feel; the concept that every piece is open to individual interpretation. I think this story highlights these ideas perfectly.

જ⁀➴ “𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒆𝒎,” 𝑲𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒍𝒚. “𝑺𝒆𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚.” ⊹˚. ♡

This story will never not break my heart. It shatters me to the very core. It's so beautifully tragic and dear to me despite how sad it makes me when Neil dies. I think it's an important commentary on what it does to the soul to be forced into a life that isn't going to make you happy. While this story handles some very dark and distressing (and at times, problematic) themes, I think overall it's a very powerful expression of emotion and the craving for freedom in your own life. I like how this also ties in with Keating teaching the boys to view literature through their own eyes, not the eyes they've been conditioned to see through.

I could ramble about this book for hours but overall I just think it's an incredible, poetic read that I will never grow tired of.

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺ “𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒍𝒂𝒘, 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚, 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓." ˚˖°.⊹ ࣪ ˖ ...more "

Jul 12, 2026 03:53PM · see review