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Why would you name a character Crystal Huff? That's like naming her Meth Sniff. Weed Puff. Heroine Injection, even.

Beverly the dog has so far been 3 different breeds. Is she a labrador, a labradoodle, or a labrador retriever 🤔

if i was sal i would have killed her dad 10 times over by now, but maybe that's just me

One take i was not expecting to ever see is 'oil paintings are like capitalism' but here we are.

(Yes this is an oversimplification For The Bit)

Gee, I wonder if Eric has some unresolved religious trauma?

shoutout to my gf for being my on demand translator for this because i do NOT know enough spanish to understand all of this

*includes content warning at the beginning of the book that warns for homophobic slurs* *doesn't put the slur in the book* then what was the point of the warning courtney. what was the point of it

me every time: this book sounds interesting. i'm sure i'll like it even though it's ya

the YA™️ book, every time: get ready for the stupidest characters ever. one of these puts soy sauce on vanilla ice cream, which is a criminal crime she should be locked up for. good luck <3

The heart's not even an organ. Not only are the characters annoying, they're bookdumb.

Books that make you google "violin anatomy"

Quick one two punch of an author having previously published works with a press called "lazy fascist press" and their co-author describing themselves as "a truly dedicated brony". Feels like I'm going insane and it has nothing to do with any of the short stories so far.

Damn, this episode of Love is Blind took a turn 😔🤟

I'm noticing a trend with feminist Greek myth retellings. Just like Circe, this is beautifully written, and it really does aim to give the central figure (in this case Medusa) more agency, but in the end her relationship to men is so central to everything that it falls a little flat for me.

Jemisin seems incredibly intelligent. Unfortunately, she did not count on one of my special interests being geology. An earthquake in São Paulo? Suspension of disbelief, ruined.

Was dealt psychic damage through the words "science-side Tumblr". What is this, 2014?

Waited 88 pages for a female focalizer and she's a racist. Great. No love for lesbians who simply don't care to read about men.

This edition has an introduction, but I'm skipping that. I've learned from Stepford Wives, thank you very much, and I refuse to be spoiled this time.

Yes, I realize this book is for children. However, I was only ever deeply into biology as a kid, so the physics stuff passed me by almost completely. In conclusion, I may be stupid.

Case in point: I don't understand how the universe can have expanded several light-years in a single second if light... particles.... can't move that fast. Neil, please explain?

Getting out the saucepan for TEA? Genuinely what is wrong with Americans.

I've somehow managed to spend 23 years on this earth without learning any details about the Stepford Wives, only to be spoiled by the introduction to the dang book. Thanks, Peter! Hope you step in dog shit today!

Mister Jeff looked into the future, saw me complaining about het bullshit and just for me seemingly got rid of the romance (fingers crossed it stays that way) and made one of the three narrators in this novel gay and probably [spoilers redacted], which i think is pretty sexy! Even men can be sexy if they're [spoilers redacted]!

At first I really though she was going to kill this guy and I was so excited, but now I'm just afraid they're gonna fuck. Can books start warning me when they contain heterosexual romance. I need a warning in big bold letters on the cover.

A Madness of No Chapters by Kate Griffin

"Anata!" (endnote: 'Anata!': 'You!')

Very powerful "all according to keikaku (TL note: keikaku means plan)" vibes from this.

Oh my god no. No. Does she have actual hands for feet? DOES SHE HAVE HANDS FOR FEET ELIZABETH BEAR ANSWER ME DOES SHE HAVE HANDS FOR FEET

Getting real sick of this "afthands" bullshit. Shut up, they're fucking feet. Even in zero g they're visibly and functionally distinct from hands. They're fucking FEET

Yeah, this is what I've been dreading. Sadly it's all been very predictable.

The phrase "It means you give up your mortal existence to become a meme" in a book that was published in 2001 has the same energy as "this stuff could fuck him up" being a line in Faust. It making sense in context absolutely makes it worse.

"The people looked poor. Mox and Mitsu could both remember a time when underground trains had been brighter and the passengers much smarter."

Yikes! i guess poor = dumb

faust gets to go to heaven because his "striving never ceased", even though he was mostly thriving to fuck women. sure, he tries to drain a swamp and keep some people from getting sick... but he causes the death of a bunch of innocents in the process. and before that he causes gretchen to be executed and helen to commit suicide. but sure, faust belongs in heaven :/