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...comment about asking a man who's lived through that. And he himself has. That is exactly what he went through before being sent to Siberia, and I'm certain that means there will be a lot of personal exploration (specifically religiously I've heard) that will be seen here, very excited

I'm barely into this book at all (which I was supposed to finish in September oops) but I already feel like Dostoevsky is revealing a part of his psyche to us, and hinting that this book may be deeply personal in a lot of ways. The prince goes on a tangent while talking to the valet where he discusses to morality of the death penalty and the emotional wreckage that a certain death has on a man. He even makes some...

I get why people like this so much, it's very political and complex, besides just the worldbuilding

Wylan and his mother is such a tragic story

Kaz you brilliant bastard

Why do I not remember a lot of this lmao

Whew I'm pretty proud of myself for that one, 200 pages in 3 hours. This was a fun one, the underworld part and sailing the sun boat was really cool and very vivid, I learned lots of gods and it was just fun. I mean it's a kids book I'm not really going to harshly rate it lol
5 stars

As silly as it sounds this is lowkey really helpful for Egyptian myths, I am exactly accomplishing what I wanted to by reading this series

so sadie's 13 and walt's 16?? that's kind of an eek ngl

I have basically 2 days to finish this series 😭 (and 3 other books...)

...reveal itself and then fade away. I also love that she referenced and drew inspiration from Sylvia Plath and Jim Morrison, my two favorite American poets.
5 stars

...understand how artistically inspiring it can be and the beauty it holds even in dark situations. I relate to a lot of this tbh and one of the reasons I love Lana so much is her ability to make melancholy beautiful and romanticize the mundane. I have this on vinyl too and listening to her read the poems is an amazing experience, but I also loved reading through the entirety and seeing this love story in a way...

This took about half an hour after I was done reading it for it to really soak in. The only criticism I have is that I am not a fan of the 2010s-style abbreviated poetry (u=you, w=with, etc.) and that I didn't love but I can look past it because she's such a poet. This is a Norman Rockwell era, LA inspired poetry book and it really hits close to home because of that. I love my city so much and I completely...

love her

this was really fun. I'm a big Beatrice and Benedick fan, they were just so full characters. I did however take a pretty long break in the middle of reading this and forgot Hero wasn't actually dead so the ending kind of surprised me until I figured it out lol but overall fun, very Shakespeare, I enjoyed
5 stars

...the time, why was so much emphasis put on her being perfect and being the black sheep if she was scandalized (bc aren't they all??) Idk it got more and more unrealistic and frustrating and annoying and just really wasn't good
2 stars

I kind of hated this :/
It was fun at first and like good for pointing out the exploitation of the porn industry but it just got harder and harder to get through. This miscommunication was insane and nothing made any sense at all. And I absolutely hated how Clara was written as this naive stupid girl when once again, she has a fucking PhD!!! That really pissed me off. And if all of the Wheatons had scandals all...

super fucking cool
one of the biggest complaints I've seen in reviews is bad worldbuilding but like it's older (actually good) sci-fi/fantasy, it's not going to just lay out everything on the table immediately which I love, it's like a puzzle you have to put together as you're reading (although having watched the movie already has helped for sure)
ultimately I need to read this for my nerd card

Started reading for Seal's reading group (April?), very interesting so far, the essay on listening had a real impact on me

It's really getting harder and harder to finish this