Noora > Recent Status Updates

this is an obscenely sad book. of course it is, given the subject matter, but it still surprises me with how upsettingly sad it really is, on so many levels.

it's like the author magically sensed my inner complaints about the last book, which i read after this was already published, and fixed everything...! quality enhancement, muah!

for the first time in my life, i'm going to put a book into the paper recycling bin when i'm done. it's not something i do lightly. i don't want to keep this, and i don't want to pass this on to anyone.

i must have overlooked James's editorial flaws in her previous stories, or this really is subpar. the glaringly obvious instances of rape culture made me take a step back. I'll finish, but I really expected more from the author - even though I can't say why.

I'm sure this is visually stunning and a great experience as a performance, but as a book this is terrible: the plot stinks, the characters are awkwardly bad and OOC, and the level of writing overall is subpar. as HP canon goes, this is unforgivable. this is cringeworthy bad fanfic levels of awful.

the unexpected but fcking A+ meta about Moulin Rouge! in Renton's chapter is superb.

I have a massive and excruciatingly vivid homesickness thanks to the spot-on descriptions of the scenery!

I highly enjoy the different narrative styles in each chapter. we go from Renton's amazing but barely legible journal entries to high-brow literature and gorgeous sentences in a matter of pages.

TV and movie adaptions of books should always be made by huge fans of the original works. Hannibal achieved this and it shows.

am not far along enough to comment on the plot, but my god do the lines about the weather make me miss UK! excellent descriptions, in that sense at least.

a kingdom and 0.5 princess for a guide written BY us FOR us and their closest ones. like this book says, we're "intensely caring, warm, smart, and funny" - we deserve better than misguided advice from people who've read diagnosis criteria. not saying this book is 100% wrong, but it's still written by someone else, for some other people. not us. ask me how you can love me and tell me how i can love you.

ei kai toi yks taiteilija OIKEASTI ole jättänyt kissanhiekkoja siivoamatta viikkokausiin?! masennus voi olla, ihan sama, lemmikeistä pitää silti huolehtia. voiko tästä tehdä eläinsuojeluilmoituksen?

i'm pretty sure i've never been amused by prepping bacon before this show came into my life :'D

sweet baby jesus what a beautiful work of art! (am i talking about the book or the show? both!) stunning, delightful, a feast for the senses and the mind. i love it when actual effort and labours of love are put into merchandise.

a book shouldn't be one massive "WTAF did I just read?!" !!!

I truly didn't think it was possible to portray Harry as such an arse - and that's saying something. he may be a git several times in the septology but at least he was also our Harry, our beloved little friend. this play just... mangles everyone up and I hate that. don't do this to my childhood friends!

honestly, who OK'd this load of shite? why was JKR so cool with Jack Thorne making a mockery out of all her years' beloved labour? this book makes me want to cry; I'm NOT cool with this mangling. I'm sure the play LOOKS stunning but even that doesn't take away from the awful characterisation and horrendous dialogue.

is JKR okay? someone should check on her. agreeing to have her name attached to this crap is surely a desperate cry for help. I can't read more than three pages at a time because it's so bad. SO. BAD. and not even in a funny way.

"some wounds never heal", Wren thinks. which must be why I'm reading this again after so many years. (that, and being vaguely in love with the technical aspects of this text.)

I'm crying at Wanda's biggest wish having been to be a non-powered human. also at their rightfully calling her mentally ill. Wanda is one of my favourites and someone I admire a lot exactly for struggling so much, so this is powerful stuff.

exquisitely written in terms of word use and descriptive imagery, but so fucking creepy and way, way too detailed given the topic! Lolita did it better: it's disturbing without being nauseatingly repulsive. probably because of Humbert Humbert's character and the juxtaposition with that of Lo. Celeste is simply a sinister monster. I would love a book written exactly like this about almost any other subject! gaah.

exquisitely written in terms of word use and descriptive imagery, but so fucking creepy and way, way too detailed given the topic! Lolita did it better: it's disturbing without being nauseatingly repulsive. probably because of Humbert Humbert's character and the juxtaposition with that of Lo. Celeste is simply a sinister monster. I would love a book written exactly like this about almost any other subject! gaah.

exquisitely written in terms of word use and descriptive imagery, but so fucking creepy and way, way too detailed given the topic! Lolita did it better: it's disturbing without being nauseatingly repulsive. probably because of Humbert Humbert's character and the juxtaposition with that of Lo. Celeste is simply a sinister monster. I would love a book written exactly like this about almost any other subject! gaah.

exquisitely written in terms of word use and descriptive imagery, but so fucking creepy and way, way too detailed given the topic! Lolita did it better: it's disturbing without being nauseatingly repulsive. probably because of Humbert Humbert's character and the juxtaposition with that of Lo. Celeste is simply a sinister monster. I would love a book written exactly like this about almost any other subject! gaah.

the cover design is absolutely incredible in its simplicity! (I didn't even realise I was looking at a buttonhole until I noticed the corresponding button on the back cover.) powerful imagery...

damn.

nyt tää on vielä julmempaa, sattuu, kenen idea tämä nyt taas oli

heti A:n jälkimainingeissa luin tän. ehkä 2008? muistan mistä kohdista pidin, nyt kolahtaa osa samoista ja joitain ihan uusia. hauska ilmiö, mielenkiintoinen. sydän syrjällään.

Colonel America was hot, I wish he featured in more comics. Wolverine+Wolverine was a good duo, they played nicely together.

"do you wanna build an Ultron?" (Hank, not now) "people are asking why the fuck, they say have wisdom, don't do it, but I say why noooot! we're gonna kill each other, it's just us and him, what are we gonna do? do you wanna build an Ultron? it can build a Vision too"