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Not one to read in public, i fear. It makes you want to stop, re-read, highlight, ponder. Why do I think it'll make me cry? Fuck

Let's see if she still remembers how to read

He withdrew from the world after fate denied him a lover for over 3000 years. He built up walls around his heart and was verbally abusive to anyone who started to grow close to him. It took his wife 50 years to break through to him. Took me 200 years before his exile and now he's abusing you because he secretly loves you and is afraid of what it means.
Once he falls, he falls hard so all's well and cute

TW

We've had countless on-page rape scenes already, but I guess the author wants to save the MC for her beloved. Solution?
"....no matter what a male does to sate a female during heir heat, the body repairs afterward.... My hymen is still intact, I'm still a virgin since the beast only mounted me during my heats"

Lord have mercy on my soul for not burning this book. What in the fanfic madness is this?!

MC is prompted by the system to "formulate a riddle to free yourself" and settles for "Prove the impossibility of the equation X^3+Y^3=Z^3".
1^3+(-1)^3=0^3
The riddle is wrong/ not an impossibility because someone wanted to be cheeky with mathematical concepts they don't understand. Which is fine, if there wasn't an all-knowing system in charge.

SCREAMING
This was so sweet and cute (and platonic) up until this point but now Reid is gone, Micah is alone surrounded by monsters and aaaahhhh

Even after acquiring the ebook to read along, the MC's abilities don't make sense. At first I thought this was the point based on how he got the abilities but the authors actually try to quantify his abilities and how they stack and interact. This is where everything falls apart sadly

I think I finally figured out what makes the writing in this series so bad; it's all show and no tell! You don't even get to experience a fart first hand, no no. It's announced. Then you get an introductory class in gastronomic anatomy and the history of fart etiquette. Followed by anecdotes of past farts experienced by MC. Then the fart happens. Only for the MC to pontificate on said fart.

Me reading the 'about' section: oh no, I'm going to hate this, aren't I?
But unlike most of my reads, I actually own a copy of this one! (It was free, but still. )

Imma have to restart this and read with my eyes 'cuz EXCUSE ME? 👀🍿

"His beanie goes first, revealing messy locks of salt and pepper—a gift of our longevity, that I should have seen him go from jet black to silver frosted. That he should've chosen me to be here through summers long and springs soft. That he should've chosen me to share his life with."

Stop. That's unironically so cute 🥺🥰

IT'S GAY AAHHHH ❤️‍🔥🤩🥰

Been listening while doing chores and am therefore unsure at what point exactly this thought occured but;
WHY not tell him he's your literal child?! Am I missing some historical/cultural context? Why raise him as your own, claim him as a legal heir, but not tell him he's biologically yours too? Same for the mom. Jumping through all them hopes to makes sure he gets to meet his mother, but never introduces her as such

*gasp* He won't hand it over like he was told?? The devil take him! What a slimy man this cardinal is 😤

Do you ever read something and think, did that just say what I think it just said? And seeing as you're reading a classic that many a brilliant minds have read before you, surely, if it says what you think it says, many have already addressed it. But then you google and search a combination of words that have no business being put together and find nothing. Except for a comment by a now-deleted reddit account...

Book 1 - Brightblade: ⭐⭐
Decent story, bad writing, atrocious narration accents

Viy: ⭐⭐⭐ (⭐)

The Old Word Landowners: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💔

Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt: ⭐⭐⭐
Lmao, more authors should end their stories like this. Don't know how to continue your story? Allude to a next chapter that doesn't exist and start off with an unrelated story in the prologue in which you explain to the reader that some of the manuscript was lost and can be found by visiting person X at Y-street... XD

A Terrible Vengeance: ⭐
I've had enough absurdism from Gogol. This one was heavy with the messaging and moral of the story. Characters were flat and bleh

Bruh
This got real sad suddenly. It's giving "life sucks and then you die" XD

Christmas Eve - ⭐⭐

This one was extra absurd, not necessarily in a good way 😅

Reading a great part of Gogol's bibliography back-to-back is not the wisest course of action, so imma take a break, read something else, then come back

Petersburg Tales: Nevsky Prospect - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Diary of a Madman - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Nose - ⭐⭐⭐
The Carriage - ⭐⭐(⭐)
Extra star after reading some analyses
The Portrait - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Overcoat - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ukrainian Tales: St. John's Eve - ⭐⭐⭐
Christmas Eve -

Petersburg Tales: Nevsky Prospect - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Diary of a Madman - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Nose - ⭐⭐⭐
The Carriage - ⭐⭐(⭐)
Extra star after reading some analyses
The Portrait - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Overcoat - ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Petersburg Tales: Nevsky Prospect - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Diary of a Madman - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Nose - ⭐⭐⭐
The Carriage - ⭐⭐(⭐)
Extra star after reading some analyses
The Portrait - currently reading, kept falling asleep, took a nap, now rereading and able to truly admire the scope and depth 👏👏👏
The Overcoat - TBR

Petersburg Tales: Nevsky Prospect - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Diary of a Madman - ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Nose - ⭐⭐⭐
The Overcoat - TBR

Book 2 - Shadow Play: ⭐⭐⭐ (⭐)

I wonder if the twist hold water if one were to re-read this 😅. I'm not convinced but have no proof. As it stands, I was very much entertained

Book 1 - Dead Man: ⭐⭐⭐
Exactly what one would expect from a book being compared to Dresden Files and other paranormal vigilantes. Some anachronisms but they're overall minor. I didn't experience this as some sort of new niche, like the author intended, but it was entertaining enough.

Nilsson walks in on Ingrid singing Gurre-Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg in Danish. Which in itself is basically a German musical based on the Danish poems by J. P. Jacobson. It's meant to be a dark, somber song but looking up the full poem/musical, it seems quite cool and epic honestly.
Neil Helligers does a great job singing here. But the whole thing just doesn't register as dark and morbid in my mind XD

Ingrid talking to Boris, he skipped work and is drinking by himself. We learn that he experienced a long decade in space but more than half a century passed on earth. This led to culture shock which caused him to disdain women. Aight. He admits to wanting to get to know Ingrid better but she wonders if he'll treat her just as coldly next time they meet. He admits to not knowing. She decides to stay a bit longer.