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i love when a sci-fi book has cool detailed science facts about The Creatures instead of just relying on them being unknown and unknowable. They spent years studying triffids and still were no match for them lmao

"The way I came to miss the end of the world - well, the end of the world I had known for close on thirty years - was sheer accident: like a lot of survival, when you come to think of it."

Ok great first chapter I love this already

Le Papa de Simon c une histoire mignonne ❤️

Also i almost fell into a reading slump so i read 10 chapters of the rlly long chinese cooking webnovel that ive been reading and it fixed me. Highly recommend reading 5-10ch of a chinese slice of life yaoi if you're struggling 🙏

Alors là je pense que la vieille tente de profiter le plus possible de cet accident 😂

Quoi 😂 j'imagine que cette petite histoire faut être fortement débatée dans les salles scolaires en France mdr c parfait pour une discussion de classe

Mais elle est conne la meuf 😂

"I know what you are."
"Say it. Out loud."
"A [redacted]."

lmao idk if it was intentional but there was a bit of dialogue that was basically just the Twilight meme XDDD

my list of criticism grew so rapidly within the space of about 2 chapters today wtf wtf!!

in a sea of criticism, tj klune is otherwise adept at foreshadowing. i'll give him that. the twist in question hasn't been revealed yet but i have the unyielding curse of pattern recognition i know what's coming

I grated my hand on the cheese grater :(
From the tip of my pinky all the way to my wrist
All i wanted was some cheese :(((

*marcus voice* It's Pissing Me Off 👽

Ok the kids are fun i'll give them that. Linus Baker, however,,,

Also there are so many things about this book that i don't like lmao but too many for a goodreads update so ig i'll have to keep them on storygraph and put them in my final review

Yeah the narrative voice is def annoying me. Stop telling me things. Let me infer them. They aren't even hard to grasp but the author keeps telling us anyway. Stop telling me things like i'm a dumbass.

Also "[the lights] were soft and yellow, like a brick road" JAIL. WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN. Forced reference fr 😭

ok icl i am not too enthused about this book. approaching it with the same tentative hesitation as i did with rwrb. not too sure about the writing style either but that's a me-specific issue coz it's a way of speaking that i personally don't like. great start 👍

also "we're happiest when we listen to those in charge"? "who needs magic when you have your imagination"?? these DICOMY slogans are insidious af lol

I do like the concept of this book but i'm not finding it very horrifying, i'm just finding it fun. But tbh that might just be a me problem, there aren't a lot of horror stories that genuinely scare me anyways 😂 also ik they're short stories but i do find myself wanting more substance & depth

So I discovered that The Terror is available on ITVX and I've been watching it with my rents 😂 the Franklin Expedition obsession begins.

bora chung said gay rights

Me having to search up who Hampden was...I am not too familiar with the details of the civil war lol.

Also not Henry wanting to go to India to aid colonisation and trade 😭

Anyways, Lake District mentioned :D
Scotland mentioned :D

"I looked upon them as superior beings, who would be the arbiters of my future destiny. I formed in my imagination a thousand pictures of presenting myself to them, and their reception of me. I imagined that they would be disgusted, until, by my gentle demeanour and conciliating words, I should first win their favour, and afterwards their love."

HE JUST WANTS TO LOVE AND BE LOVED UEUEUE

"Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery? Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it."
Mister doctor frankenstein look what you've DONE. HE HAS ABANDONMENT ISSUES.

Volume 1 end.
Victor is such a little bitch, he assumes the Creature's guilt based on nothing and believes him to be some sort of bloodthirsty monster. Bro you've never even met him for more than 5 seconds. Victor doesn't deserve a friend as good as Henry Clerval for sure. Let me transmigrate into this book and I'll be the father that stepped up (and also beat the shit out of victor).

"I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horrors and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room..."
Victor Frankenstein you are such an asshole!! Also this is lowkey giving postnatal depression lmao

He's off to uni! I'm sure he will have a great time 😂

Searching for the northwest passage? In the 1700s? Mr Walton i fear you aren't coming back :/

The only relatable thing about victor frankenstein is that I, too, am wonderfully restored upon eating soup.

Also the Creature drive-by had me cracking up for some reason, that one meme sound bite was playing in my head 😂

Me when i personally go to war with the queen of england

Also lmfao shaan and zahra 🤣

Y'all don't understand i need to gnaw on henry like how a dog gnaws on a stick, like how a cat gently chews your fingertips. I'm gonna cook him into soup and eat him.

"Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff." Oscar Diaz you have such a way with words. Also not Alex coming out to his mom and she pulls out a POWERPOINT 😭

anyways i am back reading rwrb despite getting accidentally consumed body and soul by a chinese webnovel about cooking. NovelUpdates random novel button is to blame.

Zahra is so long-suffering lmao

I am now speeding through this lmao 💪

My gaydar once again functioning in pristine condition somehow i guessed *gestures vaguely* that

Alex having the biggest bisexual crashout ever known to man 😂 everyone needs their own Nora to help them get their shit together i feel she's such an icon

Ok hold all the horses these hoes were 'archnemeses' for all of 5 minutes 😂

Ok the thing about watching vids of justin trudeau speak french...very true 😂 it's objectively funny and even worse if you can also speak french. If you haven't already seen it pls go watch.

Anyways i am getting into this now. Doubts assuaged. Calling henry the heir to the throne is slightly wrong i feel coz he isn't unless his brother dies lol. Alex i fear you have repressed homosexual sentiments.