Sleepy Reader’s Reviews > Alchemised > Status Update
Sleepy Reader
is 73% done
Today’s progress was painfully slow, not because the book got boring, but because it turned my brain into a Windows 1 software computer stuck on the loading screen. I genuinely found myself staring at the wall in silence trying to process the layers of pain, compromise, and suffering in this story. I to take a break, a walk and a snack for my mental health. That is the devastation of this book.
— May 19, 2026 01:41PM
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Sleepy Reader
is 64% done
Thought I needed a little break from the heartbreak and emotional torture, so I picked up Rewind It Back. Five pages later, I was right back in the trenches of my psychological warfare book because apparently I enjoy suffering. This slow burn is starving me, and I became the little kid holding a plate saying "Mother, may I have some more?" begging for a scrap of intimacy here.
Off to bed to think about all this now.
— May 18, 2026 02:15PM
Off to bed to think about all this now.
Sleepy Reader
is 27% done
Just finished Part 1 of Alchemised and my brain is still trying to process everything. The world building is dense, dark, and immersive, and now it feels like we’re finally moving into the character work. Honestly, I expected at least a hint of attraction between them by now, but instead I’m just unsettled and confused. Anyway… onto the remaining emotional devastation. 🙃
— May 17, 2026 10:42AM
There is not a single moment in this book untouched by pain. Every interaction, every memory, every revelation feels buried under compromise, grief, sacrifice, and impossible choices. Even the romance feels less like comfort and more like two drowning people desperately trying to keep each other afloat while the world keeps pulling them under.
I thought that if I read faster, I could outrun the devastating parts and finally reach some emotional relief, but the deeper I get into the story, the more it feels like walking through dark woods thinking the clearing must be close, only to realize you’ve wandered even deeper into the forest.
Still, tomorrow is a new day, and I’m only five chapters away from part 3, so we continue the march through the trenches.🖤