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this book would've been an EASY 4 stars, if chapter 42 was completely rewritten. honestly, if the whole ending to the romance was rewritten. how did it derailed so terribly??? I'm honestly just left confused and upset at that, I couldn't even focus on the rest of the book because I was actually so upset, ngl
I've never read quite anything like this, and it was sad, in a depressing sort of way. I'm not sure exactly how to rate it honestly, but I think that it was fascinating. I would read it again, the writing style was incredible and I loved the way that the writer shifted between the past and the present, and the emotions loaded behind every scene and situation.
SUCH an enjoyable read!! I really want to read it right over again, so I can pick up on more details this time. I found the style captivating, and the stories both realistic and impactful, something that changed my perspectives on things. 100% would read again, and 100% so happy I did!! Thank you to my dear friend, Deanna, who sent me the book :) <3
I'm counting anything against this year-end reading goal dude, times are HARD
I'm shuffling through the Christmas books here at the library, because we're finally relabeling them. You see, for years and years, since we separated out holiday books from regular books upstairs in the children's section, they haven't been labeled in any particular way. They have the exact same spine labels as any other children's book in this section, the only difference is the sticker on the side saying the holiday the book is for!! Why is it like this!! I have no idea :( BUT I noticed this a month or so ago, so now I'm fixing everything up and labeling them properly with a HOL at the beginning of the call number which stands for HOLIDAY hAHAHA get it ! so people ACTUALLY know where they are and CAN FIND THEM lololol I'm so cool and smart and I'm having a break down about holiday books and this is what my life has come to
anyway, I digress, this one looked really interesting to me so I read it immediately on the library desk :)
i think I would've enjoyed this book more overall if I watched iCarly or Sam & Cat a lot when I was a kid. I think I would've understood more references to specific episodes or situations, that I just purely didn't understand because my family was decidedly NOT a nickelodeon family. Either way though, I found the book an intriguing look into the rough childhood of McCurdy, and the writing in many of the chapters was incredible at conveying difficult feelings and situations. This wasn't always true, some phrases seemed clunky or overly catchphrase-y, but for the most part I thought it was a good book!
picked it up from the library because the formatting intrigued me (there are pages that are turned upside down, to the side, etc, and this bright red thread leading through every page) and I didn't quite believe that it belonged in nonfiction. however, I now think that categorization was correct! I think I would have enjoyed an audiobook version of this, or a video version, far more than the book-ish edition, it's something, a topic, that I would've watched a video essay about (my obsession with hour+ youtube videos has re-surged) and felt more engaged with. But I felt in book form that the storyline was clunky, and it was difficult for me to go back and forth from general maze-talk to more mythology/Greek talk, with no real parameters. perhaps my rating was also affected by my current ability to focus, sinus pressure and multi-day migraines really do tear ya down, what can I say.
an interesting allegory/metaphor, and pretty great writing! I've never read anything by george saunders before, but I think I would again. If I were to change anything, there were just a few lines about how the ... creatures? humans? looked, that I would get rid of. They were just confusing to me, not helpful to the story overall.
I found this book interesting, and I read through it pretty quickly. I cannot say that I liked it as much as I liked Sharp Objects by the same author, but it was still an interesting read. I think there were some passages that felt weirdly phrased and out of place, although I can't recall a super specific example. I think the story was captivating (obviously to a lot of audiences, based on the general ratings) but I think the ending was lackluster and didn't give me what I wanted out of the book. It felt like a letdown because the author didn't know what to do with the corner she had written herself into.
Time to watch the film, so I can carefully compare and contrast, just like I did with Sharp Objects
this book was quite possibly the darkest book I've ever read, and yet it was incredibly fascinating the entire way through, it was like I couldn't put it down. I found the writing style the most enticing piece of it, and I would be interested to read more books by this author with maybe more light? humor? I'm not entirely sure if that's something this author has in their catalog, but the writing style was so incredible to me, I stuck it out through the dark and the sad and the depressing.
I really enjoyed this art style, and it was easy to get in to, but if I'm honestly the characterization of some of the kids kind of bled together for me? I felt like they were all very similar (in character, not looks) and I had trouble remembering which one said which thing in previous chapters (like which ones were hesitant, and which ones were bold about the new world they entered). Definitely left on a cliffhanger, which is not my favorite ending to a book, but I'll just have to check out the sequel
There have been times when I felt that I might die of loneliness. People sometimes say they might die of boredom, that they're dying for a cup of tea, but for me, dying of loneliness is not hyperbole. When I feel like that, my head drops and my shoulders slump and I ache, I physically ache, for human contact–I truly feel that I might tumble to the ground and pass away if someone doesn't hold me, touch me. I don't mean a lover–this recent madness aside, I had long since given up on any notion that another person might love me that way– but simply as a human being. The scalp massage at the hairdressers, the flu jab I had last winter–the only time I experience touch is from people whom I am paying, and they are almost always wearing disposable gloves at the time. I'm merely stating the facts. People don't like these facts, but I can't help that.
Definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. I felt comforted and uncomfortable, called out and understood. I was laughing and I did cry a little (at the end), and, perhaps most importantly, I was reading it very fast!
I'm always pleased when a book that is heavily adored by (it seems like) everybody and their mother actually turns out to be great, and worthy of the praise.
I found this book intriguing from the beginning, and that is part of why I picked it up (not going to lie, the other part was how small it was, reading long books is hard these days!) but it lost it's intrigue through the readtime. I think the intention from the author was to not waste time on explanations, but it eventually got old and I wanted to understand more of why the main character was so INSANE?! she was crazy!! and she kept doing awful things to people that cared about her. I never felt like she learned her lesson, and she was borderline sociopathic in her behaviors.
Sometimes I love a book where very little happens and it's a slice of life, a peek into someone's everyday craziness. this is not one of those times
There is honestly nothing wrong with this book. Its colorful and descriptive, uses easy to comprehend language and is full of just about every career you could imagine. It's useful for researching one specific career but its also kinda fun to just browse through (esp. as an artist type- you get to see just how much more business men make than you!- yippee!)
Like I said before this is the end-all be-all perfect career guide and it is holy in my opinion.
what i really enjoyed about this book was the hope behind it all. A rather deep and harrowing subject tone managed to really search out the hope in Minnow's story.