Sarah
I never thought I'd like this Austen novel as much as I did. Captain Wentworth might be my new favorite Austen hero... I loved Anne too, she was an amazing protagonist.
Definitely not my favorite Austen book. I loved Elinor and Marianne, but I was bored throughout and disliked how their relationships panned out in the end. The ending was strange, I disliked how Marianne and the Colonel were thrust together in the last two pages when throughout the whole novel she was really indifferent to him. A good book, but probably one of my least favorite Austen novels.
Super confusing and difficult to follow. I'm fine with disturbing and weird, but I still need logic and some way to make sense of whatever is going on.
Why didn't I like this? I had such high expectations and they were really let down here
Umm... okay then. One of the strangest books I've ever read. An interesting story, extremely different from the Disney adaptation. Much more strange and certainly more disturbing and weird. I appreciate that it is a children's classic and it was very lively and fun, but I just wasn't into it. Still kind of shaking my head like what the heck did I just read? I was not expecting it to be so different from the movie I watched as a little kid.
I have an unhealthy interest in Victorian murder classics like Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes so when I saw this at work I realized it was meant to be. I loved the way Geary told each of these stories and offered his own insight into what could have happened in each of these cases. My favorite turned out to be The Fatal Bullet because I had never (for some reason) learned about the Garfield assassination in high school and I'm disappointed that I didn't because it seems like it should be considered a big part of US history. It was interesting to learn about the lives of the murderers and what could have led them to commit these horrific crimes. The Fatal Bullet especially pays attention to Guiteau's life and how he led a life similar to Garfield that made for some interesting parallels to be observed after the crime. Geary gives us a glimpse into the hardships that each murderer faced and showed how they came to be the extremely flawed criminals we know now. I love love loved this and can't wait for the next volume.
I really don't know what to think of this. It certainly was a bit strange but it was interesting and I liked it more than I thought I would!
Really intriguing! Loved the art and the concept was fascinating. It was so cool how it was completely wordless as well! Definitely very different from anything I've read before, but very cool and thought-provoking.
I haven't read this since I was a little kid and it was even better than I remembered. MY CHILDHOOD. So freaking amazing.
Not really sure how to put my thoughts on this book into words. On the surface, its simplicity and minimalistic style seem strange, but somehow it all works. Jason's graphic novels are always extremely unique and very striking. Often when I read his works I finish it and I just think “What did I just read?” but then it kind of sinks in and I realize it has more depth than I originally assumed. The love story in this one was particularly strange, what with the circumstances and all, but it still somehow felt human and realistic in a way, and I really liked that. Jason's stories always have a simplicity that makes me misjudge them every time I read them, but they leave a lasting effect and are really very good.
Just meh. Basically just endless case studies of crimes of passion and the circumstances of each case. Interesting enough, but quite repetitive after a while. It was infuriating, however, to see how biased the courts have been towards men who kill their wives over the reverse. It's scary that even today there are still issues where men can get away with killing their wives while women get heavier penalties for killing their husbands.
NEWS FLASH THIS BOOK WILL NOT CAUSE YOUR TEENAGER OR YOUNG ADULT TO SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST OR, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO THEY THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T STOP THEM READING THINGS?? But seriously, let's stop with that nonsense. I appreciated this memoir a ton, but I did feel like there were some jarring jumps in the storyline and an abrupt ending that made the narrative feel wonky. And I don't at all agree with book banning, but I do think this book was targeted to adults and not teens, so I can see that some of the sex stuff like the part with the strap on could make parents be like “what?” THAT BEING SAID no, don't ban it!!!! Have! Conversations! About! It!
I love graphic novels, I love psychology, and I love a good intersection of the two. And this one did it extremely well! I had not read nearly enough about postpartum depression, in my psych undergrad it's mentioned maybe once in passing? Like many, many psychiatric things. But I digress. Mental health is always something we can talk about more andas Wong illustrates here, there is a push for women to just “bounce back” after pregnancy that is really absurd. So, this is really, really great for a basic understanding of what it could be like for someone experiencing PPD (although everyone's experience is different) and how to support them. And, also, just to not be flippant and rude to anyone who mentions they might be experiencing something like PPD.
This book was a bit of a mess of organization, I think. It jumped back and forth in Ann's life and her mother's and then her father's and then back to Ann and it became a confusing jumble that could have been presented more linearly and not lost anything. Also, this book was more about reproductive rights and sterilization than it let on. The last part of the book focused more on the changes in the reproductive rights movement and tried (weakly) to tie it back to Ann's court case. Of course, I do not want to detract from the importance of this story. Ann was subjected to a horrible procedure that changed her life completely without her consent. So did the hundreds of thousands of women of color throughout this time period. It was utterly horrifying to read about how deeply insidious the eugenics movement was in American history and catastrophically impinged on the lives and rights of people of color in the country. One thing that stuck out to me was how some doctors would obtain “consent” for sterilization from Spanish-speaking patients by simply asking “más niños? (More children?) and waiting for the patient to say no so that they could perform what they often misrepresented as a reversible procedure. Anyway, this history is extremely important and ended up playing a large part of this book even though it wasn't necessarily billed as such. So, while the book was a bit of an organized mess, I appreciated the thorough introduction to this terrifying part of American history that, as the end of the book showed, isn't entirely in the past just yet either.
I was told I had to read a CoHo and this sounded closest to something I'd gravitate toward. It was fine but not the masterpiece I was expecting!
Not really a fan of Frank Miller's art in this one. It didn't seem to fit here. Also didn't love the writing of this overall. Pretty meh.
More like 3.5 stars. Weirdly relatable but also she was somewhat too much. And this book didn't need to be as long as it was.
I literally stopped to show my boyfriend pretty much every single one of these comics as I was reading. They're just all so relatable!
I can't imagine how hard it must have been to persist in working on and reporting this story with all the pushback from Theranos. Carreyrou, the Journal, and all of the people who contributed despite the threats and intimidation are amazing. It can be so hard to go against the grain and do the right thing and this story is a testament to that.
Coulda been 5 stars if Stephen King could figure out how to write female characters. I mean honestly, it's terrible. Not to mention THAT scene at the end as well. Crikey.
Really really enjoyed this! It's been a while since I've read some good old YA fantasy and this was excellent! I loved the main character and everyone in it. Definitely will read the rest of the series!