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The nostalgia I feel regarding this is completely blinding me to any faults I cannot be objective about this, this book fucks
Illustrationerna var sjukt bra på att visa vad karaktärerna kände och hur konsten interagerade med dialogen ibland var så vackert. Berättelsen var helt okej, lite vardaglig och extraordinär samtidigt på nått vis? Svårt att förklara, men skulle definitivt säga att den är värd ett försök:)
Det är svårt att beskriva men det är verkligen vardagsmagi. Boken är hur mysig som helst (som Anna Ahlunds böcker alltid är) och är så trevlig att läsa. Tyckte det var intressant att få följa många olika karaktärer och att de lyckades få så rika personligheter och historier på så få sidor.
A super interesting and informative look into the Lil Nas X hit. It was a quick read that was actually very fun. I learned a lot about the background of Nas and also about the context and history in which the song was released. Would recommend to anyone interested in the subject!
Po... yeah that's our boyfriend now. Truly the prince of the universe, has any fictional man been as thoroughly good to his core before? I doubt it.
On a more serious level though, it's incredibly refreshing to listen to a book I used to enjoy as a child and have the relationship not be the absolute dumpster fire so many of my old favorites have turned out to be now that I'm (kind of) capable of critical thought. There is real and honest communication from both sides, and they handle their emotions openly and deal with them with the complexity and the nuance that comes from truly knowing and trusting each other and I have to say that's the hottest thing a YA couple has ever done. There not being a miscommunication trope is so near and dear to my heart, my fucking soul is singing. The side characters are written in a way that you can't help but feel for them even if they're not mentioned that often and the description of the world is wonderful.
I love when I get to keep a childhood favorite for good reasons and not just because my nostalgia driven brain still loves it even though I know it's objectively bad. This is just good. Through and through. Made me fall a little bit in love with fantasy all over again.
“It made her beautiful, as fire was beautiful even as it destroyed.”
Okay, so, it took me a shamefully long time to finish this because of how much I was liking it when I started it in May. I would say overall it had a pretty slow pace which is why I had some trouble picking the book back up. I also feel like I still don't have a super strong grasp on the world but other than that the world-building is really original and I am as always a sucker for a map at the start of a book. I don't know if I'll continue but if I do I'll probably just listen to it on audio.
I feel like there was a good offset between Maniye knowing virtually nothing and the other characters being more fleshed out with deeper backstories. I think it would have been really slow without the multiple POV's. The final battle scene was so good too.
My favorites were probably Broken Axe (I need him bad... why would they do my man like that come on dawg) and Loud Thunder (in a your dad's weird hermit friend you're strangely enamoured with as a kid type of way) and his dogs (rip Matt, sadly only one of the dogs live in this one😢).
Followed along with an ebook at the end and randomly four pages were missing from the audiobook so I might have accidentally listened to an abridged version. In my defense there was nothing to indicate that the audiobook was abridged at all so maybe it was just the beginning of the conclusion that was missing?
Other than the potentially missed pages I thought it was fun! It's a short spooky novella and it's a good fall read I'd say.