Rowan
This book was amazing! It was a book that I could really relate to and completely changed the way I write my poetry. I would 10/10 recommend.
It was fun to read. I mostly just used the photo animation filter on TikTok the pictures though. Most of the stuff I read was stuff I already knew.
This was dark, like really dark, but I think we all knew what we were getting into. I think that this was well done. And even though I'm not very much of a DC fan and I'm definitely not a fan of batman, I am interested in the Joker and what makes him tick so reading this was interesting to me.
It was good! I enjoyed it and some parts had me blushing and giggling and kicking my feet. It's not the best thing ever but to me it's like literary comfort food. There were a couple of issues I had with this book though. It felt like a fanfiction, which isn't an inherently bad thing. I think had I found this as a reylo academic au on AO3 or Wattpad i would've loved it and talked about how good it was for forever. The issue is, Wattpad and AO3 are free. Some of the dialogue felt clunky or unnatural expecially in the smut chapter! I also think it's strange how normalized teacher-student relationships are in this book. I obviously expected there to be one considering the synopsis but the fact that absolutely no one questioned if Adam was abusing his power, and Olive's friend ends up in almost the same situation which once again raises no questions actually concerns me. I also kinda wish that Olive was fleshed out more. I feel like I barley know her which is a problem when she's our main character. I really wish we could've learned more about her past, expecially because she uses it as an explanation for her actions.
ENORMOUS SPOILERS AHEAD
Reading this gave me so many intense conflicting emotions that it took me multiple weeks to sort out my emotions (which in all honesty, I'm still doing. I'm literally crying as I write this) so that I could even start writing this review. I'd like to start out by saying that Hajime Isayama did an amazing job with this series. I once read that a good book is one that you'll think about for the rest of your life, and I think Attack on Titan will be that series for me.
I have so many things to say but I want to focus on Eren Jeager. As an aspiring author, my life goal is to create a character even half as complex or well written. Anyone reading this review who knows me in person is probably rolling their eyes right now because of the number of times I've said that but it's true. I could talk for hours about how much I absolutely adore Isayama for the way Eren was written but lucky for you, I don't have the time.
I started watching Attack on Titan almost a year ago and started reading at around the same time. After spending so much time reading and watching his story, Eren became very important to me. Sometimes watching his happier moments was the only thing that could comfort me. After the time skip, I kept coming up with excuses for him because I refused to admit that he was really a bad person. After the Rumbling I relentlessly searched for anything that could redeem him. I even managed to repress certain panels so that when I analyzed the last volumes I would think of it in a way that glorifies Eren. After hearing some hard truths, I finally accepted that he started the rumbling, not knowing if he'd be defeated so that he could live out his own twisted fantasy of freedom. Even now, I struggle with giving him any blame. I find myself jumping to his defense time and time again because I refuse to admit that the boy I watched grow up, who I became hopelessly attached to, is, and always has been, a monster. That in my opinion is the true beauty in Eren Jeager.
Not that we watched him turn into a villain, but that he was always this way and we chose to ignore it.
I know I've made jokes about this series being mental abuse but I'm so serious when I say that I had a mental breakdown reading this. I mean I was hyperventilating, tears were rolling down my face, and I was stuck in the fetal position crying until my mother yelled at me to shut up so my step-dad could get some sleep. I'm genuinely not okay after this. I have so many mixed emotions. On one hand, I'm happy I finally got some answers but upset that what's happened is happening. But at the same time, I'm proud that it's finally happened after getting the true story. I've never felt so conflicted over a fictional story before in my life.
I loved every thing about this book! Jaigirdar was amazing at evoking emotion through her words and creating characters that are easily relatable. I've been wanting to read this for so long and I wasn't disappointed. I will definitely be picking up more of Adiba's works soon.
I almost cried which means a lot because I listened to this audiobook in a car full of my family and I hate crying in front of people. It gave me much to think about and filled me with intense existential dread
This is my absolute favorite journal! I love the prompts that are sprinkled in the journal.
I probably would've liked it more if I wasn't reading it for school, but even then I'd be inclined to skip certain chapters. Nicholas Carr is a professional Yapper. This could've been a collection of about three or four essays if he made his point more efficiently.
When I tell you I started crying at the beginning of this volume and didn't stop until the end, I mean it. At this point, this series is just cruel.
“I was made anew. Ella. Just Ella. Not Ella, the slave. Not Ella the scullery made. Not Lela. Not Elenor. Ella. Made into myself. One. Me”
Ella Enchanted did an amazing job retelling the story of Cinderella! Gail Carson Levine did an amazing job conveying emotion and moving the story along, I could hardly put the book down! The movie did not do this book justice
Did anyone else get annoyed but the whole small magic thing?
How do I even start to describe I Wish You All The Best? This book was so personal to me, so in order to accurately describe how I felt about it, I need to talk about myself for a bit. My Name is Rowan. I'm a nonbinary youth with less than accepting parents and a crippling anxiety disorder. Reading this book felt like reading my diary (if I was a much more captivating writer).
I saw myself in Ben so much it's not even funny. The author was AMAZING at conveying emotion. Every time Ben blushed, got anxious, or got mad, I was right there with them. I seriously cannot recommend this book enough, especially if you are a queer teen struggling with self-doubt, or family.
when shit gets real. i miss the days when we were only worried about titans. The minute they started talking politics I felt dumb
I changed my initial review from two stars to four because I have nothing but pleasant emotions when I think about this book. Though I haven't read it in a while, I'm known for holding grudges when it comes to books I don't like, so honestly, I'm just assuming it wasn't as bad as I previously rated it.
I was probably just mad because my favorite character died.
I loved it! I'm still not prepared to let go of this and find something new. I'll admit, Jiwon was an ass at first but he ended up really growing on me
Second time reading: the feelings still hit just as hard as the first time
I read this for school, which I hated because it's a really good read and in all honesty, the assignments were the only bad part of reading it.
"Their presence tonight showed me unconditional acceptance of who I was, and there could be no greater gift for me than this moment right here, right now. For the first time in a long while, I was truly happy."
It's been a long time since I've found a book that was able to speak to me the way this one does. As a teenaged member of the LGBT+ community (I'm Pan and Non-Binary) with a less than accepting family, my heart broke for Rukhsana. My family has never done anything that extreme before, but I trust that her experiences were written accurately because everything else she went through that I have was represented so accurately it felt as if I was Rukhsana in some moments.
I certainly know what it's like to be the only person of color in the friend group, and having to explain the cultural differences to the friend group, along with having to sneak around when you are being your most authentic self so I immediately connected to Rukhsana when she worked so hard to go to college and getaway. I really felt represented because my own personal mantra has been “ Only four more years” since my last birthday.
I think that if you are a member of the LGBT community you should read this book. Same as if you are an ally, a person of color tired of hiding your own culture to fit in, or the parent of an LGBT child. This book does such a good job representing me, it's definitely worth a read.
