Maggie
˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ literally the best one so far.... cress and thorne are my new comfort characters ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚
short and sweet. nothing really to complain about but nothing to write home about.
im doing a unit on graphic novels for my freshman and this is one of 33 graphic novels i will be offering as an independent choice reading.
there were parts that i REALLY enjoyed...
i liked the idea of training your negative traits (doubting for instance) into your most powerful traits (criticism or awareness instead), i loved the talk of fate coming from within us rather than into us, i liked the short discussion of genders and how we area actually all human (who'da'thunk??), and above all i adored the idea that art should come from necessity, you should be creating art because without art you should feel like you are to die.
but the rest of it was all murky and foggy and honestly kind of lost on me. i mean these are letters, correspondence between strangers turning into friends so there are going to be ramblings and nonsensical parts ESPECIALLY since we only have one side of a conversation going on.
but i really felt that during a lot of the higher order thinking philosophy parts my eyes kinda glazed over.
was it the most accessible read?? absolutely not. in fact if it were like 30+ pages longer i would have dnf'ed because it was downright challenging at parts.
but the parts i am walking away with??? i will hold with me for the rest of my life. :,)
the first graphic novel of the year i didn't completely SOB at but i'd be lying if i didn't shed a few tears at the end
literally this book is nearly perfect and i LOVE the lore and history of the in-book universe
it's queer, it's middle grade, it's a graphic novel, it's literally perfection :,)
OH MY GOD
this is hands down the BEST graphic novel i've read this year if not in general!!!!
theres literally everything you would ever want from a graphic novel for younger audiences: gender-noncomfirming characters, trans characters, lesbians, and all of this while keeping an open mind and never ONCE going into detail about the suffering and hate the queer characters get. they are only met with love and understanding.
above all else this story is about loving yourself the way you are and finding joy in the little things. the metaphor of road kill and finding them love and a home after suffering the worst kind of way to die is so heartwarming.
im LITERALLY ugly crying as a type this because it was so good. mark my words, however, this is not a sad book. i'm only crying because its so wholesome and everyone gets a happy ending the way stories need to be. this story gives me so much hope for the world and honestly for my own story's ending.
im gonna need 5-10 business days to emotionally recover but this story will stay with me forever.
loved it!!! if you're looking for a cozy mystery that's cheesy, cliche, and subtle yet over the top in the best way then look no further.
this is the first book in a series so im definitely going to be continuing because i love these characters now and there are still so many mysteries about the characters that are yet to be revealed.
this was so fun and that's why i read books. to have fun.
4.5 in total but rounded up to a 5 for goodreads!!
chapter 27 (out of 29) ends with the line:
“Headmaster Boddy was murdered by [redacted]. In the hall, with the knife.”
and i wish the book would have ended that way. total mic drop.
what a way to end a series that is a core part of my identity.
i expected to cry but not a full force ugly sob like i did.
im like actually speechless. this was so worth the build up.
3.5 rounded down. it's cute and all but it's just not hitting how i kinda thought it would...
i enjoyed myself reading this,, dont get me wrong,,
but i feel like i wasted my time ://
finally got around to reading this and wow! it was sweet and cute but it felt like it was over very quickly... luckily the next one is ready on libby!
i. am. RUINED.
like this story ruined me.
i thought this was going to be a fun, light-hearted story.
i truly went into this blind.
it tore my heart apart and then picked up all the pieces and handed them to me to piece back together myself.
i loved it.
i hated it.
i will never pick it up again.
but i will remember it forever.
ms. mam aka ms Shannon messenger is truly feeding us with these endings that make me want to DEVOUR the next book immediately.
it makes me scared when i finally reach stellarlune and then have to wait for #10
maybe it's because when i first read this in 2014 it was physical and this was an audiobook but this was such an Experience... 5 out of 5 stars ...
this is without a doubt the most visually appealing graphic novel i've read. the art style is RIGHT up my alley.
also this quote:
“it was never the adventure that i loved.”
3.5 rounded up.
excited to see what the other two books hold but im not crazy about it. molly knox ostertag has my whole heart though!
never read any shel silverstein as a child but i have read masks and it warmed my heart so i picked this up... kinda was a bust but maybe 8 year old me would have devoured it
3.5 rounded up to 4 because i am SOBBING
the romance parts were a bit on the nose and felt a bit tumblr-y
the FAMILY parts??? the MOTHER parts ?? the SISTER parts ??? IM A MESS... please look away as i ugly cry into oblivion...
“wherever
you are now,
i hope there is
a beach”
i....
i don't even know what to say.
this book HOOKED ME from the end of chapter one. and now im HOOKED to start the next one i m m e d i a t e l y.
brb gonna go continue to curate my kotlc playlist
3.5 rounded down only because there was so much talk about bigfoot it led to the ending being a smidge anti-climatic
all these characters are terrible people, yet i cannot help but sympathize for all of them...