Marki
2,5* Pár dobrých myšlenek, místy mi to připomínalo Malého Prince a jeho cesty po planetách, ale kocour z titulu tam není tak zásadní jak se předestírá a celkově postavy ani “příběh” mě nijak nezaujaly. Spíš než myšlenky dávat do 200 stránkového příběhu měl autor napsat povídku nebo esej o 20 stránkách a stačilo by
I was really torn on how to rate this. Not as good as A Good Girl's Guide to Murder but still a really solid YA mystery!
Pros:
Red, Simon and Maddy were cool characters. Simon was my favourite, he was funny, I liked his characterisation as an Asian American theatre kid who goes against his dad who frowns upon his career choice, also Simon's film geekiness and being a party boy. Maddy was super sweet optimist girly who took her less fortunate best friend under her wing. And I did like Red, I've seen many people write that they found her annoying, but I did like her trope of broken/weird girl with a tragic past and trippy mind and felt for her.
The plot twists. The author just knows how to write them and they were so good.
When the sniper shot Joyce and Don. It was so well written, emphasising that they have a grandchild, and then when the sniper showed he wasn't fucking around and meant his threats, it was just such a tragic and tense moment.
The ending. Endings can make or break a story and Jackson just delivers big time in each of her books on the ending. This ending had me tearing up, she just knows how to get me.
Cons:
Generally, I felt the pacing was a bit worse than in Jackson's other stories. The first half really dragged. But halfway through, when they try to escape and the sniper says there's two of themthat's when it picked up the pace I like Jackson's books for.
Oliver. I understand having a harsh, unlikeable character, but I feel he got too much space, it got really fucking annoying how he was bossing everyone around and put himself in charge for far too big portion of the book. After he threw Red out out of the RV and then told Reyna what happened is all her fault, I really just wanted him to fricking die. And well, he did at the end and it was satisfying. I know it's cruel to say that, but he was just such a dick I felt good when he got shot.
I was hesitating between 3 and 4 stars, but the pros outweighed the cons, so I give this 4 stars and still would recommend it to fans of Holly Jackson's work and other mystery enthusiasts.
tropes: weird girl (light)
literary references: Lord of the Flies
❤️❤️❤️multiamory has been my polyamory friend before I had any irl ones. This book is a handy reference for the top tools introduced on the podcast and feels like hanging out w old friends
Tohle je přesně ten typ knihy, o které bych na výšce psala eseje na téma gotických prvků.
Z kina se stává strašidelný hrad a jeho zaměstnanci se stávají dobrovolnými vězni, kteří se vídají jenom mezi sebou a jejich jediným kouzelným zrcadlem do vnějšího světa se stávají filmy, které sledují během směn, před i po nich. Během směn berou drogy nalezené v sálech, barikádují únikové východy pro zábavu a popíjejí alkohol z baru, kde se nedbá na datum trvanlivosti ani hygienické zásady.
V kině se z lidí stávají tvorové utržení ze řetězu, kteří kálí na sedačky, dělají ze sálu i toalet chlívek, případně v záchodových kabinkách užívají nitrožilně drogy jako by se nechumelilo.
Kniha je to divná, občas nechutná a odpudivá, ale mně se neskutečně líbila.
vibes: novodobá gotika (<3), My děti ze stanice zoo, Kafka, noirové filmy
This is so well written. And really heavy and sad, not many hopeful things happen. Still, worth a read, just be ready
jsem biased protože jsem toho půlku překládala
a taky miluju, že je alan socialista
<3
Super accessible and funny book that analyses different forms of queerness in animals and includes mini interviews with queer biologists studying different parts of the animal kingdom.
Nádherný, pomalý čtení, vykreslené detaily vskutku jako na malbě se zátiším. Rozhodně potěší čtenářstvo holdující found family, zasazení do Florencie minulýho století je krásnej escapismus, naprosto casually queer postavy mě příjemně překvapily. Není to pro každýho, chápu co tím lidi v recenzích myslí když píšou že to je roztahaný, ale pro mě to byla láska, která mě přesvědčila že možná slow paced knížky jsou pro mě.
2,5*
i had expectations of structured thoughts/essays about bisexuality. there were some thoughts about bisexuality, but mostly rambles about author's relationship history where the point was hard to find.
The Green brothers are some of my favourite parasocial relationships and with John Green, he's the kinda person where I prefer his nonfiction to his ficiton (I have the same relationship with Neil Gaiman). This book was a perfect fit.
I really love the format of connecting a specific human thing, an event or a song, with bigger ideas about life and the general tone of these essays seems to be really calming, zooming out from our little individual experiences into the vastness of general existence.
I give The Anthropocene Reviewed four and a half stars.
So amazing to read these stories about trans joy and to discover about the small things that I take for granted being absolutely precious to some ❤️
3,5*
It was more about the cults and cult-like groups than about their language. I wish it went more in depth on the linguistic side of things
a rough but super important read
the only thing missing was maybe pointers on how to support women of colour
4,5*
I felt like the line with el cero was superfluous, but other than that, loved it <3
very cool book with resources both for mono and polyam folk. extends on the attachement theory in a very helpful way including a very important chapter on creating a healthy attachement with yourself. plus a relationship book including nonmonogamy is just ♥♥♥
10/5 hvězdiček. Z toho se budu vzpamatovávat ještě dlouho. Celou dobu je to takový hezký vibes over plot a ten konec mě praštil do nosu. Velká láska tho
As strong as the first one. I love the portrayal of emotions and new addition of pictures.
