Ripe

I can tell this is putting me in a reading slump so its a DNF 13% in. There's other issues I have with this but ultimately i can't get over the colons. There are colons in sentences that would be perfectly fine without a colon. It wasn't bad at first but then it started to annoy me. And then it made me resentful, for some reason. If you search up where colons are in the book, there's one on about every page. Sometimes, more than once. There was a point where it was every other sentence. I'm sure it's not something that bothers others but once I noticed it, I couldn't stop noticing. So I guess my constructive criticism is to consider punctuation variety next time. My other main criticism is that there were too many lists (usually after a colon! how funny). I didn't feel grounded in plot or physical details because they always came in the form of a list.

I appreciate what it's trying to do. I'm sure it has a great message and I'm sure it will be very popular. I just can't get over these things quite yet.

Enjoyable version of tiktok pomegranate poetry

wildfires + covid was a crazy time, wasn’t expecting to see it depicted in a book this soon but it was kind of awesome in like a wow that WAS really scary moment

If I took a drink every time she used “e.g.” or mentioned fruit or the black hole, I would be a very dead pickle

I'm a pin, this book is a bowling ball. It absolutely destroyed me.

Would have liked the audiobook more with a different narrator but still a good read

Literary novel following a young woman, Cassie, a year into her job in a high tech company , as she struggles with the pressures of corporate culture, her romantic relationship, the slow but inevitable environmental catastrophes. 
I really liked this book from the gorgeously sharp writing to the subjects addressed in it. The plot explored various themes : existential dread, mental illness, drug abuse, the struggle to fit into our contemporary (consumeristic, capitalist and appearance obsessed) society, the toxicity of working into a company where profit and productivity is the only important thing, romantic/platonic/parental love or the lack therefor, the beauty and cruelty of nature, motherhood etc.  Some elements resonated with my personal and professional experience and I did like the metaphor of the black hole like a metaphysical ball and chain. The little definitions of the overall theme addressed in each chapter was a nice little touch. Some passages were written so beautifully like some sort of nightmarish fever dream.  Cassie's « passivity » in regards to her colleagues and acquaintances felt sometimes too much and I wanted her to snap to be honest. Some plot and character elements were only touched on and I wished the author delved into it more.
This was overall a very bleak book but there were some real emotional moments in it, especially the end. 

cuando escribo una reseña hay dos pciones:
1) el libro me encantó, lo ame, es mí favorito.
2) el libro es una poronga, la verdad que no tendría que existir esto.

En este caso es la segunda. Comencé a leerlo porque tango la sinopsis como el nombre me llamaron la atención pero ahí quedó todo.

Entiendo totalmente la historia de cassie, la depresiva vida trabajando en un lugar donde es miserable en un ciudad donde no se termina de adaptar, o así lo veo yo. Pero no es una historia que digo _me cambió la vida _ porque no es así. Es completamente lineal: tiene depresión > habla de un agujero negro que en momentos es grande y en momentos es chico > se droga > vuelve al principio.

En si es una historia que no tiene que tener un progreso pero se termina volviendo repetitiva porque siempre vuelve al punto principal.

Lo único que rescató de acá es como estan separadas las.partes y las definiciones del comienzo de cada capítulo.

sarah rose etter depicts so well the way our world works and how we're acclimatized to it –for the price of our humanity

So far one thing that I didn't like in one of the chapters on of the earlier ones I forgot which one it was in but anyway I didn't like where a little ducking got picked up by a crow and that didn't sit well with me at all. Why is the father of this girl an asshole and some parents want to have their kids close to home or not pushing them out of the house till they are ready to be on their own till at least kids figure out and have enough money to be on their own and apartment to live in. And it shouldn't be up to the parents to make up their children's minds on how they would live their lives and I didn't like this book or this story from beginning to the ending and also didn't like the part where animals were being used once about and this time they had to be locked in caged for some stupid party. Also I have found that Cassie was pretty annoying where if she was so worried about her period being late she should got checked out or took a pregnancy test and it was a good thing I didn't waste my money on being this one.

Ripe is definitely a captivating and thought-provoking read that manages to depict Cassie's deep sense of emptiness. The author's engaging and bold prose truly brings the story to life, showcasing the unique format of the book that skillfully alternates between Cassie's present and past experiences. However, what truly adds to the poignancy of the narrative is how the ever-present black hole consistently mirrors Cassie's emotions in every passing moment. It's a hauntingly beautiful, yet undeniably sad and somewhat discomforting journey.

Ripe is definitely a captivating and thought-provoking read that manages to depict Cassie's deep sense of emptiness. The author's engaging and bold prose truly brings the story to life, showcasing the unique format of the book that skillfully alternates between Cassie's present and past experiences. However, what truly adds to the poignancy of the narrative is how the ever-present black hole consistently mirrors Cassie's emotions in every passing moment. It's a hauntingly beautiful, yet undeniably sad and somewhat discomforting journey.