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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

🐦🌱 “𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒕 '𝒆𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅.”

This book will probably make you feel uncomfortable at times. The book deals with the issue of race and class. It revolves around the life of two siblings Scout and Jem growing up in the town of Maycomb in the 1930s where racial inequality and classism is prevalent. Scout and her brother Jem navigate their life through a series of events and experiences as their father Atticus Finch, a lawyer defends a black man accused of rape.  

𝑸𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔: 

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

The Life of a Stupid Man by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

🍃“𝑨𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 – 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒘, 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈? 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒅, 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒅. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚? ”

The book contains 3 short stories:

▪️𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 : a strange murder story.

▪️𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 : about death dates of his family members.

▪️𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯: musings of a suicidal man.

Ngl all 3 of them are extremely disturbing and strange. 

“𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆.”

 “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏,’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅, ‘𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒊è𝒄𝒍𝒆.”

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

“𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒊𝒏fl𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆.”

“𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌. 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍.”

“ ‘𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆.’
 ‘𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒓𝒕?’ 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. 
‘𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒚.’
 ‘𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆?’ 
‘𝑨𝒏 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.’
 ‘𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏?’
 ‘𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇.’
 ‘𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒄.’
 ‘𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓! 𝑺𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉.’  ‘𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖?’
 ‘𝑻𝒐 𝒅𝒆fi𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕.’
 ‘𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒆.’ 
‘𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒏𝒂𝒑. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉.’ ”


The book revolves around Dorian Gray and his 2 friends: Basil Hallward and Lord Henry.All 3 characters in a way are opposite to each other, Dorian is innocent but vulnerable and finally succumbs to the influence of evil, Basil is morally upright and Lord Henry is morally corrupt. There is an intresting dynamic between all 3 of them. Although most of people consider the relationship b/w Basil and Dorian as homoerectic however i find Dorian's and Lord Henry's relationship more on that side.
The book in a way reminded me of The Fall by Albert Camus. It's quite similar how the Dorian gray's characters falls down from the path of morality amd succumbs to immoral ways.

Quotes i liked:

✧“When I like people immensely I never tell their
names to any one. It is like surrendering a part of them.”

✧“But beauty, real beauty,
ends where an intellectual expression begins.”

✧“I had a strange feeling that Fate had in store for me exquisite
joys and exquisite sorrows.”

✧“I like persons
better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than
anything else in the world.”

✧“You might see nothing in him. I see
everything in him.”

✧“Those who are
faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know
love’s tragedies.”

✧“There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr Gray. All influence
is immoral – immoral from the scientific point of view.”

✧“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic”

✧“You will always be loved, and you will
always be in love with love.”

✧“My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are really
the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I
call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.”

✧“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one’s self, and
one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a
romance.”

✧“To have ruined one’s self over poetry is an honour”

✧“I want
to make Romeo jealous. I want the dead lovers of the world to hear
our laughter, and grow sad. I want a breath of our passion to stir their
dust into consciousness, to wake their ashes into pain.”

✧“Yes, Dorian, you will
always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never
had the courage to commit.”

✧“To become the spectator of one’s own life, as Harry says, is to
escape the suffering of life.”

✧“He grew more and more
enamoured of his own beauty, more and more interested in the
corruption of his own soul”

✧“I worshipped you too much. I am
punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both
punished.”

✧“Each man lived his own life, and
paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so
often for a single fault.”

✧“That a burnt child loves the fire.”

✧“Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the
imagination.”

✧“All crime is vulgar, just as all vulgarity is crime.”

✧“The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought, and
sold, and bartered away. It can be poisoned, or made perfect. There
is a soul in each one of us. ”

Hidden Truths by Neva Altaj

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

🫀🤎 “𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 . . . 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. ”

 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙖 🫰🏻

♡ “𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆,” 𝑰 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓.

Another cute read, although i found it a bit stretched and boring and the smut was repitivite.

Broken Whispers by Neva Altaj

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

🩷🧸“𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑰 𝒂𝒎,” 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌, “𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑩𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒂.”🧸🩷

𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘢 💓🫰🏻

 ⁠♡ “ ‘𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑭𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕.’

'𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏'

‘𝑰 𝒂𝒎 . . . 𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 . . . 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖’ ” 


♡ “𝒀𝒂 𝒍𝒚𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒚𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒃𝒚𝒂 𝒗𝒔𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒚, 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒏𝒚𝒔𝒉𝒌𝒐 …𝒀𝒂 𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒛𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒖 𝒏𝒊𝒌𝒐𝒎𝒖 𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕' 𝒕𝒆𝒃𝒚𝒂 – 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆…  𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚”


♡ “𝑻𝒚 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒏𝒕𝒔𝒂 𝒗 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒚𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒏 – 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚. ”


They were soo cutee, i am loving this series 🌷💫

My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson

emotional lighthearted reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

🌸🪐“𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒏 𝑰𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 — 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅, 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.”  🪐🌸

Some Favourite poems and stanzas:

✧ “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯; 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 ”

✧“𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺! 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘰? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 — 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘶𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.”

✧“𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, — 𝘐’𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 ”

✧“𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳, 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦.”

✧ “𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐, 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 — 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦.”

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Give me more of middle earth 🤌🏻

Painted Scars by Neva Altaj

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

💫🌷“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆?” 
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒉”🌷💫


Omg this was such a cute read🤌🏻

Dark romance, Russian mafia, Arranged marriage, yeah sign me up 🧜🏻‍♀️💍

✧ 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙫 🤌🏻 

 ❧  “𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮.”

 ❧  “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘈 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘈 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.”

Same Nina sameeee😭🙈

The way Roman takes care of her and how possesive he's of her skskskskk🛐

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒏𝒐, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚.”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓.”  

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒐. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌.”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒉”

  𖹭ֶָ֢ “𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒂. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 . . . 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚.”


And Nina loved him even more

ꨄ “𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝑰’𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌, 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏.”



𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 💒 :


   ♡ “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘?” “𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔.” “𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 . . .” 𝑰 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒘. “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅”

   ♡ “𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆. 𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?” “𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒌𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒌.” “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒏 “𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏”, 𝑵𝒊𝒏𝒂. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.” “𝑴𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒌. 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓?”  

   ♡ “𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏,” 𝑰 𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔.”

Omfg😭🧜🏻‍♀️



I wish it was a bit longer 🥺🥺🫰🏻

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

❄️“𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍, 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍-𝒃𝒐𝒚. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏. 𝑨 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚! 𝑨 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅! 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆! 𝑾𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒑! 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐! ”❄️

Dickens writes so beautifully, the prose is so poetic 🤌🏻

✧ “𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑵𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆, 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆, 𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒚.” 

✧ “𝑵𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆’𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅!”

✧ “𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏-𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅!” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉! ”  

✧ “𝑰𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆; 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕; 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆; 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒓 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔, 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒉𝒊𝒎; ‘𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆, 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘? 𝑨𝒉, 𝒏𝒐!’ ”

✧ “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆.” 

✧ “ ‘𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉. 𝑶𝒉, 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆!’ ”

A perfect novella ❤️

On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer

challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

🍃 “𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩.”

The book contains various essays written by Schopenhauer on different topics. I don't know what to say, while i really don't agree with most of his philosophy in this book, i can't judge him on basis of just one book. I'll definitely be reading more of Schopenhauer to understand his work in a better way and then form an opinion. But one thing for sure: i am liking him better than Nietzsche.

𝑸𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔:

▪️“If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then
our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world: for
it is absurd to suppose that the endless affliction of which the world
is everywhere full, and which arises out of the need and distress
pertaining essentially to life, should be purposeless and purely
accidental.”

I do agree with that life is not meant to be full of pleasure, suffering is an important part of our life and in the end life is meaningless but i do think that it has a purpose and it's not accidentall. Yeah i am a believer so i do believe God created us for a reason.


▪️“The vanity of existence is revealed in the whole form existence
assumes: in the in infiniteness of time and space contrasted with the
Infiniteness of the individual in both; in the fleeting present as the sole
form in which actuality exists; in the contingency and relativity of
all things; in continual becoming without being; in continual desire
without satisfaction; in the continual frustration of striving of which
life consists.”

▪️“Time and that perishability of all things existing in time
that time itself brings about is simply the form under which the will
to live, which as thing in itself is imperishable, reveals to itself the
vanity of its striving.”

▪️“Time is that by virtue of which everything
becomes nothingness in our hands and loses all real value.”

▪️“Every moment of our life belongs to the present only for a
moment; then it belongs for ever to the past.”

▪️“Because everything in nature is at once appearance and thing in itself,
or natura naturata and natura naturans, it is consequently susceptible
of a twofold explanation, a physical and a metaphysical”

This one was interesting and from the essay: “On the Antithesis of Thing in Itself and Appearance”.

Schopenhauer argues on nature of Will and intellect, he believes intellect is based on physical form while is will is metaphysical but then will is what drives the intellect. And in a intellect serves the will. And when the intellect exceeds it becomes genius:
“when this superfluity becomes considerable it is called genius”

Then we have his essay “on women”, where he is just being super weird tbh, while i agree with some stuff like how women are obviously weaker than men in terms of our physiology and stuff but then there were certain lines which i couldn't just agree with it. 

▪️“They are
sexus sequior,* the inferior second sex in every respect: one should be
indulgent towards their weaknesses, but to pay them honour is
ridiculous beyond measure and demeans us even in their eyes.”

▪️“for woman is by no means fitted to be the object of
our veneration, to hold her head higher than the man or to enjoy
equal rights with him.”

▪️“The
European lady is a creature which ought not to exist at all: what
there ought to be is housewives and girls who hope to become
housewives and who are therefore educated, not in arrogant
haughtiness, but in domesticity and submissiveness”

But nvm there was this was one passage om sex and pregnancy which i found very amazing:

▪️“It is this which explains the notable fact that every woman, while
she would be ready to die of shame if surprised in the act of
generation, nonetheless carries her pregnancy without a trace of
shame and indeed with a kind of pride. The reason is that pregnancy
is in a certain sense a cancellation of the guilt incurred by coitus:
thus coitus bears all the shame and disgrace of the a air, while
pregnancy, which is so intimately associated with it, stays pure and
innocent and is indeed to some extent sacred.”


Another essay was on reading and writing:

▪️“Truth is fairest naked, and the simpler its expression the
profounder its influence.”

▪️“The greatest works of the
greatest men all belong to a time when they had to write them for
nothing or for very small payment: so that here too the Spanish
proverb holds good: Honra y provecho no caben en un saco.(Honour and money don't belong in same purse)”.

▪️“A precondition for reading good books
is not reading bad ones: for life is short.”



Hmmm. Was a nice reading nevertheless. Will probably re-read it.