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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
4.0
not that i thought i wasn’t going to enjoy this, because i figured i would, but i liked it more than i thought i was going to!!
i thought maybe i would be bored, because it’s made for a younger audience and i’m not usually into fantasy or action type books, but it was fun! and i love percy, annabeth, and grover!!!
i thought maybe i would be bored, because it’s made for a younger audience and i’m not usually into fantasy or action type books, but it was fun! and i love percy, annabeth, and grover!!!
Bunny by Mona Awad
4.0
not as disturbing as people make it out to be, i thought it was fun!! it definitely got more interesting in the last like 100 pages, but overall i liked it.
i love looking at all the different theories and interpretations, but i personally don’t think she’s schizophrenic & in a mental hospital because that feels lame to me, like what a boring twist that would be.
also idc if jonah isn’t actually real he’s still everything to me and the best character <3
and also max <3 i love a good ol’ stag!! the story definitely picked up when he was introduced.
and at the end of the day, Samantha is just like me because i, too, would create people out of loneliness and then fall in love with them and also have them do what i’m too afraid to do. really, it’s self love. and she’s gay.
i really like the whole aspect of Samantha taking things too far— forgetting that the things they made weren’t real/were perhaps their imagination & what it means to get lost in your imagination— the janitor telling her, “the real world lady, it’s out there. you’ll have to go back sometime.” which could point to the idea that she lives too far inside of her own imagination/mind. also paired with her saying that she lies because it ‘makes the story better’ and the whole ‘nothing happened, but didnt something happen?’ with the Lion. idk there’s a lot to think about and one day i will go back & reread, and annotate all the things I would’ve missed the first time around.
i love looking at all the different theories and interpretations, but i personally don’t think she’s schizophrenic & in a mental hospital because that feels lame to me, like what a boring twist that would be.
also idc if jonah isn’t actually real he’s still everything to me and the best character <3
and also max <3 i love a good ol’ stag!! the story definitely picked up when he was introduced.
and at the end of the day, Samantha is just like me because i, too, would create people out of loneliness and then fall in love with them and also have them do what i’m too afraid to do. really, it’s self love. and she’s gay.
i really like the whole aspect of Samantha taking things too far— forgetting that the things they made weren’t real/were perhaps their imagination & what it means to get lost in your imagination— the janitor telling her, “the real world lady, it’s out there. you’ll have to go back sometime.” which could point to the idea that she lives too far inside of her own imagination/mind. also paired with her saying that she lies because it ‘makes the story better’ and the whole ‘nothing happened, but didnt something happen?’ with the Lion. idk there’s a lot to think about and one day i will go back & reread, and annotate all the things I would’ve missed the first time around.
Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis
4.0
for a book about cannibalism this was pretty darn tame. i will be honest and say i liked the movie a lot more, but this was still a fun read and i just couldn’t put it down !!
the last chapter was very mean, obviously i knew it was coming but for a second i had hope that it wasn’t :(
the last chapter was very mean, obviously i knew it was coming but for a second i had hope that it wasn’t :(
Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi
3.0
this book definitely felt like a filler book, despite a lot of important information being revealed, nothing really HAPPENED. like to me it felt like what would be ‘part 1’ (like mockingjay part one) of a movie series, where all the information is thrown at you and it’s a bit boring because they’re amping up to all the action in part 2.
i mean, i read it in one sitting, because it felt so short & uneventful.
it’s definitely the least gripping of the series. though i loved the multiple povs & all the aaron/juliette backstory, i just feel as if everything was resolved so quickly in order to lead up to whatever is going to happen in the next book. which is a recurring trend in this series— things happening very quick & with little build up— so i guess i can’t be too surprised. unfortunately a pretty forgettable read.
aaron finally getting a birthday party & blowing out candles though…..my heart can’t take it. little aaron made me so sad & i hope the rest of his birthdays are filled with child like joy & warmth <3
and warner & kenji….yall know i love a duo who pretend to hate each other but would literally die for each other <33
i mean, i read it in one sitting, because it felt so short & uneventful.
it’s definitely the least gripping of the series. though i loved the multiple povs & all the aaron/juliette backstory, i just feel as if everything was resolved so quickly in order to lead up to whatever is going to happen in the next book. which is a recurring trend in this series— things happening very quick & with little build up— so i guess i can’t be too surprised. unfortunately a pretty forgettable read.
aaron finally getting a birthday party & blowing out candles though…..my heart can’t take it. little aaron made me so sad & i hope the rest of his birthdays are filled with child like joy & warmth <3
and warner & kenji….yall know i love a duo who pretend to hate each other but would literally die for each other <33
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
2.0
2.5/5– perhaps this is unfair because i haven’t ACTUALLY finished it (i prob will not…..) but i got like 80% way through!!! i’ll just look up spark notes or summ to see how it ends!
all the characters are boring and don’t care about the romance at all.
and her seeing emotions as color is so “i’m not like other girls im so quirky” like what da hell? ig if i liked her more it wouldn’t bother me, i am a hypocrite:)
okay so ive finished it now & it got better towards the end, like if only the first 200 pages weren’t SO boring!!! if i actually cared about the characters the ending would have hit way harder but it was so boring until like the last 80 pages so like def wouldn’t recommend because it’s such a waste. hopefully the next two books will be better.
all the characters are boring and don’t care about the romance at all.
and her seeing emotions as color is so “i’m not like other girls im so quirky” like what da hell? ig if i liked her more it wouldn’t bother me, i am a hypocrite:)
okay so ive finished it now & it got better towards the end, like if only the first 200 pages weren’t SO boring!!! if i actually cared about the characters the ending would have hit way harder but it was so boring until like the last 80 pages so like def wouldn’t recommend because it’s such a waste. hopefully the next two books will be better.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
4.0
“don’t ever tell anybody anything. if you do, you start missing everybody.”
groundbreaking discovery, this very niche underground book is really good!!! who knew!!!
but actually when i first read (half of) this at 13, i thought it was so boring and while there were still parts
i felt were a bit boring/or that dragged on (his long ramblings about unimportant details) overall i loved it.
holden caulfield is misunderstood by all you freaks! he is everything to me. he is so sad and so depressing and he hates everyone, but he loves his siblings so much. his love for phoebe literally made me want to cry at times, i love sibling relationships. and don’t even get me started on allie, literally try not to cry challenge.
holden is young and he’s grieving and he hates everyone, except that he doesn’t hate everyone. he’s in fact very empathetic & has deep understandings & love for the people & world around him. the way he feels such tenderness for complete strangers and how he justifies the cruel actions of those around him is astounding considering the way he has been betrayed by his authority figures.
in the end it’s his love for phoebe and her love for him that saves him and it’s so so very beautiful and amazing to me. and it DOES hit close to home :)
and i also really like the aspect that had to do with school, as someone who has a bad relationship with school & often feels like a failure, it’s nice to read about someone who failed out of multiple schools, but who loves knowledge. i love the way education was described, how it sometimes sucks and you have to deal with annoying teachers & peers, but when you find that motivation & passion for something you will work through those hardships and come out with something more than just a diploma or academic education. and the message that as alone as you feel, you aren’t alone & you can learn from those before you and in turn teach those after you. i just loved this. it felt very comforting and hopeful, but also very somber and melancholy.
really sad to think how he wants to be ‘the catcher in the rye’ and save kids & protect their innocence because he lost his (by way of losing his brother at a young age, feeling constantly ignored, and in my interpretation, being groomed and experiencing CSA). he really is such a tragic character.
he didn’t want to disappear, he just wanted to be heard :(
i truly didn’t think i was going to love this as much as i did. also if your looking for a somewhat similar (actually) underrated movie, watch Igby Goes Down <33
groundbreaking discovery, this very niche underground book is really good!!! who knew!!!
but actually when i first read (half of) this at 13, i thought it was so boring and while there were still parts
i felt were a bit boring/or that dragged on (his long ramblings about unimportant details) overall i loved it.
holden caulfield is misunderstood by all you freaks! he is everything to me. he is so sad and so depressing and he hates everyone, but he loves his siblings so much. his love for phoebe literally made me want to cry at times, i love sibling relationships. and don’t even get me started on allie, literally try not to cry challenge.
holden is young and he’s grieving and he hates everyone, except that he doesn’t hate everyone. he’s in fact very empathetic & has deep understandings & love for the people & world around him. the way he feels such tenderness for complete strangers and how he justifies the cruel actions of those around him is astounding considering the way he has been betrayed by his authority figures.
in the end it’s his love for phoebe and her love for him that saves him and it’s so so very beautiful and amazing to me. and it DOES hit close to home :)
and i also really like the aspect that had to do with school, as someone who has a bad relationship with school & often feels like a failure, it’s nice to read about someone who failed out of multiple schools, but who loves knowledge. i love the way education was described, how it sometimes sucks and you have to deal with annoying teachers & peers, but when you find that motivation & passion for something you will work through those hardships and come out with something more than just a diploma or academic education. and the message that as alone as you feel, you aren’t alone & you can learn from those before you and in turn teach those after you. i just loved this. it felt very comforting and hopeful, but also very somber and melancholy.
really sad to think how he wants to be ‘the catcher in the rye’ and save kids & protect their innocence because he lost his (by way of losing his brother at a young age, feeling constantly ignored, and in my interpretation, being groomed and experiencing CSA). he really is such a tragic character.
he didn’t want to disappear, he just wanted to be heard :(
i truly didn’t think i was going to love this as much as i did. also if your looking for a somewhat similar (actually) underrated movie, watch Igby Goes Down <33
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
4.0
Coriolanus snow you are my WORST enemy.
how anyone could have been persuaded into thinking he was ever a genuinely good person is beyond me. even in the beginning it was clear that he wasn’t a good person and that he cared about stays and power above all. he didn’t go through any changes, nothing happened to make him turn into the President Snow we know from the original trilogy, he was the same in the beginning as he was in the end.
i think he started out as a little bitch manipulated by the ways of the capitol and he had the chance to grow into a better person if only he allowed himself to be changed and influenced by the good people i his life— tigris, sejanus, and lucy gray— but instead he let himself be influenced by the negative things— dr. gaul, his fathers legacy, his grandmother, and the capitol, and so he changed into a horribly evil human being. he would’ve rather had power and control over those around him than be a good person and that’s why he ended up alone, because at the end of the day he’s a selfish, narcissistic asshole. like the thing is, he had the ability to feel empathy, there were moments when he did, but he always talked himself out of it. he always came up with reasons why he shouldn’t feel bad and why the things that he and the Capitol did were justified or why he was blameless (like saying ‘he’s just a kid and he doesn’t run Panem’ while actively supporting every heinous act the Capitol performed). so maybe he had the ability to not be evil, to not be a part of the Capitol, but he chose to because in the end he cared more about his own well being than those of others. it’s the major difference between him and Sejanus (who was his foil), Sejanus would rather risk his life and his future in order to do the right thing & help people, whereas Snow would rather other people, even those he claims to love, suffer in order to protect himself and his power.
all he did was deceive the people closest to him for his own gain. like it’s so clear that his love for Lucy Gray was never genuine , he just wanted to control her, as he wants to all aspects of his life. even in the beginning he constantly refers to her as something he owns and hates the idea of anyone thinking she had an existence before him. like if he didn’t find her attractive he wouldn’t have saved her!! he wouldn’t have even cared for her existence, he wouldn’t have batted an eye at her death!! he does not view her as a person, but as an object for his desire!!!! and he was never honest with her, even in his kindest moments, there was always him thinking of how it could help him. nothing he did in this book was genuine, he would have (and did) sell out anyone in his life in order to save himself. maybe he did love her, but it was never genuine enough to outweigh his selfishness.
he hates how love makes him feel, it makes him ‘weak’ and ‘vulnerable’ and so he got rid of everyone he cared for— lucy gray, sejanus, and eventually tigris.
and Tigris is perfect and we love her <3 she deserved a better cousin who appreciated her more and wasn’t literally evil incarnate :) like the way he looked down on her for the things she did to PROTECT him and literally would’ve rather not known about it just so HE’D feel more comfortable as if she didn’t make sacrifices her whole childhood for him and he couldn’t even handle some discomfort.
and poor, kind Sejanus, my heart breaks for him. He regarded Snow as his brother (or summ else…wink wink), the only person he could truly trust just for Snow to betray without care and then insert himself into his family and take their money as if he didn’t sentence their son to death. as if he didn’t spend the whole book judging them and thinking himself superior. Sejanus spent so much time worrying about possibly endangering Snow and he trusted him so much, when in the end Snow couldn’t care less about him. or snow DID care about him but betrayed him anyway, because he cared about himself & power more, which just makes it worse. no one spread bread crumbs over his body!!! he was so kind and caring to everyone but no one reciprocated it towards him!!! no one listened to him at all!!! all he wanted was to live a life outside of the Capitol and be free of his torment!!!
umm….. also…. marcus was sejanus’ childhood crush and he betrayed him (in his eyes) and then he was betrayed by his teenage crush (Coryo). like that’s MY truth. coryo may be an evil freak but he’s ALSO gay. “you have to stop saving me” “i cant” OKAAYYYY???? like get a ROOM!
in conclusion, lucy gray, tigris, and sejanus deserved better :(
also i just thought about how the Snows could have eaten the roses his grandmother ALWAYS grew in their roof during the war in order to avoid starving, but they’re Captiol idiots and didn’t realize the flowers were edible. silly willy’s!!
anyways, onto my actual thoughts on the book. it was rather slow and boring at times (mainly because who gives a fuck about snow and all his whining about his supposed suffering & difficult life) but i do think it was interesting to be inside of his head at times!! and im excited for the movie. obviously my favorite part was Sejanus i mean come on he’s perfection.
SORRY for writing so much, no one is going to read this & i keep reupdating it but i have A LOT to say!!! this is for ME not you
how anyone could have been persuaded into thinking he was ever a genuinely good person is beyond me. even in the beginning it was clear that he wasn’t a good person and that he cared about stays and power above all. he didn’t go through any changes, nothing happened to make him turn into the President Snow we know from the original trilogy, he was the same in the beginning as he was in the end.
i think he started out as a little bitch manipulated by the ways of the capitol and he had the chance to grow into a better person if only he allowed himself to be changed and influenced by the good people i his life— tigris, sejanus, and lucy gray— but instead he let himself be influenced by the negative things— dr. gaul, his fathers legacy, his grandmother, and the capitol, and so he changed into a horribly evil human being. he would’ve rather had power and control over those around him than be a good person and that’s why he ended up alone, because at the end of the day he’s a selfish, narcissistic asshole. like the thing is, he had the ability to feel empathy, there were moments when he did, but he always talked himself out of it. he always came up with reasons why he shouldn’t feel bad and why the things that he and the Capitol did were justified or why he was blameless (like saying ‘he’s just a kid and he doesn’t run Panem’ while actively supporting every heinous act the Capitol performed). so maybe he had the ability to not be evil, to not be a part of the Capitol, but he chose to because in the end he cared more about his own well being than those of others. it’s the major difference between him and Sejanus (who was his foil), Sejanus would rather risk his life and his future in order to do the right thing & help people, whereas Snow would rather other people, even those he claims to love, suffer in order to protect himself and his power.
all he did was deceive the people closest to him for his own gain. like it’s so clear that his love for Lucy Gray was never genuine , he just wanted to control her, as he wants to all aspects of his life. even in the beginning he constantly refers to her as something he owns and hates the idea of anyone thinking she had an existence before him. like if he didn’t find her attractive he wouldn’t have saved her!! he wouldn’t have even cared for her existence, he wouldn’t have batted an eye at her death!! he does not view her as a person, but as an object for his desire!!!! and he was never honest with her, even in his kindest moments, there was always him thinking of how it could help him. nothing he did in this book was genuine, he would have (and did) sell out anyone in his life in order to save himself. maybe he did love her, but it was never genuine enough to outweigh his selfishness.
he hates how love makes him feel, it makes him ‘weak’ and ‘vulnerable’ and so he got rid of everyone he cared for— lucy gray, sejanus, and eventually tigris.
and Tigris is perfect and we love her <3 she deserved a better cousin who appreciated her more and wasn’t literally evil incarnate :) like the way he looked down on her for the things she did to PROTECT him and literally would’ve rather not known about it just so HE’D feel more comfortable as if she didn’t make sacrifices her whole childhood for him and he couldn’t even handle some discomfort.
and poor, kind Sejanus, my heart breaks for him. He regarded Snow as his brother (or summ else…wink wink), the only person he could truly trust just for Snow to betray without care and then insert himself into his family and take their money as if he didn’t sentence their son to death. as if he didn’t spend the whole book judging them and thinking himself superior. Sejanus spent so much time worrying about possibly endangering Snow and he trusted him so much, when in the end Snow couldn’t care less about him. or snow DID care about him but betrayed him anyway, because he cared about himself & power more, which just makes it worse. no one spread bread crumbs over his body!!! he was so kind and caring to everyone but no one reciprocated it towards him!!! no one listened to him at all!!! all he wanted was to live a life outside of the Capitol and be free of his torment!!!
umm….. also…. marcus was sejanus’ childhood crush and he betrayed him (in his eyes) and then he was betrayed by his teenage crush (Coryo). like that’s MY truth. coryo may be an evil freak but he’s ALSO gay. “you have to stop saving me” “i cant” OKAAYYYY???? like get a ROOM!
in conclusion, lucy gray, tigris, and sejanus deserved better :(
also i just thought about how the Snows could have eaten the roses his grandmother ALWAYS grew in their roof during the war in order to avoid starving, but they’re Captiol idiots and didn’t realize the flowers were edible. silly willy’s!!
anyways, onto my actual thoughts on the book. it was rather slow and boring at times (mainly because who gives a fuck about snow and all his whining about his supposed suffering & difficult life) but i do think it was interesting to be inside of his head at times!! and im excited for the movie. obviously my favorite part was Sejanus i mean come on he’s perfection.
SORRY for writing so much, no one is going to read this & i keep reupdating it but i have A LOT to say!!! this is for ME not you
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
5.0
*spoilers*
mother-daughter relationships make me so sick. i actually can’t read about them because i will cry.
the way i despise ingrid so much yet feel such sympathy for her at times— how she perfectly encapsulates so many women who weren’t meant/didn’t want to be mothers but who had to be, how they feel like their personhood is taken from them, and sometimes they try with all they can to give their children a good life, but that’s not always enough. the idea that you’ll meet someone and fall in love and have children and live happily ever after and then that doesn’t happen, but still you’re stuck taking care of a child alone because that’s a woman’s job and the men just get to go on with their lives like nothing happened. and then there’s the children who are stuck living their lives feeling like a burden, everyday waiting to be abandoned, trying with all they have to be perfect so that they’ll feel the unconditional love they so desire and deserve.
astrid deserves the world, so many times in this book my heart broke for her. she was taken advantage of in so many ways by so many different people and it’s so sad. i really love that no matter what she went through, and despite what she sometimes thought, she remained a kind hearted person. the way she always took the role of a caregiver, when no one ever took care of her. my heart truly aches for her.
on another note, the writing in the book is so beautiful. not only for the fact that it read like poetry, but because it didn’t feel pretentious in the slightest. it was beautiful and meaningful, yet easy to understand, which i think is very important and rare.
this is the kind of book that makes me want to become a writer yet never write again because i know i could never create something quite as beautiful.
that’s all. it’s 3am, i love this book, and could talk about it for hours, but again, 3am.
paul trout <3
yvonne <3
mother-daughter relationships make me so sick. i actually can’t read about them because i will cry.
the way i despise ingrid so much yet feel such sympathy for her at times— how she perfectly encapsulates so many women who weren’t meant/didn’t want to be mothers but who had to be, how they feel like their personhood is taken from them, and sometimes they try with all they can to give their children a good life, but that’s not always enough. the idea that you’ll meet someone and fall in love and have children and live happily ever after and then that doesn’t happen, but still you’re stuck taking care of a child alone because that’s a woman’s job and the men just get to go on with their lives like nothing happened. and then there’s the children who are stuck living their lives feeling like a burden, everyday waiting to be abandoned, trying with all they have to be perfect so that they’ll feel the unconditional love they so desire and deserve.
astrid deserves the world, so many times in this book my heart broke for her. she was taken advantage of in so many ways by so many different people and it’s so sad. i really love that no matter what she went through, and despite what she sometimes thought, she remained a kind hearted person. the way she always took the role of a caregiver, when no one ever took care of her. my heart truly aches for her.
on another note, the writing in the book is so beautiful. not only for the fact that it read like poetry, but because it didn’t feel pretentious in the slightest. it was beautiful and meaningful, yet easy to understand, which i think is very important and rare.
this is the kind of book that makes me want to become a writer yet never write again because i know i could never create something quite as beautiful.
that’s all. it’s 3am, i love this book, and could talk about it for hours, but again, 3am.
paul trout <3
yvonne <3
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by David Levithan, Rachel Cohn
3.0
3.8/5– literally one of my favorite shows ever. no other piece of media has captured true joy and happiness and the yearning for love during the holiday season like it did.
so obviously i had to, finally, read the book. i actually really liked it!! i like them both as separate pieces of media, with all their differences (though i am bias towards the wonderful show) and similarities.
they made dash way less sad & more sarcastic in the show, but both versions of him own my heart <33
i’m literally dash & lily mashed into one person like their conflicting personalities mash together perfectly to create me but also i need to date dash.
and this year has been my worst, most lonely christmas yet so i felt even more represented!!!
so obviously i had to, finally, read the book. i actually really liked it!! i like them both as separate pieces of media, with all their differences (though i am bias towards the wonderful show) and similarities.
they made dash way less sad & more sarcastic in the show, but both versions of him own my heart <33
i’m literally dash & lily mashed into one person like their conflicting personalities mash together perfectly to create me but also i need to date dash.
and this year has been my worst, most lonely christmas yet so i felt even more represented!!!
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
3.0
y’all be like “i love unhinged women!” and it’s a child-murdering 13yr old.