Nathan
>Reread<
A fantastic manga. It really does interesting things with the medium. Sometimes it is a little hard to follow when it switches between 4-koma and standard reading. But it uses it format in very interesting ways. With the art being great as well.
A story about the connections we form with each other. To what extend do we even exist without others? What is real, what does it mean for something to be real. Very good and thought provoking.
Also just very funny and very surrealist. They literally break the world multiple times. But in a kinda chill way.
“To our valued customers: Restaurant Heaven unfortunately had to close due to the end of monetary economics.” 9.5/10
“The man for wisdom's various arts renown'd,
Long exercised in woes, O Muse! resound;
Who roam'd the spacious earth, and various ways
Tried human hearts, and learn'd their secret maze;
Great sufferings, patient, in his soul he bore,
Till fate decreed he should endure no more,
And bade him safe to Ithaca restore,
With joys domestic crown'd.”
7.7/10
>this was a reread<
Mori's art is the standout aspect of the work. The textiles are amazing and are consistently super detailed and beautiful. I'm not one to speak on it's accuracy, but you can feel the love and effort of the author coming through. The story telling done through the facial expressions were also fantastic, and something a picked up a lot more on my reread. Mori does a great job putting emotions into a panel with no text, probably on of the best manga at this I've read.
I'm reading an English translation of a Japanese Manga about a British ethnographer, traveling through central Asia learning of their cultures.. 9/10
>review for whole series<
Ended pretty well. I have followed this series for a few years now. The most violent Shoujo I've read, still lighthearted though.. Good slow burn romance, Hak is the goat.
You need to understand, she has to be followed by 5 attractive young men, most of whom have magic, and are totally devoted to her. 8.7/10
Simple, seemingly self-insert, power fantasy. Not only does she get the best dragon, she gets two dragons unlike anyone else. It's fairly enjoyable while reading it though. Romance was kinda lame though, to much just bestial attractions instead of real appreciation. We don't need to hear how hot Xaden is every time he appears in a scene.
My immersion was broken all the time. I really dislike contemporary swears in my pre-industrial fantasy books.
Wants to be a solider, basically in the special forces, yet doesn't want to kill anyone?? Somehow everyone thinks she's super smart despite this. 6.3/10
Fascinating histories. Fabrics really are at the center of our lives and existence and so often go unnoticed. The story of how fabrics have been developed is actually pretty inspirational.
Look at your clothing. Now looks closer, see every little tiny stitch imagine knitting every single one of those by hand. How much would someone have to pay you to make that clothing. 8.4/10
>review for the first 4 published Anne books<
Wonderful books, young Anne is amazing. The inexhaustible desire to love life. But Anne can't stay a child forever she has to grow. It is remarkable how little of precocious little Anne we really have, which is sad but beautiful. We see her grow from a young girl into a full woman.
I love the narrator, they are hilarious. It once describes a character as thinking in exclamation marks. I appreciate that Anne is often wrong from the view of the story. Even though she is generally good, she still has to learn lessons herself. These are books I want to read to my children one day.
The books aren't about grand conflicts they are about what really matters in life, the lives we actually live. Anne teaches us to use words larger then we know. To love and help those around us. To accept correction when needed. To do what is right whenever we can. To learn of the world, and to cherish the world. So go and be a kindred spirit, one of the race that knows Jacob.
“How are you going to end it – happily or unhappily?”
“I'm not sure. I'd like it to end unhappily, because that would be so much more romantic. But I understand editors have a prejudice against sad endings. I heard Professor Hamilton say once that nobody but a genius should try to write an unhappy ending.
And,” concluded Anne modestly, “I'm anything but a genius.”
“Oh I like happy endings best. You'd better let him marry her,” said Diana, who, especially since her engagement to Fred, thought this was how every story should end.
“But you like to cry over stories?”
“Oh, yes, in the middle of them. But I like everything to come right at last.” 9.4/10
An amazing book. Though it did take me a while to get through it as it is very long. Though I would not recommend an abridged version. The essays by the author aren't just tangents the author is taking. They are the real meat of the book. The story of Jean Val jean is,I believe, largely an excuse to write the essays. So if you don't like the essays you don't like Les Miserable.
A powerful story of repentance. It wasn't just Jean immediately becoming better. He does become a great man, but he still has moral issues he needs to work though. I love him, he has a ton of aura.
Hugo write with a passion for the desire to uplift the quality of the lives that the unfortunate live. He presents very moving arguments for the advancement of justice and equity.
He loves France so much he thinks the French sewage is the highest quality. 9.5/10
Good book.
The lives we live are not natural. What is natural is for childbearing to be often fatal. For most children to die. To die of common infection. I would have died in a childbirth. I have taken antibiotics. I live a higher quality of life then practically everyone who has ever lived. The wealth I experience can be expanded to more people in the world. It is the greatest of tragedies that it isn't. 8.4/10