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goodreads hates me cuz it kicked me out the first time i tried to write my review.
you know that one dance moms quote that is like “im just trying to enjoy my evening when all of a sudden i hear this agitating grating voice” that is me when the chapter is not in leos pov. i forgot how much i disliked the new group. jason and piper get better throughout the book but they are so annoying at first it makes it hard to read. i really do miss the old group. i have two notes one after another on my kindle copy that say “i miss percy” and the one a few pages after is “i miss grover too”. like u cant outdo the doer ya know? maybe its just nostalgia that makes me think this but i just finished the first series so i think my point is justified.
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4.5 stars
omg what a wild and disgusting book. you wouldnt know that it was the same author as myorr if it wasnt printed on the book. its a complete 180 in story telling and content of the book. yes there are writing similarities but damn.
i finished the book late last night and was super tiered when i threw a sticky note in their listing the 7 deadly sins. idk how i thought it was supposed to connect but with the story revolving around god. i thought somehow maybe each of these “main” characters represented a sin. i still havent thought it through but still think it's interesting.
SPOILER SECTION
every singe character disturbed me and made me feel gross but by far the worst for me was Ina. cuz wtf was she doing this entire book besides being a fucking menace. like old asf witch comes to town and all the villagers think is omg let her nurse our babies. and letting marek eat her out is absolutely foul as marek is a fool and doesnt know shit.
i had a feeling as soon as marek started his stay at the castle that he was going to end up king by the end of the book but it was really quick and fast how everyone happened.
the fact that the story starts with marek unknowling watch his real father die and then ends with marek killing his brother knowingly is so silly to me. like okayyy go off ottessa.
END SPOILERS
overall i really enjoyed this book and how everything was laid out and you had to look for the details.
ottessa you sick son of a bitch, thank you.
Sylvia Plath is a mastermind of descriptive writing, especially when it comes to suicide and mental health. It shouldn't surprise me as she killed herself, but the way she describes Esthers depression and attempts is so ruthless. The entire book is meticulous in how it builds up to the end. There are some moments where I couldn't quite tell if what I was reading was happening in that moment of the book or if it was a flashback, and I think that helps tie into Esthers feelings of loneliness and numbness. I recently had the option to chose this book for my english class but I would've had to wait another month before finishing it and I just couldn't. The book just pulls you in and you don't want to look away because every little detail has a meaning in here. “I am, i am, i am.”
What could I even say about this book that hasn't already been said before. The writing is gorgeous and the story moves along at a solid pace. The only problem I had with it was the last chapter just felt really slow. This book in many areas was descriptive to a point where i felt as if i were in the house with the girls, feeling the same pain, aching, and longing that they did. This could all be because I watched the movie before I read the book but either way this book was so amazing. It is just so captivating to think of yourself as one of the boys watching the girls they idolized in a sense one by one. There were so many parts I underlined as I read it and so many moments where i just had to put the book down and try not to cry. Solid 5 stars. Jeffery writing this thru the view of the boys in the town and using non singular pronouns to describe the narrator is genius. That is what drew me in and made me feel connected because it was as if I was one of the boys watching all of this happen. The ending was cruel, . I could write what feels like an entire essay on this book and the symbolism of the girls, trees, graveyard, and the take of how suicide effects not only the family but a community, how girls are seen thru the eyes of others at a teenage state, and the suicides themselves and how they all relate. There is so much jammed into a book of roughly 250 pages and I've never had a book effect or hit me like this.
DNF
It has been over a year since i last touched this book and in all honesty i did really think i would read it last year but alas. I think i got to like page 80 or something then was like, fuck this book, and never touched it since. I have read plenty of reviews on this book, both good and bad, but i just have to think this book sucks. As one of my fave ppl i follow on goodreads, (säid, i think), said, this book is just tourture porn. I do eventually want to try and finish it but for now, ta-ta.
oh my god. I am a sucker for a “lets run away together” romance. The book isnt all about romance thank god. It was a quick and easy read, I enjoyed it. Couldve been more descriptive at times and had the plot start sooner than halfway in the book, but was fun. Had a few and good plot twists near the end.
