Giuli

Destruiu o meu coração, minhas entranhas, e me deu vida ao mesmo tempo\nEu me vi no livro, em tantos relacionamentos, e não só amorosos, vale muito a pena, Sally escreve como se tivesse captado os gestos mais minuciosos e humanos possíveis\n\n“Ele olhou o fundo do copo.” Essa frase ficou marcada pra mim, por expressar tanta coisa, num gesto tão simples (além de ser extremamente cinematográfico, encontra ações que expressam sentimentos e não são correlatas)\n\nDefinitivamente não é um romance romântico e muito menos leve... ele é real, apenas\n\nai perfeição

RATING: 5\n\nI just re-read this book after 8 years and oh my god now I know why this book made me into a bookworm\n\nFor some dumb reason my young self thought this book was okay but after reading many many distopian novels and fantasies throughout the years, this is the OG SH*T IT'S INCREDIBLE \n\nI will never understand how this is YA, cause the social issues and the description of hunger were hard to read, but also very true to the time we're living in\n\nSUZANNE COLLINS YOU GOT YOURSELF A CLASSIC I'm so glad I got to read this book when it first came out and fall in love with it with everyone else and now my dumb self has just favorited it and turned it into a must read for everyone\n\nUgh I just can't, I'm not thinking properly\n\nAlso, Tatiana Maslany, WHAT WAS THAT AUDIOBOOK GIRL YOU KILLED IT

4.5 in fact, and only because I wasn't physically shocked by anything but dear god no flaws!

RATING #1 (1st read): 3/5\nRATING #2 (2nd read): 5/5

First read (2016): 5 + favorite\nSecond read (2021): 4.5\n\nRegarding the story, this book is still pretty good. Medium-paced, enjoyable and feels-like-a-pioneer to the videogame book world. However, some dialogues didn't age well. They were not seen as deep-rooted prejudice/misoginy when I first read this book, because the discussions on ““things that you don't mean to sound bad, but do sound bad”” (unintentional prejudice) wasn't around - at least in my country - and speech consciousness wasn't discussed. Even my younger self passed by them notionless. Considering this book is plot-driven and we don't get much of a deeper insight of Wade's mind, the dialogues said by him look like, and by the context, are probably unintentional/speech mistakes (we'll never know 100%), which is fine, we're all learning. But they did stood out to me and I was, well, disappointed. It took a little bit of the good feeling and lost its favorite badge, but I can't lie and not recognize that this book marked me as a reader, brought me good things and joy - though I don't think I will recommend it further.\n\nThankfully, the newly (to me, cause I'm late to the game) found out weird porn-loving gamer personality of the author doesn't leak through the book, but unfortunately, he won't earn any more places in my shelves. I personally don't think it deeply affected this story for me, but it can be disgusting to other people so be aware if you want to read it. Trust me, the journey is worth it, sometimes the builders of the road are a bit broken, but it doesn't mean that the road doesn't work. Anyway, I'll just ignore him cause he doesn't look like the kind easy to fix. \n\nIf you, reader, still want to read this book, just be aware, don't further these misconceptions any further and please reflect and discuss on the topics <3