Giuli

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RATING: 3.5\n\nSaga is cool. I started volume 1 out of curiosity, because I heard a lot of people say good things about it.\n\nIn reality, for an “adult” comic, it's great! Usually, I don't like adult comics, maybe because I find some situations weird when they're presented graphically.\n\nI didn't love it, I liked it, but I also don't intend to continue because it's them running away and being chased for I don't know how many volumes?\n\nI'm also not very fond of the incessant repetition of the +18 scenes (violence and sex). But I thought it was cool to read the first volume to get to know the universe and characters. It is well written and very well drawn. I'm just not a fan of comic series, I prefer the stand alones haha.

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

Thank you so much Maya MacGregor and NetGalley for this eARC!\n\nIf you love a wide variety of representation in books like me, this one's for you!! Even though ““The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester”” sounds like it has a very cliché whodunnit plot, it brings much more than a mystery to the table. Not only do the communities this book represents need rep in ““cliché”” plots, but this book also intertwines problems within the community to the mystery.\n\nSam Sylvester is the non-binary autistic MAIN CHARACTER we all needed, and their father is a gem too. Yes, you will be slapped across the face with MANY hurthful truths and scenes, but that's why I loved this book. It doesn't sugar coat the VERY bad situation that happens to Sam and, unfortunately, still happens to many LGBTQIA+ teens to this day. The only thing I wanted to deep dive into a little more was the autistic side of Sam (and I'm using the term used by Sam/the author in the book to refer to ASD) - but it was okay that I didn't get to though, because it made sense that the reader wouldn't be someone Sam would share something so deep and personal upfront. This was only my personal curiosity, it still is very well presented and I loved it. <3\n\nGreat for nostalgic 80's lovers - though it doesn't focus that much on this topic -, this book gives me 80's movie vibes, with many loving and interesting characters in this newcomer to town setting. It reminded me a lot of Back To The Future 1 for some reason (but it has nothing to do with it). It also felt very real, not only due to the raw scenes and situations, but because of the small things that happen that can hurt you the most, small details or even situations that come alongside mundane things.\n\nI found some things to be unlikely, even if this mystery isn't an ““epic”” one, like Agatha Christie's. But considering the absurd things that can happen to LGBTQIA+ people - and the repertoire of very bad crimes that happen to anyone who is not a cis-het white man in my country - it was plausible enough.\n\nI REALLY think everyone should give this a shot. Whether you're an adult or teenager, whether you're LGBTQIA+ or not, this book is revolutionary. This book taught me a lot!\n\nWhen I finished it, I felt happy that someone chose this book to come out of a publishing house and made it possible that we have another beautiful and respectful story with great representation of these minorities, I cried a lot. Relief washed through me and I also felt like Sam was a new friend I could count on.