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Right off the bat - this is the first book I've read by Andrew Joseph Scott. I spent much of this book very confused on what the Hive was. There was a lot of information that wasn't known. I think that's something you have to come to terms with. I've never seen such raw relatable feelings around being trans and what it feels like on the inside.
Obviously, Sophie was not a boy. She was a girl who just had to try very, very hard to be a girl. She was a girl who looked at pictures of transgender men on social media and got pissed because they got to be men and she didn’t. If she really was a boy, somebody would have told her. Somebody would’ve given her permission to do something about it.
I had very middling feelings about it until the final 1/3 and then it skyrocketed to something entirely new.
Right off the bat - this is the first book I've read by Andrew Joseph Scott. I spent much of this book very confused on what the Hive was. There was a lot of information that wasn't known. I think that's something you have to come to terms with. I've never seen such raw relatable feelings around being trans and what it feels like on the inside.
Obviously, Sophie was not a boy. She was a girl who just had to try very, very hard to be a girl. She was a girl who looked at pictures of transgender men on social media and got pissed because they got to be men and she didn’t. If she really was a boy, somebody would have told her. Somebody would’ve given her permission to do something about it.
I had very middling feelings about it until the final 1/3 and then it skyrocketed to something entirely new.
This was the finale in the first arc of Stormlight Archive. It has a lot of implications, sets up a lot of things, and also had some cool moments in it. I won’t say it was perfect, there were and are a lot of changes to the tone from Rhythm of War. Some of the events struck me as a weird choice but I appreciate it for what it’s setting up. It is very jarring to hear Kaladin say “I’m game!” and the tens of therapist references. It ranks as not my favorite but enjoyable enough I eagerly await the other half of Stormlight.
This was the finale in the first arc of Stormlight Archive. It has a lot of implications, sets up a lot of things, and also had some cool moments in it. I won’t say it was perfect, there were and are a lot of changes to the tone from Rhythm of War. Some of the events struck me as a weird choice but I appreciate it for what it’s setting up. It is very jarring to hear Kaladin say “I’m game!” and the tens of therapist references. It ranks as not my favorite but enjoyable enough I eagerly await the other half of Stormlight.
This book is a debut, that is incredible to think about. This book is a dark fantasy and I think people should take that into consideration prior to starting this. This story made me realize that I am a very big fan of tragic antagonists. The twist at the end of this caught my breath and brought tears to my eyes. The story is about love, grief, someone being more than the circumstances of their upbringing. Chinese fantasy remains top tier.
"Goodnight, Terren."
This book is a debut, that is incredible to think about. This book is a dark fantasy and I think people should take that into consideration prior to starting this. This story made me realize that I am a very big fan of tragic antagonists. The twist at the end of this caught my breath and brought tears to my eyes. The story is about love, grief, someone being more than the circumstances of their upbringing. Chinese fantasy remains top tier.
"Goodnight, Terren."
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Ohhh my god. More to come.
I have thoughts, boy do I have thoughts, and I will get to them over the next few days. Update to follow.
I have thoughts, boy do I have thoughts, and I will get to them over the next few days. Update to follow.
I have thoughts, boy do I have thoughts, and I will get to them over the next few days. Update to follow.
I have thoughts, boy do I have thoughts, and I will get to them over the next few days. Update to follow.
I want to start off by saying that this was the first time I've ever conciously noted the prose of a book. The way the author used such flowery descriptive language was captivating.
Her voice was a lazy curl of smoke, a rich woman’s voice, beautiful and thoroughly obnoxious.
The emotional journey that the two FMC's go through is one that is of two-parts. Each individual has their own grief and trauma to go through by themselves and also together. A very central theme of this is tackling what it means to decide your own fate versus what's "decided" for you. I'm a very big fan of found family scenarios and a secondary enemies to lovers plotline.
Her Galath, Elayne’s Galath, finally knew love and family. He knew it with her only family: Hari, her brother of choice, the only person she’d let stay close; and Vina, her Vina.
Overall, this book was very sweet. I loved the way it was written. If you want a fantasy written in the UK featuring a diverse cast, I would highly recommend The Isle in the Sea.
I want to start off by saying that this was the first time I've ever conciously noted the prose of a book. The way the author used such flowery descriptive language was captivating.
Her voice was a lazy curl of smoke, a rich woman’s voice, beautiful and thoroughly obnoxious.
The emotional journey that the two FMC's go through is one that is of two-parts. Each individual has their own grief and trauma to go through by themselves and also together. A very central theme of this is tackling what it means to decide your own fate versus what's "decided" for you. I'm a very big fan of found family scenarios and a secondary enemies to lovers plotline.
Her Galath, Elayne’s Galath, finally knew love and family. He knew it with her only family: Hari, her brother of choice, the only person she’d let stay close; and Vina, her Vina.
Overall, this book was very sweet. I loved the way it was written. If you want a fantasy written in the UK featuring a diverse cast, I would highly recommend The Isle in the Sea.