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Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
2022 is officially dead to me. look, i don’t know what to say or write besides me not liking this book is one big & unwelcome twist. having loved every TRC book and book 1 and 2 in this dreamer trilogy, i wasn’t even worried about not loving this. ah. what a fool. the more…
3 STARS, 3rd pov, America, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ARTISTS, brothers, cambridge (us), confusing for the sake of being confusing, Contemporary, Dreams, f/f side, fairytalesque prose, FANTASY, favourite authors, female authors, friendships, gay, Harvard, lgbtq+, m/m, Maggie Stiefvater, PARANORMAL, published in 2022, queer, queer side characters, read in 2022, series that went downhill, the dreamer trilogy, the raven cycle, unreliable narrative, URBAN FANTASY, virginia -
Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater
“Your Boyfriend Called, He Thinks You’ve Joined a Cult, Please Advise.” Mister Impossible may be Stiefvater’s trickiest novel. I inhaled it in just a day and part of me knows that I need to re-read in order to truly absorb everything that went down. This is the kind of novel that leaves you feeling pretty…
3rd pov, 4 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, adrenaline fuelled reads, ambiguous protagonist, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ART/CREATIVITY, ARTISTS, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, BOSTON, brothers, cambridge (us), chronic pain, Contemporary, dreamers, Dreams, f/f side, fairytalesque prose, FANTASY, favourite authors, female authors, friendships, gay, great storytelling, Harvard, heist, lgbtq+, loneliness, m/m, Maggie Stiefvater, MAGIC, Massachusetts, My reviews, PARANORMAL, published in 2021, queer, read in 2021, reading, road trip, Ronan Lynch, self-destructive, series that went downhill, tarots, tdr, the dreamer trilogy, trauma, unreliable narrative, URBAN FANTASY, virginia, YOUNG ADULT -
New People by Danzy Senna
“When she was just a kid, Gloria told her never to trust a group of happy, smiling multiracial people. Never trust races when they get along, she said. If you see different races of people just standing around, smiling at one another, run for the hills, kid. Take cover. They’ll break your heart.” A disquieting…
1990s, 20th century, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, Adult, ALIENATION, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, bad love, Contemporary, contemporary malaise, Danzy Senna, ennui, existentialism, favourite authors, female authors, feverish, grotesque, hallucinations, identity, introspective, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, mental health, New People, NEW YORK, obsession, passing, PUBLISHED IN 2017, RACE, re-reads, read in 2021, read in 2022, she is not feeling good at all, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, stalking, the female malaise, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, unreliable narrative, unrequited love -
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson — book review
“Dearest dearest darling most important dearest darling Natalie—this is me talking, your own priceless own Natalie.” Alice in Wonderland meets The Bell Jar in Shirley Jackson’s much overlooked Hangsaman.The first time I read this exceedingly perplexing novel I felt confused. Although Hangsaman shares many similarities with Jackson’s more well known novels (yet again we have…
1950s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, academia, Adult, ALIENATION, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, atmospheric, campus, cheating, coming of age, dark academia, dark humor, DEPRESSION, female authors, female doubles, feverish, hallucinations, Hangsaman, HISTORICAL FICTION, MAGIC, MARRIAGE, mental health, Natalie Waite, psychological, published in 1951, re-reads, READ IN 2019, read in 2020, read in 2021, SHIRLEY JACKSON, SUSPENSE, tarots, terrific prose, toxic relationships, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, unreliable narrative, witchcraft
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