bookishfaye's reviews
593 reviews

Very interesting and spicy Roku x Sozin background lore, & knowing everything that comes of this adds a layer of devastation and agony that hits. At times it was definitely a bit slow & repetitive, but I enjoyed this!

Cannibalism metaphor, queer theory, critical disability studies, trauma/grief narrative, nature of monstrosity commentary all wrapped up in a semi “cozy” (arguably) genre bending horror/folklore/literary realism story with a wildly unique narrative structure where each act is narrated by a different character…. Ate this up ngl

Highly recommend reading this book in nature if you can. This is a nonfiction that at times read a tad too textbook-y for my liking, but there’s so many beautiful quotes in here & it’s such a powerful indigenous perspective on the earth & I had such a grounding experience reading this

Would you still love me if I was a snail 

Dnf 42% in, idk what it is about Stephen’s writing style that I just can’t seem to wrap my head around but it’s like I’m reading simlish 

Anne Rice you are so crazy for this…. Lestat apparently they can make me love you……

The beginning and ending were a very strong 5⭐️ vibe. The middle portion at times had pacing issues, but I felt like Anne’s incorporation of history was very very interesting, and I can’t WAIT to see how to show retells this book oh my GODDDDDD. 

I can’t bring myself to give this book 5⭐️ though I loved it. Anne simply writes very questionable things at times. Her obsession with incestuous erotic undertones is so weird and bizarre, & this book definitely falls into some questionably orientalist tropes at times & I’m very interested to see how the show will handle this.

Was just reading a tad too young for me 

A visceral firsthand account of growing up in Occupied Palestine, the treatment of Palestinians by the IDF, & the accounts of time spent in Israeli prison. Such an important read that I wish more people knew about 

This was a really cute premise that was definitely reminiscent of like Alice in Wonderland/Narnia/Ready Player 1/Stranger Things, but I wish the fantasy elements felt more true to the 90’s dark fantasy aesthetic, & honestly I wish this book had horror elements to it as well. The first half of this was cute & good, but the second half really dragged & I feel like in the end nothing really happened? 

I have been so excited for this book for so long and unfortunately the English translation is just not clicking in my brain. I’m actually devastated and wish I spoke the original language because this book seems really good