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hramona's reviews
405 reviews
Dune by Frank Herbert
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Oh boy. The closer I got to the end the more I struggled with it.
1) why create a matriarchal world (ish) with deep lore and fully fleshed out characters to make the fucking chosen one, the protagonist,,,, a boy. Tiring.
2) to have created such incredible depth of interplanetary politics and whole worlds with species and languages and religions, and then call the main character…. Paul. PAUL. Who bullied you Frank
3) the closer to the end the stronger the colonial white-saviour vibes
4) didn’t love the “oh we know they’re a villain because they’re fat, ugly, and gay”. Pls. Pls no more.
Need a pal to explain why they love this series so much
1) why create a matriarchal world (ish) with deep lore and fully fleshed out characters to make the fucking chosen one, the protagonist,,,, a boy. Tiring.
2) to have created such incredible depth of interplanetary politics and whole worlds with species and languages and religions, and then call the main character…. Paul. PAUL. Who bullied you Frank
3) the closer to the end the stronger the colonial white-saviour vibes
4) didn’t love the “oh we know they’re a villain because they’re fat, ugly, and gay”. Pls. Pls no more.
Need a pal to explain why they love this series so much
The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Okay but I want MORE of this book please!!!!!!!
Beowulf: A New Translation by Anonymous
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This is an absolutely superb translation of Beowulf. So so engaging. Particularly love Beowulf absolutely tearing someone to pieces for doubting him on one probably feasible occasion. Hilarious.
Also LOVED the fact that the women weren’t just shiny things/reasons only for gratuitous violence!!!!!! Please read this
Also LOVED the fact that the women weren’t just shiny things/reasons only for gratuitous violence!!!!!! Please read this
Shell Life on the Seashore by Philip Street
informative
fast-paced
2.75
This is hard because I really love this topic. I have such a fascination with all things marine, especially conchology but man this book just. Didn’t do it.
I did learn some things I didn’t know. I deepened my knowledge of shells found on the shores where I live. That’s about where my positives end. He just seemed… bored? Like he really wasn’t engaged in this book AT ALL. The final nail in the coffin for me was the bizarre guide at the end on how to kill molluscs????,,,,??? Ok???
Read Spirals of Time instead. Much more engaging, much more fun, much better written.
I did learn some things I didn’t know. I deepened my knowledge of shells found on the shores where I live. That’s about where my positives end. He just seemed… bored? Like he really wasn’t engaged in this book AT ALL. The final nail in the coffin for me was the bizarre guide at the end on how to kill molluscs????,,,,??? Ok???
Read Spirals of Time instead. Much more engaging, much more fun, much better written.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Yikes. I remember loving Fangirl when I was younger which is the only reason I picked this up and Y I K E S. Completely baffled as to why the casual and constant micro aggressive (and sometimes not even micro) racism was deemed a necessary edition to this? For why Rowell???????????????? Why?????????
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Good Christ. I don’t think this woman has ever interacted with a teenage girl. This was bizarre and had moments of promise but ultimately was underscored by ingrained misogyny (nothing terrible but enough to make you itch) and real poor rendition of witches? MAYBE? Who even fucking knows.
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Ooft. I read this after adoring All The Light We Cannot See a few years ago and for a large portion of this book found it fucking hard going. Hard to keep up and maintain multiple timelines and characters all in my head.
That being said, having finished it, it was wonderful. Touching and sums everything that I love about old books and Ancient Greek texts. How one tale could survive thousands of years through word of mouth and copying and almost falling out of existence. The way these stories can touch people and change them. I love.
Also kinda wanna be a translator now rip
That being said, having finished it, it was wonderful. Touching and sums everything that I love about old books and Ancient Greek texts. How one tale could survive thousands of years through word of mouth and copying and almost falling out of existence. The way these stories can touch people and change them. I love.
Also kinda wanna be a translator now rip