mathildur's reviews
1005 reviews

This was not for me, I think I disliked almost every aspect of the book. The way the mmc went from hot to cold in the beginning gave me whiplash (and made me immediately stop shipping the couple, he should have gone to therapy and the fmc should have run away), the stupid third act breakup, the way none of them talked to each other about the things that matter, the way the mmc described the fmc, just ugh. I also feel like this was a novella for no reason? There's so much in here that it should have been a full novel, it just isn't? So it just reads as a novel with a lot of missing plot and character progression. 

En veldig interessant bok, med mye som kan diskuteres og analyseres. Den ble til tider litt for uforståelig for meg, men samtidig måtte jeg lese videre. Jeg likte hvor ekte boken føltes, og den veldig originale fortellerstemmen! 

Denne burde alle lese.

This was knot for me. 

I enjoyed this one a lot! I read a review that says: although The Tempest might seem like a revenge play at first, it is truly a play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the journey home. I find I mostly agree with this, if not for the treatment of Caliban and the discourse around colonialism connected to his character. Still, I must say this is an incredibly complex play. It is part romance, part revenge plot, part murder planning, part magic and illusion, and part comedy. But even as it is all this, it didn't feel too chaotic to understand. The play was also full of hard-hitting lines and good one-liners, which I really enjoyed. All in all, this climed high up on the list of my favorite Shakespeares. 

I was locked in almost immediately, this story grabbed me with two hands and it did not let me go. I think Ghosts is a very interesting book that contains a different story for every reader, depending on how they read it and what they read into it. To me, this was a story about the gruesome reality of war combined with the fascinating human ability to both create and find myth and magic where there was none before. At first, I was very surprised at how strong the supernatural elements were, I was expecting more of a "clean" historical fiction. I came to thoroughly enjoy those elements though. Ghosts did not blow me away in the way I was hoping, but I still enjoyed it! 

Definitely look up the trigger warnings for this one.

This was delicious! I loved it. The story was engaging and surprisingly hard-hitting for being less than 200 pages long. It is a bloody revenge story that becomes surprisingly sweet as Joy and Malachi get to know each other. It is fluffy, it is smutty, it is exactly what I wanted when I read it. 

I think it is fair to mention that the way I read this book probably ruined some of it for me. I picked this one up thinking it was a cute but predictable romance book, which also means I picked it up to have something to read 5-10 pages of just before bed. However, this is not a romance book, and I should have waited until I was ready to commit to reading more than 10ish pages per day before starting it. It took me almost four months to finish this, because I never properly got into it until the second half, due to how I only ever read a tiny percentage at a time. All that being said, I think the story was really good! It is all about the power of libraries and books in our lives. The Reading List illustrates how much there is to learn from literature. The story gives us an unlikely friendship and teaches us about the importance of friendship and human connection, especially through grief and hardship. I recommend giving this a shot, just be ready to read more of it at once than I did lol! 

My goodness, Himiko Toga really turned the tide!! Also La Brava and Gentle made an appearence??? Lmao did not see that one coming. However, I'm still kinda confused and I feel like the story is all over the place? I think this whole arc might turn out better when it's animated tbh, it might be easier to follow along. 

Finally Tanaka gets to shine a bit, and we get to know him better!! Also, the Nekoma match and Kenma/Tora was so intense and funny!