3.25/5 - I don't shy away from ugly topics and I love books that make me uncomfortable and emotional. This book was well-written but I had issues with the romanticization of the subject matter. This was not a love story, despite the author obviously wanting it to be.
3.25/5 - I don't shy away from ugly topics and I love books that make me uncomfortable and emotional. This book was well-written but I had issues with the romanticization of the subject matter. This was not a love story, despite the author obviously wanting it to be.
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4/5 - beautiful writing and the first half of the book was a 5 star read. I generally don't like blatant foreshadowing (ie ...and that would be the last time she saw her for five years...) and I found the break to be contrived and not overly realistic. Mowed through it.
4/5 - beautiful writing and the first half of the book was a 5 star read. I generally don't like blatant foreshadowing (ie ...and that would be the last time she saw her for five years...) and I found the break to be contrived and not overly realistic. Mowed through it.
Nate is a #UCP MLA for #Lethbridge East.
Nate voted to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to help end the teachers’ strike.
Nate could use the NWC again.
1/6
Nate is a #UCP MLA for #Lethbridge East.
Nate voted to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to help end the teachers’ strike.
Nate could use the NWC again.
1/6
5/5 - this has been on my TBR for awhile. Maggie O'Farrell is a fantastic writer, and this is her masterpiece. A lyrical, quiet book on love and grief. It was nominally about Shakespeare but could have been about any family, and I loved that it was told in present tense.
5/5 - this has been on my TBR for awhile. Maggie O'Farrell is a fantastic writer, and this is her masterpiece. A lyrical, quiet book on love and grief. It was nominally about Shakespeare but could have been about any family, and I loved that it was told in present tense.
4.25/5 - I enjoyed this more than Boy Parts by the same author. I do love an unreliable narrator, even though this one was sleazier than I'm generally okay with. Everyone is unreliable and it does highlight some of the problems with the true crime industry.
4.25/5 - I enjoyed this more than Boy Parts by the same author. I do love an unreliable narrator, even though this one was sleazier than I'm generally okay with. Everyone is unreliable and it does highlight some of the problems with the true crime industry.
From a province that is mandating the bullshit phrase "Strong and Free" on our licence plates (which is also their party logo). An absolutely unprecedented attack on constitutional rights.
Danielle Smith is an absolute trash bag of a human being.
From a province that is mandating the bullshit phrase "Strong and Free" on our licence plates (which is also their party logo). An absolutely unprecedented attack on constitutional rights.
Danielle Smith is an absolute trash bag of a human being.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
3.75/5 - A reviewer better than I called this a fever dream and it is an apt description. It took a little time to get my bearings, but once I did I was invested in making sure that Shy came out of his night time jaunt okay.
3.75/5 - A reviewer better than I called this a fever dream and it is an apt description. It took a little time to get my bearings, but once I did I was invested in making sure that Shy came out of his night time jaunt okay.
4.75/5 - Adam Haslett writes beautifully and some of the passages almost made me stop breathing. A thought provoking read on mental illness and how it reverberates through a family. Some of Michael's parts were a slog, but I think that was the intent. Highly recommended.
4.75/5 - Adam Haslett writes beautifully and some of the passages almost made me stop breathing. A thought provoking read on mental illness and how it reverberates through a family. Some of Michael's parts were a slog, but I think that was the intent. Highly recommended.
3.25/5 - beautifully written, and had the story been solely about the sister it would have been outstanding. The "romance" was rushed, unbelievable, and just awkward. The heart of the book is the relationship between the two sisters, and this is what made it a better book.
3.25/5 - beautifully written, and had the story been solely about the sister it would have been outstanding. The "romance" was rushed, unbelievable, and just awkward. The heart of the book is the relationship between the two sisters, and this is what made it a better book.
me now: what a joy it is to spend so much money to bring a resentful, world class asshole to see sights that were incomprehensible to me at his age
me now: what a joy it is to spend so much money to bring a resentful, world class asshole to see sights that were incomprehensible to me at his age