Laighre (atá ar foluain)
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Lyra, she/they, sí/siad 🏳️⚧️
seemingly i'm pretty short-story-pilled atm. this was great - i find it genuinely impossible to put into words what i found so special about Barrett's writing, but there's really something there. magic in the mundanity. ended up ordering a copy of his debut collection before i even finished this
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
seemingly i'm pretty short-story-pilled atm. this was great - i find it genuinely impossible to put into words what i found so special about Barrett's writing, but there's really something there. magic in the mundanity. ended up ordering a copy of his debut collection before i even finished this
also read A Pale View of Hills, which was fabulous but so, so very ishiguro, to the point that i think i'd have been pretty annoyed by it if i had read it soon after i read Remains of the Day or An Artist of the Floating World
ishiguro himself seems to agree:
ishiguro himself seems to agree:
October 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
also read A Pale View of Hills, which was fabulous but so, so very ishiguro, to the point that i think i'd have been pretty annoyed by it if i had read it soon after i read Remains of the Day or An Artist of the Floating World
ishiguro himself seems to agree:
ishiguro himself seems to agree:
finished this a couple of nights ago. i've never read anything quite like it. light, almost simplistic writing with so much depth to it.
October 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
finished this a couple of nights ago. i've never read anything quite like it. light, almost simplistic writing with so much depth to it.
fuckin. i somehow just totally missed that it was even an option after nearly getting it on my first guess
October 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
fuckin. i somehow just totally missed that it was even an option after nearly getting it on my first guess
wim hof's evil twin has the exact opposite hobby
September 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
wim hof's evil twin has the exact opposite hobby
but yeah the Belvedere fucks. to be clear, there was a lot that i liked beyond just the popular Klimt stuff, but it was genuinely electric walking into a room and seeing Judith I
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
but yeah the Belvedere fucks. to be clear, there was a lot that i liked beyond just the popular Klimt stuff, but it was genuinely electric walking into a room and seeing Judith I
somehow "it's him. the guy" doesn't feel quite as fitting as usual
September 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
somehow "it's him. the guy" doesn't feel quite as fitting as usual
yeah damn. she does so much and she does it so deftly. gonna be turning this one over in my mind for a while. gripped me from the start and i would have finished it in one sitting if my flight had been long enough
September 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
yeah damn. she does so much and she does it so deftly. gonna be turning this one over in my mind for a while. gripped me from the start and i would have finished it in one sitting if my flight had been long enough
i did really want skittles but i can't even be mad that they're out of them when it leads to this
September 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
i did really want skittles but i can't even be mad that they're out of them when it leads to this
i love dealing with utility companies
August 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
i love dealing with utility companies
heavier than i realised it was going to be, which i think is largely to its credit but yeesh. raw, unflinching depictions of some heavy shit. there was a lot to like - the gradual reveals were done well - but some aspects fell pretty flat for me (eg the couple of fairy tale interludes)
August 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
heavier than i realised it was going to be, which i think is largely to its credit but yeesh. raw, unflinching depictions of some heavy shit. there was a lot to like - the gradual reveals were done well - but some aspects fell pretty flat for me (eg the couple of fairy tale interludes)
it's him. the guy
August 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
it's him. the guy
goddamn. the sailor who fell from grace with the sea was quite something. fucked up and beautiful. wrong language to be reading in on my way to paris but whatever
August 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
goddamn. the sailor who fell from grace with the sea was quite something. fucked up and beautiful. wrong language to be reading in on my way to paris but whatever
closing out pride month with this. trenchant observations and real poignancy marred by blocks of dialogue that read like tumblr posts and the author *really* wanting you to get the comparisons she was making - but christ if it didn't make me cry more than anything i can remember reading
June 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
closing out pride month with this. trenchant observations and real poignancy marred by blocks of dialogue that read like tumblr posts and the author *really* wanting you to get the comparisons she was making - but christ if it didn't make me cry more than anything i can remember reading
in this kind of mood again
June 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
in this kind of mood again
no they didn't do Heaven either
June 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
no they didn't do Heaven either
this was good fun. probably not the kind of thing i would normally go for but a friend gave it to me ages ago and i'm glad he did. arguably fitting for pride month, but only arguably
June 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
this was good fun. probably not the kind of thing i would normally go for but a friend gave it to me ages ago and i'm glad he did. arguably fitting for pride month, but only arguably
this was very good. an easy read even when it was delving into some heavy shit. as ever alyson greaves writes sentences that punch you in the fucking throat if you can relate, and thank christ there was a lot in this i couldn't relate to
June 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
this was very good. an easy read even when it was delving into some heavy shit. as ever alyson greaves writes sentences that punch you in the fucking throat if you can relate, and thank christ there was a lot in this i couldn't relate to
jesus fucking christ
May 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
jesus fucking christ
is it ridiculous of me to be going to concerts on four of my 18 days in japan? yes, probably. but counterargument: 春、夏、秋、冬、ラブリーサマー！
April 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
is it ridiculous of me to be going to concerts on four of my 18 days in japan? yes, probably. but counterargument: 春、夏、秋、冬、ラブリーサマー！