she/they, 21
★★★★
- way more interesting than i thought it was going to be tbh
★★★★
- way more interesting than i thought it was going to be tbh
★★★★★
- writing 12(!) characters in one book and have all of them be interesting....damn
- i think i need a big mind map and a family tree tho because i definitely lost track of who is related or who knows each other or which generation we're in
★★★★★
- writing 12(!) characters in one book and have all of them be interesting....damn
- i think i need a big mind map and a family tree tho because i definitely lost track of who is related or who knows each other or which generation we're in
★★★★.75
- perfection except it felt too spelt out at times. there was very little left to interpretation, everything was made SO clear. foot notes were helpful at times but honestly also a little too much at times. loved!! the story and writing tho
★★★★.75
- perfection except it felt too spelt out at times. there was very little left to interpretation, everything was made SO clear. foot notes were helpful at times but honestly also a little too much at times. loved!! the story and writing tho
★★★★★
- took me a while to get into it but looooved it then
★★★★★
- took me a while to get into it but looooved it then
★★★★
- nothing groundbreaking super deep but I read it on vacation and it was absolutely perfectly comfy and cozy for that!
★★★★
- nothing groundbreaking super deep but I read it on vacation and it was absolutely perfectly comfy and cozy for that!
★★★★★
- my shaylas 😭 they deserve everything and more, they had me giggling and kicking my feet
- also chinese-american lesbian, daughter of immigrants in the fifties in the us? yeah we need more of those stories
★★★★★
- my shaylas 😭 they deserve everything and more, they had me giggling and kicking my feet
- also chinese-american lesbian, daughter of immigrants in the fifties in the us? yeah we need more of those stories
★★★★★
- that was a bit of a hard read for me for personal reasons but oh, it is so incredibly well written, the way you can identify with the elena because there are no paragraphs so reading feels the way she's feeling? wow
★★★★★
- that was a bit of a hard read for me for personal reasons but oh, it is so incredibly well written, the way you can identify with the elena because there are no paragraphs so reading feels the way she's feeling? wow
★★★★
- i was rooting for my girl towards the end, my goodness she kept me on my toes
- also, full circle moment when i read the "if all the world hated you and believed you wicked" quote
★★★★
- i was rooting for my girl towards the end, my goodness she kept me on my toes
- also, full circle moment when i read the "if all the world hated you and believed you wicked" quote
★★★★
- absolutely LOVED it, it was honestly not a topic i had previously read about in books
- i might have to add that i read most of this on the beach in mallorca while it was slightly raining and that was exactly the right atmosphere for this book
★★★★
- absolutely LOVED it, it was honestly not a topic i had previously read about in books
- i might have to add that i read most of this on the beach in mallorca while it was slightly raining and that was exactly the right atmosphere for this book
★★★★½
- loved it, beautifully written, slightly disappointed by the end. though it was not wrong...i guess....
★★★★½
- loved it, beautifully written, slightly disappointed by the end. though it was not wrong...i guess....
★★★★★
- it's so wholesome and so adorable and the drawings are so cute
★★★★★
- it's so wholesome and so adorable and the drawings are so cute
★★★★
- more grotesque than i'm used to but definitely an interesting read
★★★★
- more grotesque than i'm used to but definitely an interesting read