avatar

TheWhimsyInLife

lover of fantasy and sci-fi that dabbles in other genres

128 points

0% overlap
Level 2
My Taste
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
Little Thieves (Little Thieves, #1)
Star Wars: A New Hope
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Reading...
Nettle & Bone

TheWhimsyInLife made progress on...

4h
Nettle & Bone

Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

87%
0
0
Reply

Post from the Nettle & Bone forum

19h
  • Nettle & Bone
    Thoughts from 70% (page 171)
    spoilers

    View spoiler

    5
    comments 1
    Reply
  • TheWhimsyInLife made progress on...

    1d
    Nettle & Bone

    Nettle & Bone

    T. Kingfisher

    70%
    0
    0
    Reply

    Post from the Nettle & Bone forum

    1d
  • Nettle & Bone
    Thoughts from 46% (page 111)

    I'm starting to get why this is also in the cozy fantasy quest. It's definitely dark and definitely gothic horror but at the same time it is somehow also cozy. It doesn't sound like it should work together but it somehow toes the line between the gothic and the cozy perfectly and I love it!

    12
    comments 3
    Reply
  • TheWhimsyInLife wants to read...

    1d
    Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)

    Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)

    Rin Chupeco

    0
    0
    Reply

    TheWhimsyInLife made progress on...

    2d
    Nettle & Bone

    Nettle & Bone

    T. Kingfisher

    45%
    1
    0
    Reply

    TheWhimsyInLife finished reading and wrote a review...

    2d
  • The Drowning Faith (The Poppy War, #2.5)
    TheWhimsyInLife
    Oct 13, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
    😭

    Ohhh, I never knew just a few pages could break me so thoroughly, but this has done it and then some, especially that final little paragraph.

    I'm torn between when the best time to read this truly is in terms of optimal heartbreak: after chapter 5 of The Burning God, before chapter 9, or at the end of the book. All delicious options and all have a slightly different flavor of poignancy when it comes to that last line.

    0
    comments 0
    Reply
  • TheWhimsyInLife earned a badge

    2d
    Level 2

    Level 2

    100 points

    0
    0
    Reply

    TheWhimsyInLife finished reading and wrote a review...

    2d
  • The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
    TheWhimsyInLife
    Oct 13, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
    😭
    🐉
    🔥

    This whole series has had my heart from the moment I first picked it up about three weeks ago. The characters all have so much depth and are so perfectly morally gray that it's hard at times to decide just who it is I'm rooting for, especially when it comes to Rin. This book perfectly captures her decent into paranoia and madness from the beginning in a way that makes it feel like the only inevitable conclusion her journey could have had. Not only that, but I am absolutely in awe of the world RF Kuang has created. Not many series that involve war really show you the effects it has on the people from the famine to the dissent to the utter anger and desperation for revenge on those who have wronged them, and I have to say that her inclusion of these scenes just drove home the ending that much more.

    0
    comments 0
    Reply
  • The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
    Thoughts from 97% (page 596)
    spoilers

    View spoiler

    3
    comments 0
    Reply
  • TheWhimsyInLife made progress on...

    2d
    The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

    The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

    R.F. Kuang

    100%
    0
    0
    Reply
  • The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
    Thoughts from 84% (page 523)
    spoilers

    View spoiler

    4
    comments 0
    Reply
  • The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
    Thoughts from 70%
    spoilers

    View spoiler

    5
    comments 0
    Reply
  • TheWhimsyInLife made progress on...

    3d
    The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

    The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

    R.F. Kuang

    86%
    0
    0
    Reply
  • The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
    Thoughts from 62% (page 393)
    spoilers

    View spoiler

    3
    comments 0
    Reply