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The Lamb
Lucy Rose
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The Lamb
Lucy Rose
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Boy Parts
Eliza Clark
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After Dark
Haruki Murakami
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I didn't mean to stay up till 1:45am reading, but I couldn't put it down till my eyes literally could not stay open.
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Anyone else imagine Elordi as The Creature while reading? 😅
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This book was not what I expected it to be. It was much slower, and the plot wasn't as tight as I would have preferred. The writing felt like a drag, the content could have been conveyed in a much more succinct fashion without affecting the story. This should have been a short-story instead!
The characters did not work for me. The Creature is sadly only judged by his appearance, our boy Frankenstein is a disgusting irresponsible cocky coward, and everyone else is perfectly 2D.
That being said, it does raise some poignant questions about the responsibility of a creator toward their creations, the role of ethics in deciding whether we should pursue certain developments in science, the nature vs. nurture argument, and the complexity of passing judgement and apportioning blame.
I might enjoy this more on a second read, but I don't know if I would want to put myself through the writing, the characters, and the plot again.
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Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
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A thirty-something married to a 19-year-old is a detail I am happy they changed for the movie 😅 I adore McCarthy's writing and put "Blood Meridian" on my tbr while I was reading this
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
Liu Cixin
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappé
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The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Norman G. Finkelstein
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