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Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar
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The Pairing
Casey McQuiston
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WOW. Don't hate me, but I hated this.
I don't mean to yuck anyone's yum, and I can see the appeal of viewing this like a day time soap opera, but truly - I found nothing about this novel to be worth while. The characters are all insufferable and that insufferableness doesn't serve a purpose. The constant violence and abuse is so normalized it also fails to make a commentary. No greater message is delivered, no shining beauty is outlined in the midst of the suffering, nor is there any meaningful hope to be found. Nor is the "love" love; it is toxic and possessive and poisonous and often wildly inappropriate.
I do truly understand that sometimes life just sucks, and there are an abundance of people who only live in misery begot by misery begot by misery. I want more from my books, though. I want a clarion call, a seed to nurture, anything to make wading through a litany of melancholy to be worth it. Emily Bronte offers us no such thing in Wuthering Heights and I (respectfully) genuinely do not understand why so many people love this or why it's an enduring classic. ๐ญ
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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
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"comfort came slowly into arren: warmth, the soft motion of the boat, heart's ease." i'm just continuously amazed by the simple beauty of le guin's prose, man.
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I'm doing a project on a Hamlet adaptation of my choice for a class, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations! They need to be a film/stageplay (unfortunately, no book adaptations, and also I'm already watching the Benedict Cumberbatch version, so it can't be that one either), but they can be unique or modern, as long as they follow the story of Hamlet. Thanks in advance!
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
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I like my castles cold, my moors windswept, and my heroines swooning.
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