chiikitten
she/they, bi-romantic asexual, cat-mom, fashion designer & seamstress, mentally ill & disabled
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Look, I get what this book was trying to do. I really do. And I don’t want to undermine its message, and if you love this book, I’m glad for you. It made me tear up too. Here’s the thing though; this level of hallucinations that Eric is experiencing? That is dangerous. Really fucking dangerous. People die because of stuff like this. And the book never addresses that. Eric ends up in very dangerous situations because of his delusions, but always gets away safe, sometimes even because of his hallucinations. That’s not normal, that’s barely even possible; that’s romanticization. And in the end, we don’t even know if he gets help. For all we’re told, reading Jasmine’s letters just magically fixes him. And then, the end. Again, unrealistic, and romanticizing really serious mental illness. I have a schizophrenia diagnosis, okay, I am all for breaking down stigma and normalizing talking about this, and humanizing people who suffer like Eric does. But this? This isn’t it.
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When Haru Was Here
Dustin Thao
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On an unrelated note, the ebook version I have is completely fucking the Vietnamese. Not that I know a single word, but even I can tell letters are missing. Idk if it’s this specific library copy or my kobo or the combination, but either way it’s disappointing.
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chiikitten commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Do you all also have authors where you just loved one book from them and you keep picking up their books but nothing hits the same as that one book?
This is inspired by reading Cinder House by Freya Marske and Joy to the Girls by Alyson Derrick and Rachael Lippincott. I loved A Marvelous Light and She Gets the Girl, respectively, but everything else I’ve read from them just isn’t as good as those books.
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I don’t know if this happens to anyone else but it’s always funny to wake up remembering that I dreamt of being in a book I’m actively reading. I read over 100 pages or so in Golden Son (#2 in Red Rising series) and tell me why I was with Darrow causing chaos (saying it this way so I don’t spoil where I’m at). lol so funny to recognize that.
Has this happened to anyone else? Do you too dream of the books you’re reading?
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I've seen this trend almost everywhere on booksta, so I thought I'd share it! What are the books you'd reread, rewrite, or burn? Here are mine:
📚 Reread: • The Jasad Crown - I loved this so so much and I'd reread it a hundred times if I could! • Blood Over Bright Haven - this was absolute perfection if you ask me. The themes, the writing, the characters, they were all amazing and I don't want or need to change anything about it.
🖊️ Rewrite: • Three Holidays and a Wedding - I loved the concept but there were so many inconsistencies that pulled me out of the story 😭 I think if this had better writing, I would've loved it much more!
🔥 Burn: • Powerless - the whole series. Sorry to all the Powerless lovers, this just wasn't for me. This book was marketed as enemies-to-lovers, but it felt more like flirting-rivals-to-lovers ngl 😭 the writing also bothered me and the extensive use of "ocean blue eyes," but that's just my opinion tho!
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Do you track the short stories you read? I'm not talking about ones in an anthology but single ones. Specifically, I want to read Martha Well's short stories in the Murderbot Diaries, which have their own listings as books.
What I can't get over is that... they're not books? I generally don't track comics even though they do count; it's a personal preference. I'm just on the fence with the short stories because this is the first time I care about them so strongly. I need validation either way, pls and thx.
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Yea, so I’m not trusting anything that’s happening at this point
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I love watching this book still pop up on my feed with new readers proposing their theories along the way, but it is also weirdly hard to not say anything when people are speculating and being so close, or even right on the money early on. I don’t wanna spoil anything for anyone, but aaaarrrghh 🙊
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I love watching this book still pop up on my feed with new readers proposing their theories along the way, but it is also weirdly hard to not say anything when people are speculating and being so close, or even right on the money early on. I don’t wanna spoil anything for anyone, but aaaarrrghh 🙊
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