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elsevk

she/her - 27 - fantasy reader - gamer - probably cuddling my dog rn

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Brandon Sanderson Universes
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My Taste
Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
Reading...
The SpellshopAssassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)Artwork from Baldur's Gate III

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  • The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
    Thoughts from 73% (page 563)
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  • Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
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    Just started but I'm already invested in it! ❤️

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  • Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2)
    Now what?

    Okay, now that I’ve finished the book, I don’t know what to do. I’ll miss the Shepard king. I was actually so sad when I finished, I feel like a part of me is now missing :(

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  • The Spellshop
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  • elsevk commented on jordynreads's review of Let the Right One In

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  • Let the Right One In
    jordynreads
    Oct 25, 2025
    DNF
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

    Not intriguing enough to keep my attention. I really tried to give this a good shake (read 25%) but everytime I’d go to pick it up I’d sigh inside.

    Prose style was not for me and really didn’t feel any connection to the characters, aside from Oskar, which was mostly pity. Pace felt slow and while a few plot points did help keep my focus ultimately, since there is no action surrounding these, my interest fizzled.

    (TW: CSA) Also a main character is a pedophile (you find out immediately therefore I don’t see this as a spoiler) and there in the first quarter of this book I had already skipped over a number of scenes which revolted me.

    All together I just did not see the point in wasting my time in continuing to read this book, which I fear may also have put me into a reading slump.

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  • elsevk commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Let's see what the favourite trope is!

    List your favourite trope.

    If your trope is more niche, feel free to define it so others can know more about it! Can be common or niche tropes!

    Beneath it, put your favourite book recommendations for that trope!

    Let's see what tropes are the most popular on this platform!!!

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  • elsevk commented on elsevk's review of Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)

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  • Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
    elsevk
    Oct 24, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0
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    Weird times when you prefer the relationship between a boy and his wolf over the one with his girlfriend. 5/5 ⭐️

    Beautiful continuation of the series. Slow paced, character driven. Fitz entered his angsty, horny teen phase, one that lasted entirely too long for me. His relationship with Molly was the most bland, uninteresting, no-depth-at-all relationship I’ve read in a while. He’s obsessed with her, but we’re never really shown why. On the other hand, his relationship with Nighteyes, Burrich and the Fool were a highlight for me. I love me a pathetic, mysterious white-haired man, and the Fool is becoming one of my favorite characters. Same as Burrich, such a well written, complex man. The way he pulled through for Fitz in the last few chapters, despite his hatred of the Wit… I may have shed a few tears. (That last drawing in the illustrated edition? Oooof)

    The last 200-300 pages were intenseeee, I could not put it down. Robin Hobb has such an amazing way to make you feel so deeply for these characters. Love and hatred, cause holy shit Regal?? If he has no haters, I’m dead. It’s been a long time since I’ve hated an antagonist so deeply in a book.

    Well done Hobb, well done. I’m gonna mentally prepare for Assassin’s Quest 🤞🏻

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  • The Spellshop
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    This FMC is single-handedly ruining Smurfs for me 🚫 Chapter 5

    Holy hell, this is one of the most insufferable fmc I’ve read in a while. Very stereotypical socially awkward, shy book nerd, but rude. I’m over it. I would assume she is well-read and educated, but she is so ignorant about everything. Complaining at every possible turn about having to socialize. Im a big introvert, I get it, but like…. it gets to a point. Caring more about the library burning down than literal corpses flowing down the river? She can’t do shit herself, but has the audacity to bitch about her hot neighbor bringing her food, fixing her chimney and cooking for her.

    If it weren’t for the readalong… this would’ve been a dnf. But alas, the lure of the pumpkin badge is too big. 2.0x speed on the audiobook it is. And even then, it’s insufferable

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  • The Spellshop
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    This FMC is single-handedly ruining Smurfs for me 🚫 Chapter 5

    Holy hell, this is one of the most insufferable fmc I’ve read in a while. Very stereotypical socially awkward, shy book nerd, but rude. I’m over it. I would assume she is well-read and educated, but she is so ignorant about everything. Complaining at every possible turn about having to socialize. Im a big introvert, I get it, but like…. it gets to a point. Caring more about the library burning down than literal corpses flowing down the river? She can’t do shit herself, but has the audacity to bitch about her hot neighbor bringing her food, fixing her chimney and cooking for her.

    If it weren’t for the readalong… this would’ve been a dnf. But alas, the lure of the pumpkin badge is too big. 2.0x speed on the audiobook it is. And even then, it’s insufferable

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    The Spellshop

    The Spellshop

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  • The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
    Thoughts from 78% (page 410)

    I’m scared to read the rest 🫣😂

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  • elsevk commented on notbillnye's update

    notbillnye completed their yearly reading goal of 75 books!

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    notbillnye's 2025 Reading Challenge

    75 of 75 read
    Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
    Blood Over Bright Haven
    A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2)
    Six Scorched Roses (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1.5)
    The Songbird & the Heart of Stone (Crowns of Nyaxia, #3)
    Wolfsong (Green Creek, #1)
    The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia #2)
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  • Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
    elsevk
    Oct 24, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0
    🐺
    👑
    💔

    Weird times when you prefer the relationship between a boy and his wolf over the one with his girlfriend. 5/5 ⭐️

    Beautiful continuation of the series. Slow paced, character driven. Fitz entered his angsty, horny teen phase, one that lasted entirely too long for me. His relationship with Molly was the most bland, uninteresting, no-depth-at-all relationship I’ve read in a while. He’s obsessed with her, but we’re never really shown why. On the other hand, his relationship with Nighteyes, Burrich and the Fool were a highlight for me. I love me a pathetic, mysterious white-haired man, and the Fool is becoming one of my favorite characters. Same as Burrich, such a well written, complex man. The way he pulled through for Fitz in the last few chapters, despite his hatred of the Wit… I may have shed a few tears. (That last drawing in the illustrated edition? Oooof)

    The last 200-300 pages were intenseeee, I could not put it down. Robin Hobb has such an amazing way to make you feel so deeply for these characters. Love and hatred, cause holy shit Regal?? If he has no haters, I’m dead. It’s been a long time since I’ve hated an antagonist so deeply in a book.

    Well done Hobb, well done. I’m gonna mentally prepare for Assassin’s Quest 🤞🏻

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  • Kiki's Delivery Service (Kiki's Delivery Service, #1)
    Thoughts from 9% (page 18)

    Idk if every edition of the book has illustrations and if they are all the same, but mine has the cutest illustrations! It makes reading the book even better. 🐈‍⬛️

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