isild
Işıl D | 26 | fantasy and romance reader with a pinch of literary fiction 🪼
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Post from the The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2) forum
I thought the series was a duology, but I learned that The Strength of the Few wasn't the finale. Do we know if this series be a trilogy or will there be more to the series?
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All the Lovers in the Night
Mieko Kawakami
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Hemlock & Silver
T. Kingfisher
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Having a mental breakdown so started this book it might be curing me
2isild commented on gracie's review of Masters of Death
Masters of Death is literary magic. It feels like the kind of book that you had to read for class but halfway through it became the book that changed your life. The plot takes its time and relies heavily on the theatrical cast and poetic and humorous prose, but aside from a lull around the 40-60% mark which is spent setting up character relationships and bringing together subplots, the pacing moves steadily.
Olivie Blake's skill as a writer is on full display in this novel for the reasons above, but to me it was especially distinct when the moral of the story was pulled together at the end. I often criticize books for their preachy endings when the rest of the story didn't support such lofty philosophizing, but this book was the exact opposite. OB excellently brings together the stories of each character up to the moment the questions are presented such that it just feels right that the character asks and in so doing, the reader naturally follows. The philosophical point of the book isn't new or unique, but OB's presentation of it is nothing short of breathtaking.
The primary reason this falls short of 5 stars for me is that middle-of-the-book lull. I think there were ways to maintain the reader's interest better as the number of flashbacks and lack of location changes in the present felt a little tedious. Nonetheless, I felt that the last 25% more than made up for the middle 20% and I have no regrets for reading this book.
If you like literary fantasy with punchy philosophy and heart-wrenching character arcs, you will love this novel.
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Im alternating this book with the spellshop so I can be disgusted by cannibalism and then immediately disgusted by excessive wholesomeness.
Practicing equal opportunity disgust ✨
7isild commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I saw something today and I’m really curious what other readers think.
Someone commented on an author’s personal Instagram post to say they weren’t a fan of the new book. The author replied with “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” The person who posted the screenshot felt icky about the author’s response.
Personally, I didn’t think the author was out of line. I don’t really see the point of going onto an author’s own page just to drop a negative comment. That isn’t a review, it’s just putting criticism directly in front of the author for no real reason. Review platforms exist for a reason.
I also saw someone comment back to me about this ‘but sometimes authors don’t read reviews and won’t see it’ and I just always felt reviews are for other readers? I don’t know. And also how is ‘I didn’t like this book’ helpful in any way and why does it need to be seen?
That’s just me. What do you all think? Is it fine to leave negative opinions on an author’s page, or should that stuff stay on review sites instead?
Curious to hear everyone’s take.
30isild commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
hi does anyone know if there is a website that has lists of new book releases that are coming out each month (sort of like a calendar) so then we can find out about new book releases and get notifications when they are released so I don't forget thanks!
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Echoes of Us
Alex Cross
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If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light
Kim Choyeop
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It might be one of my least favorite KJ Charles books. I might have enjoyed this more if I have read the related series (The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal).
The world-building was a bit confusing and things happened too conveniently at times. Saul and Randolph were cute together, but I wasn't sold on their love (things happened too fast imo). There aren't any other sequels, but even if there were, I might have not continued reading 🥲
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