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Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 5
Natsuki Takaya
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
P. Djèlí Clark
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I'm halfway through the book and just noticed that there are a few booktrailers on youtube, as part of a schoolproject on animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQOEPZ6-lyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YBQG5LBh48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDu52V697XQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-4CUQQ3WUM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxRQvXZDCzI I hope I got them all. I love having some visuals for this story and they really caught the vibe of it! 👏
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if your name is @minsuni, look away. . . . . . this was utterly uncompelling.
this book feels polarising in it's reception, and i am sad i fell to the side which was remarkably bored most of the time.
i actually quite liked it up to about 25/30%, and after that, i'm really baffled at how quickly i turned.
what stood out to me most was how uncaptured i was by the writing. it never flowed for me, and i felt like i was constantly battling with it for stability and finished each chapter feeling more and more fatigued.
the plot was introduced really well, and i liked the lore and background we received to start the story. but then it started to piss me off, with it's whirling and twirling, unnecessary added elements and convoluted mess of tales.
the characters were also interesting to start, but once you've come to understand them as they’re initially presented... what else is there?
what i did like was the underlying commentary about nationalism, immigration and change. it was well worked into the narrative and something i wish wasn't so clouded out by everything else that circulated around.
if you're on the fence, listen to your gut and/or DNF when the boredom comes calling.
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A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
P. Djèlí Clark
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This was incredibly atmospheric with evil lurking behind every door. This is the epitome of small town creepy drama, I felt like I was a bystander who lived a few towns over hearing ”did you hear about X down at Jerusalems lot? Poor thing” constantly.
I’ve only ever read one King novel (The Institute for a university course) so I can’t compare this to his work, and horror novels are quite new to me. But I found this rather compelling if not on the longer and dense side (perhaps too long?). I did appreciate the setup to the town though and these folks’ lives before things get going!
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’Salem’s Lot
Stephen King
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’Salem’s Lot
Stephen King