moomints
i hate having emotions about reality. i'd much rather have them about sanctuary moon.
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Post from the The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human forum
halfway through this but i've known since page 1 that this was going to be a 5* read. so endlessly fascinating and NEVER boring, noah strycker has a wonderful gift and i love how much i am learning about birds and humans alike
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The Thing with Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human
Noah Strycker
0moomints commented on moomints's review of The Survivor Wants to Die at the End (Death-Cast #2)
it breaks my heart how unbearable a read this was for me, considering thaf TBDATE is one of my favourite books in the universe and i vastly enjoyed TFTDATE, but this just... wasn't it. i actively disliked all of it, ALL of it, and i only continued reading because i was interested to see if the background issues raised would get explained. turns out not really, because the book—700 pages of pure agony /neg—ends in a cliffhanger, and the only thing that gets hinted i'd predicted on page, like, 4. i cannot bear to think of reading another full book with these protagonists, as i genuinely despise both, but the thing is that i'm going to have to if i want to hopefully finally figure out this damn secret. i don't know. i am disappointed and i think maybe this could've been made bearable with A LOT of editing (which was barely done as it stands, i'm sure), but the version we got is a completely useless and senseless addition to two otherwise amazing books and i sincerely wish it had stayed in the drafts, at least long enough to be reworked from the ground up.
also that ending reveal was possibly the dumbest thing i have ever read, and i have read some dumb stuff in my lifetime. i realize one must suspend the disbelief, but this is wayyyy too much of a suspension i have been asked to exercise.
a mess. and again, i say this as a huge fan of the first two books. i think we should have stopped there :/
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it breaks my heart how unbearable a read this was for me, considering thaf TBDATE is one of my favourite books in the universe and i vastly enjoyed TFTDATE, but this just... wasn't it. i actively disliked all of it, ALL of it, and i only continued reading because i was interested to see if the background issues raised would get explained. turns out not really, because the book—700 pages of pure agony /neg—ends in a cliffhanger, and the only thing that gets hinted i'd predicted on page, like, 4. i cannot bear to think of reading another full book with these protagonists, as i genuinely despise both, but the thing is that i'm going to have to if i want to hopefully finally figure out this damn secret. i don't know. i am disappointed and i think maybe this could've been made bearable with A LOT of editing (which was barely done as it stands, i'm sure), but the version we got is a completely useless and senseless addition to two otherwise amazing books and i sincerely wish it had stayed in the drafts, at least long enough to be reworked from the ground up.
also that ending reveal was possibly the dumbest thing i have ever read, and i have read some dumb stuff in my lifetime. i realize one must suspend the disbelief, but this is wayyyy too much of a suspension i have been asked to exercise.
a mess. and again, i say this as a huge fan of the first two books. i think we should have stopped there :/
3moomints commented on a post
Apart from the obvious, this book is really hard to read, because most people apart from our main characters are pretty much unlikeable and I don't really care for them. And I hate the trope of people being judged unfairly soooo ... I'll power through the rest today.
1Post from the The Survivor Wants to Die at the End (Death-Cast #2) forum
girl i genuinely have never disliked two characters more than i dislike paz and alano like. it might be an exaggeration but it's not even much of one i honestly can't stand them and atp i am only reading because i want to figure out if my suspicions are right (they 99% will be because it's all very predictable. lmao) overall this book is SUCH a downgrade from the previous installments and i feel like the 700+ pages are a sign of how little editing it has gone through. can't imagine another full book with these insufferable protagonists i feel faint just thinking about it
0moomints commented on a post
i am a big fan of these books but i cannot lie to you so far these protagonists are... pretty dumb imo and i am finding it a little hard to connect with them. it is very propulsive though, even as i am not particularly enjoying it i find myself wanting to keep reading on and on and on
7moomints commented on a post
“But I'm programmed to be paranoid.”
murderbot is SO me i'm always finding new things it says that remind me of how relatable it is
5Post from the The Institute forum
hey stephen king bud why are we so comfortable with the r slur there is absolutely no reason why luke should be thinking it all the time 💀 enjoying yourself i gather
0moomints commented on a post
i am a big fan of these books but i cannot lie to you so far these protagonists are... pretty dumb imo and i am finding it a little hard to connect with them. it is very propulsive though, even as i am not particularly enjoying it i find myself wanting to keep reading on and on and on
7Post from the The Survivor Wants to Die at the End (Death-Cast #2) forum
i am a big fan of these books but i cannot lie to you so far these protagonists are... pretty dumb imo and i am finding it a little hard to connect with them. it is very propulsive though, even as i am not particularly enjoying it i find myself wanting to keep reading on and on and on
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The Survivor Wants to Die at the End (Death-Cast #2)
Adam Silvera
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The Memory Police
Yōko Ogawa
0moomints commented on a post
“The word for Nicky, Luke thought, whether in a good mood or a bad one, was: alive.”
i am devastated. i love nicky so much help
4Post from the The Institute forum
i randomly just realized what pc means (watching the tv show in the meantime but they haven't explained it there either) and i feel so dumb like 😭 of COURSE that's what it means how did i not immediately connect the dots (pun absolutely intended)
0moomints commented on a post
“The word for Nicky, Luke thought, whether in a good mood or a bad one, was: alive.”
i am devastated. i love nicky so much help
4Post from the The Institute forum
“The word for Nicky, Luke thought, whether in a good mood or a bad one, was: alive.”
i am devastated. i love nicky so much help
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