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These sentence fragments are killing me 😫
She was slight—no taller than five-two, her body wiry—but to Joan there was something terrifyingly invincible about her. Perhaps it was the way she moved with such intense focus. As if enjoying the walk would threaten to waste her time.
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Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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The Works of Vermin
Hiron Ennes
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Fahrenheit 451
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‘I had a nice evening,’ she said, in the bathroom. 'What doing?' 'The parlour.' 'What was on?' 'Programmes.' 'What programmes?' 'Some of the best ever.' "Who?' 'Oh, you know, the bunch.' 'Yes, the bunch, the bunch, the bunch.' He pressed at the pain in his eyes and suddenly the odour of kerosene made him vomit.
This would literally drive me insane I’m sorry. No wonder he threw up.
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I wasn’t sure about the writing style at first but this paragraph completely turned me around:
He felt she was walking in a circle about him, turning him end for end, shaking him quietly, and emptying his pockets, without once moving herself.
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Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
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I can tell this is going to be a 2-3 star read. While the concept is interesting, the internal logic isn't there. For example, a Japanese man living in 19th century London cropping his hair and dying it blond to fit in more because his hair is too dark and makes him stand out; why wouldn't he dye it brown? The random appearance of a mechanical octopus, which I suppose is meant be quirky and endearing but doesn't fit into the story in any meaningful way and just feels out of place. The writing is trying too hard to be poetic and it comes across as choppy and confusing at times. The dialogue is the same. The main character is described in a way that made me think he was in his 40s (being described as grey all over, not being where he wants career-wise at his age, another character saying being around him is like being comforted by his dad) until its revealed that he's only 25? I feel like the author decided to age him down a third of the way through the book, which makes his romance with a 40 year old character uncomfortable. Also the tendency to refer to Asian characters as childlike and fragile? The only female character having a "not like other girls" mentality to the point of making fun of suffragettes? Not it. This book really needed a stronger editor to bring it up to scratch. Lots of potential but just not quite there.
DNF at 30%.
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You Weren't Meant to Be Human
Andrew Joseph White
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