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Madeline Miller is a master craftsman and to no one's surprise this book is sweeping and brutal, lovely and delicate. It ducks every feminist trope, and instead creates a complex portrait where women are centered in all their capriciousness and constancy, their victimization and strength, their soft touch and hard edges. This is a book about women, about how they navigate a world that gives them little power and few choices, treated with all the seriousness of a classic Greek epic.
Thank you Madeline Miller, as always you are in a league of your own.
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Circe
Madeline Miller
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OMG??
This book needs to decide if it’s actually YA or not because this past chapter was crazy.
So curious about what’s going to happen now.
It took me a while to get into this book but I am intrigued…
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I should’ve DNFed. I don’t know what it is but I found this book to be really bland and entirely lacking in momentum.
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Why does every romance novel MMC have to be an amateur dom?? Not that men can’t be dominant obv but it feels like every romance novel I read I get jumpscared by the guy being dominant in bed even when it doesn’t make any sense for the character. Where are my male subs at???
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Why does every romance novel MMC have to be an amateur dom?? Not that men can’t be dominant obv but it feels like every romance novel I read I get jumpscared by the guy being dominant in bed even when it doesn’t make any sense for the character. Where are my male subs at???
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Dramatic battles, tense political intrigue, unique world building...and is that maybe some romance I'm sensing? These books are not Romantasy but focus primarily on the SFF elements. Romance is a subplot and may not appear until later in the series, but when it does, you won't be disappointed.
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An introduction to the Romantasy genre, these books are part of the cultural zeitgeist or the 'canon' that many would recognize. Look for more niche titles in later Starter Pack volumes.
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They’re bound by flame, united by flight. These books all have dragon riders as part of the plot. Only the first of a series will appear.
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Romance book pet peeve- when the FMC is like "oh no did I say that out loud??" No amount of alcohol or lust-induced haze can convince me people are out here not sure if they're talking or not!! My credentials- I am a certified yapper and have never had this experience and I don't believe anyone else has either.
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Until The Spoiler happened I was entirely expecting this to be a solid gold five star read for me. From the first page I could tell this book was something special- the prose has that magic that instantly made me sit up and pay attention, and as a certified lover of character driven books the push and pull of Sadie and Sam’s relationship counterbalanced by Marx and rendered in such loving nuance had me in heaven.
Then The Spoiler happened and honestly, the last 20% was a slog for me. I kept hoping for a sense of peace or resolution but left still feeling unresolved.
This is an excellent book, it’s just not quite what I dreamed it would be.
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It actually would’ve been kinder to just punch me in the face
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It actually would’ve been kinder to just punch me in the face
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Where do I find a Marx of my own?? Unproblematic, grateful king 👑
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My heart aches for Sadie. I was once a 21 year old computer science student, trying to be the cool girl, sleeping with people I shouldn't and never advocating for my own needs because that wouldn't be chill of me. I just want to scoop her up in my arms and tell her all the things I would tell my younger self. 🥲
This book I gonna wreck me, I can feel it coming
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
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First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)
B.K. Borison