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Forest of Memory
Mary Robinette Kowal
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If you want to read about men doing stupid things because they think it's right, this is the book for you. I am not at all shocked that these characters went around killing people for the sole reason that they felt offended by their existence. The historical context of the political figures was definitely an interesting talking point, but again, there was this "I'm upset by this, so now I'm going to do whatever I want".
This book is for someone for sure, but it just was not for me. I think this sort of assinine tom-foolery is exactly what this book was supposed to bring to the table and on that front it did not fail, however, I have no desire to read about stupid men doing stupid things for the sake of so called "love" (aka them stealing other men's wives and thinking it's fine).
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The Once and Future Queen (The Lives of Guinevere, #1)
Paula Lafferty
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How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Sabrina Imbler
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A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness
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The Origin of Storms (Lotus Kingdoms, #3)
Elizabeth Bear
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What a poignantly beautiful story. There was something about the way Sybil was as a person that drew you in. Her development over the course of the years at the end of her life was like a semi-sweet chocolate that melts in your mouth, the trials and tribulations of growing old and coming to realizing the fact that there were things in your life that you wished you could have changed or that you wished you could have done differently.
This story was truly one for the books. It makes me want to write letters and send them out, Sybil has inspired me to be more like her. Her attitude towards aging and getting older filled me with a sense of calm instead of dread and I think that every one should take her advice and age the way she has.
Was crying by the end, tears spilling so vehemently down my face it was getting hard to drive. Every little minute detail was accounted for and it felt like her life had finally come full swing by the end. That final letter was truly devastating. Her life laid out in full for her ex husband to dissect and yet she never sent it, she never was able to fully confess to him what she believed to be the greatest mistake of her life. I think that was the part that broke me the most. This idea that she never actually got to tell him and feel secure in the knowledge that he knew before he died. Sometimes the closure and happy ending we seek is not always given to us. I hope that when it is my time I will feel as though I have done the things I need to.