thepunklibrarian commented on spacehunni99's review of The Everlasting
The Everlasting is the literary equivalent of being trapped on a treadmill with a stunning view.
Itās gorgeous, sure. The writing keeps arranging itself into pretty little sentences. The atmosphere is thick, the scenery lush, the vibes immaculate.
And absolutely nothing happens.
The repetition is brutal. The same thoughts. The same tension. The same circular longing and recycled phrasing, endlessly reheated. I started recognising paragraphs the way you recognise the route home.
Which brings me to the central problem: the dynamic makes no sense.
Itās presented like an epic, inevitable, soul-deep connection. But the relationship feels built on aesthetic chemistry and proximity rather than actual emotional logic. I kept waiting for the āohhhhā moment; the reveal that explains why these two people are bound together, why the stakes feel personal, why any of this should matter beyond the author insisting it does.
It never arrives.
Instead, the book keeps mistaking intensity of description for intensity of feeling. It wants to be sweeping and devastating. It wants to be consuming. But it doesnāt earn that.
By the end I wasnāt moved, I was relieved. Not heartbroken. Not haunted. Just glad I could stop lapping around the same pretty garden
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The Everlasting
Alix E. Harrow
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Hej everybody! Humble librarian in need here! Does anybody have recommendations for YA books with cozy autumn vibes, and maybe a bit witchy even? My patrons asked for new books and I am ashamed to admit I cannot find any! :(
As reference, "The very secret society of irregular witches", "Pumkin spice and everything nice", "Fall I want". I am looking for similar vibes, but for a teen/YA audience.
Possibly new-ish releases, not older than 2023.
Thanks in advance! :)
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Hej everybody! Humble librarian in need here! Does anybody have recommendations for YA books with cozy autumn vibes, and maybe a bit witchy even? My patrons asked for new books and I am ashamed to admit I cannot find any! :(
As reference, "The very secret society of irregular witches", "Pumkin spice and everything nice", "Fall I want". I am looking for similar vibes, but for a teen/YA audience.
Possibly new-ish releases, not older than 2023.
Thanks in advance! :)
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Alix E. Harrow
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How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women
Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell
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I'M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE CRYING!! ššš
Couldn't have asked for a better finale, I'm so happy this series came into my life, that it got through 6 volumes and that it had the ending it deserved š
The start was a but weak, and my first fear was that, yet again, I outgrew my favourite characters and that I wouldn't enjoy the book... BOI I WAS WRONG!
I mean, yes, I outgrew them, but in a good way. From an adult perspective now I can see how much Nick and Charlie have grown and become better people and it makes me SO HAPPY to see them talk through their difficulties (much better than other adult characters in other books do nfmdmkdnd).
Also, although the theme of finishing school and becoming an adult doesn't speak to me anymore, I love the way Alice Oseman speaks of her character's feelings and struggles. It makes them relatable to all ages and all audiences. NICK MY BABE that hit a bit to close š¤£š
The one thing that sits wrong with me (but it's just a taste thing) is that I can see some things were the comic merges with the tv-series, like the style of some characters, or some plot points. As it happens in cases when the video goes faster than the book. IDK, it pisses me off. Some of that might have been Alice Oseman's idea all along, but we will never know. And until I don't know, I would have preferred the comic to stand on its own right and be its own unique form of art.
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Heartstopper: Volume Six
Alice Oseman
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Heartstopper: Volume Six
Alice Oseman