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@harry-annebentley5136 5 күн бұрын

Really good introduction to Eliza Clark ❤️ Also love that you can honestly critique someone you're such a fan of. Will pick up Always Hungry and see how I get with her style ^^

@sapphicreadingcorner 5 күн бұрын

I really appreciate that if please let me know what you think 💓💓

@shanespence2579 13 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this review. I was really looking forward to this but am 7 hours in and very bored. Have been waiting for it to get juicy but the pace is waaaaay to slow!

@lollythegiant 27 күн бұрын

Yessss I just got these too and they're so beautiful. Worth it!! The artwork is phenomenal

@sapphicreadingcorner 27 күн бұрын

Definitely one of their best releases!!

@godzillasan1817 Ай бұрын

Did NOT like it. Not getting all this hype. Boring, predictable, no interest in characters, waste of time

@justynaaleksandra5590 Ай бұрын

I am re-reading this book again, my favourite book of all times! Great review ❤

@dorkphoenixrising 2 ай бұрын

I adored Mooncakes, and have added Hell Followed With Us to my wishlist! Have you read Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell? I finished it at the weekend and think it might be right up your street. Easily one of my stand-outs for the year (so far xD)

@sapphicreadingcorner 2 ай бұрын

I haven’t read it but just added it to my list because it sounds incredible!!!

@doityourselfa 3 ай бұрын

it's kind of weird how to be she either has to be a feminist or queer, and she is textually a feminist. but wouldn't it make equal sense for a lot of her belief in feminism to exist alongside her queerness ? they aren't two different things, they (especially in that time) would probably inform each other.

@sapphicreadingcorner 3 ай бұрын

Completely agree! Making the video came from the fact that I read her as a queer character and googling if anyone felt the same and getting more results being “no she’s just a feminist” - definitely agree that both coincide with each other but I wanted to add my perspective on her character and why I think she wasn’t just a feminist :)

@doityourselfa 3 ай бұрын

@@sapphicreadingcorner ooh yeah definitely!! i should've been clearer; i meant people saying she couldn't be queer cos she's explicitly written to be a feminist (as based on Alcott) when feminism and the sapphic identity overlapped so much, both in the past and now. me personally, i've always read her as aromantic and/or asexual. especially in the 2019 movie. that marriage proposal was brutal.

@devonpatterson_ 4 ай бұрын

I'm currently reading Evenings and Weekends and wholeheartedly agree with what you were saying. I found it a little confusing to begin with with all these different charactes but as I've read more they all have their own distinct personalities and feel like real characters.

@emmajones403 4 ай бұрын

This month I subscribed to the Verso Books book club and they have got a free ebook of essays about Palestine which was a very eye opening and emotional read that I want to follow up with The Hundred Years War on Palestine. Apart from that I thought L'Espirit de L'Escalier by Catherynne M. Valente was an amazing retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice that flips the story on its head with some vivid 'person who comes back wrong' imagery. I also finished Vanity Fair this year which i adored and I'm currently reading through all of the Sherlock Holmes canon which is a joy.

@sapphicreadingcorner 4 ай бұрын

These all sound incredible!!

@wifispotter 4 ай бұрын

Want. It doesn’t come out till December

@janam2995 5 ай бұрын

You have such a great way to talk about books - I really enjoyed your review. And I think the same about the book. I really loved the concept and the beginning, but was so bored by the last chapters.

@PoppyMorreale 5 ай бұрын

happy pride monthhh

@sapphicreadingcorner 5 ай бұрын

Happy pride month!!

@HARSHTYAGI13 6 ай бұрын

Loved the way you toy present your thoughts around the book ❤

@marytoken3557 6 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you. This was a hot mess, way too long and all over the place really unfortunately. The potential would have been there, in theory a nice plot but I just don’t think it was well written. I had to force myself to finish it 😅 Thanks for the review :)

@PoppyMorreale 6 ай бұрын

i love the exorcist yeah it is creepy nobody knows whats wrong with her but we do

@heathernependa 6 ай бұрын

I love your enthusiasm!! I literally just finished reading this and its instantly as favourite for me as well. Like I will definitely be hyperfixating for the next week or so. I cant wait to read Private Rites.

@perrymiddleton6590 7 ай бұрын

I’m surprised that as a queer reviewer you didn’t discuss what I considered to be an immensely interesting commentary on gendered romance and performance. Rika’s role as “Prince” to Reiko’s (and former classmates). How fatness is perceived as a failure of womanhood but Rika’s thinness is masculinized in the eyes of both men and women. Reiko’s admittance that she wishes for Rika to be a man so they could escape the roles set out for them. I feel the undercurrents of this book are immensely queer. The interpersonal plot is resolved with a found family and Rika realigning her priorities away from what had been set out for her. I feel to consider this a thriller with some feminist 101 added is to ignore the characters and their personal journey entirely. Also this it nitpicky but we do know how much Kaji weighs - 70 kilos. I only remember bc it hurt my feelings. Anyways hope you have a nice day. I don’t usually comment and I realize it’s rude to put something long and critical as the first. Feel free to delete. If I’m shouting into the void that’s okay. Your review makes sense and if you tend to read shorter stuff then I get if the pacing felt off. I on the other hand felt elation as it continuously unfolded exploring its themes from different perspectives through the narrator (and to a slightly lesser extent Reiko and a much less extent Shinoi’s) development.