evih (66)in #fantasy • 4 hours agoLore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbranasource Lord of the Wilds is a clear case of a debut. You have a mostly well-rounded main character, an interesting setting and a lot of potential, alas the execution... is not really there yet. Startingevih (66)in #fiction • yesterday The Toll by Neal Shustermansource This book was weird, great but weird. If someone had told me when i finished the first book that this is where the series was headed i would have been deeply confused. The seeds are there if youevih (66)in #novel • 2 days agoThe Hate U Give - Angie Thomassource I feel like the pacing of this was a little all over the place in the last third. I couldn't entirely tell where the story was going as it was coming to it's conclusion and tbh even after finishingevih (66)in #epicpoetry • 3 days agoThe Iliad - Homersource The funeral games thing was kind of weird and a bit of a pace killer. I ended up skipping most of it. It’s wild that they had to wrestle cause it’s what Patroclus would have wanted. But other thanevih (66)in #mandalorian • 4 days agoSeason 3: A Missed Opportunity for Character Arcssource The Grogu choosing Din should have been part of S3, where we explore Din accepting his place in Mando culture after having explored the different ways they live, but he remains unbalanced becauseevih (66)in #fiction • 5 days agoHamlet - William Shakespearesource This one’s a reread but my first time was like forever ago that although I remember the big stuff like “To be or not to be,” ghosts, betrayal and but there’s so much in between that I’d forgotten.evih (66)in #manga • 8 days agoDeath Note Vol 12source What I most took from this time reading the series is how stupid Light actually is. Sure, he has an analytical mind in a way, but he does not understand a lot about people. He also completely trustsevih (66)in #andor • 9 days agoWill Cassian Find His Sister in Season 2?source I’m increasingly of the feeling that he will never find his sister. It gave him that “fear of being someone who leaves people behind” that Diego Luna mentions and which is first mentioned in theevih (66)in #fantasy • 9 days agoBookshops & Bonedust - Travis Baldreesource This was such a sweet, quick read! I'm a big fan of 'Legends & Lattes' so I was immediately on board when it came to the prequel. I wasn't looking for anything else rather than a palate cleanser,evih (66)in #novel • 10 days agoPerdido Street Station - China Miévillesource So, at the beginning I wanted to DNF it. Then later, I thought it would easily be a 4-star read (around chapter 18-28?). But I got tired of how chaotic and long it was, and my rating kept goingevih (66)in #fiction • 11 days agoShark Heart - Emily Habecksource I won't say I'm a huge ocean trivia buff, but I do enjoy reading about venomous marine arthropods/reptiles and the ocean's role in regulating atmospheric heating and how that's changing becauseevih (66)in #fiction • 12 days agoWe'll Prescribe You a Cat - Syou Ishidasource I went into this with wary trepidation that it'd be the cat version of What You're Looking For Is In The Library or When The Coffee Get's Cold and while I wasn't wrong, I was definitely pleasantlyevih (66)in #novel • 13 days agoTo the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolfsource I like the metaphors that are being layered here, and I've noticed that Woolf is doing some very clever things in this first section of the book. "The Window" being a singular scene throughevih (66)in #novel • 14 days agoThe Maze Runner - James Dashnersource I really liked the ending sequence there... felt like so much was happening with dire consequences, I wish the entire book had that find of adrenalin. After going in blind to this book, having neverevih (66)in #onepiece • 15 days agoOne Piece Endingsource Here is my thought on how the series might end. So, in Egghead, loads of stuff seem to be happening in parallel. Buggy basically convinced his crew to chase One Piece with Hawkeye and Crocodile.evih (66)in #fiction • 15 days agoProject Hail Mary - Andy Weirsource I’m so glad I was wrong about Rocky! I absolutely LOVED his and Graces relationship. It was not what I expected at all. This book made me go through the range of emotions, so caught up in wonderingevih (66)in #novel • 16 days agoInvisible Man - Ralph Ellisonsource I didn’t really think about how this book stands out from other writings by contemporary black authors. I’ve noticed that it focuses a lot more on self realization rather than systemic oppression.evih (66)in #dc • 17 days agoDC Agendasource DC has been pushing the agenda and Idea that Batman is more than simply morality for decades now, even going as far as to implement the idea that his truest state is something beyond morality."Theevih (66)in #fantasy • 17 days agoThe Witcher #1 Blood of Elvessource I gave this book 5 stars, but I do feel like this book lacked a little bit of BAM power. Nothing major happens, but I believe we are setting the foundations for some drastic changes, and that isevih (66)in #mystery • 18 days agoWho Could That Be at This Hour? - Lemony Snicketsource I enjoyed it a lot. I like how Lemony Snicket writes the books and that he creates a whole new "persona" to act as the author/investigator, as if the books are his journal. I find this