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A review by ssuprnova
The King's Men by Nora Sakavic
5.0
16/12/21 - this reread was an entire accident. Opened it to taste a little andreil for a bit, you know, for comfort, and i just couldnt put it down dammit. I love them so much.
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i feel about this like i felt about reviewing any way the wind blows -absolutely scatter brained. like i dont know how the fuck to manage all these emotions im riding its truly a lot
complaints and confusion first, since they're few yet thicc:
1) still, half the time i have absolutely no clue what the fuck is going on. im sure thats purposeful and neil josten is a harry potter in that they both suffer way too much and are completely unreliable narrators and are truly so oblivious that the fact that they're still alive is a complete miracle. but people just be saying shit and i dont know what the hell we're talking about. neil be like huh??? and im like huh??? and yeah everything clears up later but in the meantime im just stumbling and vibing
2) the entire premise of the trilogy is that andrew, a single, very short and very medicated teenager, is supposed to be enough of a threat to protect both kevin and neil from BOTH SEpARATE YET CONNECTED MAFIAS THAT ARE GOING AFTER THEM. this is ONE MAN. ONE TINY MAN. am i supposed to believe that he'd make ANY DIFFERENCE?? THEYD JUST KILL HIM TOO BOOBOO
3) kevin being straight just dont sit right with me im sorry fellas im gonna reject this one
4) raise your hand if you believe riko's ultimate whereabouts are he's a cashier at walmart for minimum wage for the rest of his life and watches kevin and jean and neil be pros and excellent
thats it. now onto the things that i love about it:
1) absolutely everything else. and honestly even the things im iffy about (see above) i kinda love. its really very ridiculous and you must simply accept it in your heart but once you do that its a vibe
the character development, the vibes. the whole ass non existent sport that iM HONESTLY KINDA INTO?? ME?? CAN YOU BELIEVE?? catch me actually having a good time while reading the game chapters. all of the characters the found family angle WYMACK BEING A DAD BOTH LITERAL AND FIGURATIVELY kevin day????? my honeybunch sugarplum pumpy umpy umpkin you're my sweetiepie whom i would die for i would take a bullet for kevin day and this is a threat. renee?? allison?? dan?? queens. absolute queens. MATT??? THE ONLY MAN THAT DESERVES RIGHTS. nicky is a literal labrador and aaron. well. aaron is an abrasive little bitch and i never truly connected with him but i feel like he wouldnt want me to connect anyway
AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. T H E M. andrew and neil truly live in my mind rent free this is one of those couples that i simply cannot let go of. YOU'RE A pIpE DREAM??? LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE DONT TOUCH ME I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE. i cannot be articulate around this topic because my brain simply wants to go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA the reunion scene? i go FERAL. the cigarettes on the- jesus christ you know what im just gonna NOT because otherwise im gonna start crying right here and that's not very dignified of me.
anyways very dimensional well rounded characters and i know i just yelled about neil and andrew as an Item but also as individuals i just. chef's kiss. i love them so much. the growth???? andrew loving his therapist??? thats so fucking soft. neil coming to terms with the fact that he is loved and belongs??? no my heart. dude. like. DUDE.
a really interesting thing about them is that the books conceptually are super poetic and full of metaphors -the foxes, the ravens, the chess pieces, the game itself, the hallucinations, the butcher and the knives. everywhere you look theres a fuckin metaphor which makes for a super vivid, vibrant reading experience with so much imaginery but guess what!! the prose itself is so flat and mechanical!! what!! thats not a bad thing, its just STRANGE i had never read anything quite like this!! insane. absolutely insane. nora's rlly crazy for this one
also, mafia and murder and gay lacrosse. its a Mix i didn't expect to like necessarily AND YET. i am simply Obsessed. a jumbled review means my brain is jumbled and that means i am in love and would die for This. Them.
THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i feel about this like i felt about reviewing any way the wind blows -absolutely scatter brained. like i dont know how the fuck to manage all these emotions im riding its truly a lot
complaints and confusion first, since they're few yet thicc:
1) still, half the time i have absolutely no clue what the fuck is going on. im sure thats purposeful and neil josten is a harry potter in that they both suffer way too much and are completely unreliable narrators and are truly so oblivious that the fact that they're still alive is a complete miracle. but people just be saying shit and i dont know what the hell we're talking about. neil be like huh??? and im like huh??? and yeah everything clears up later but in the meantime im just stumbling and vibing
2) the entire premise of the trilogy is that andrew, a single, very short and very medicated teenager, is supposed to be enough of a threat to protect both kevin and neil from BOTH SEpARATE YET CONNECTED MAFIAS THAT ARE GOING AFTER THEM. this is ONE MAN. ONE TINY MAN. am i supposed to believe that he'd make ANY DIFFERENCE?? THEYD JUST KILL HIM TOO BOOBOO
3) kevin being straight just dont sit right with me im sorry fellas im gonna reject this one
4) raise your hand if you believe riko's ultimate whereabouts are he's a cashier at walmart for minimum wage for the rest of his life and watches kevin and jean and neil be pros and excellent
thats it. now onto the things that i love about it:
1) absolutely everything else. and honestly even the things im iffy about (see above) i kinda love. its really very ridiculous and you must simply accept it in your heart but once you do that its a vibe
the character development, the vibes. the whole ass non existent sport that iM HONESTLY KINDA INTO?? ME?? CAN YOU BELIEVE?? catch me actually having a good time while reading the game chapters. all of the characters the found family angle WYMACK BEING A DAD BOTH LITERAL AND FIGURATIVELY kevin day????? my honeybunch sugarplum pumpy umpy umpkin you're my sweetiepie whom i would die for i would take a bullet for kevin day and this is a threat. renee?? allison?? dan?? queens. absolute queens. MATT??? THE ONLY MAN THAT DESERVES RIGHTS. nicky is a literal labrador and aaron. well. aaron is an abrasive little bitch and i never truly connected with him but i feel like he wouldnt want me to connect anyway
AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. T H E M. andrew and neil truly live in my mind rent free this is one of those couples that i simply cannot let go of. YOU'RE A pIpE DREAM??? LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE DONT TOUCH ME I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE. i cannot be articulate around this topic because my brain simply wants to go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA the reunion scene? i go FERAL. the cigarettes on the- jesus christ you know what im just gonna NOT because otherwise im gonna start crying right here and that's not very dignified of me.
anyways very dimensional well rounded characters and i know i just yelled about neil and andrew as an Item but also as individuals i just. chef's kiss. i love them so much. the growth???? andrew loving his therapist??? thats so fucking soft. neil coming to terms with the fact that he is loved and belongs??? no my heart. dude. like. DUDE.
a really interesting thing about them is that the books conceptually are super poetic and full of metaphors -the foxes, the ravens, the chess pieces, the game itself, the hallucinations, the butcher and the knives. everywhere you look theres a fuckin metaphor which makes for a super vivid, vibrant reading experience with so much imaginery but guess what!! the prose itself is so flat and mechanical!! what!! thats not a bad thing, its just STRANGE i had never read anything quite like this!! insane. absolutely insane. nora's rlly crazy for this one
also, mafia and murder and gay lacrosse. its a Mix i didn't expect to like necessarily AND YET. i am simply Obsessed. a jumbled review means my brain is jumbled and that means i am in love and would die for This. Them.
THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!