annieice's reviews
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It was actually interesting weirdly enough. Felt very Edwardian and the two girls didn't have any names but you still felt for them. The best thing is that the girls don't know what is going on but they still are worried and sad for their governess while we the readers do. It felt a bit too telling not showing but i guess that's how they wrote back then.

this was an interesting read. it was definitely slow so I listened to the audiobook at 2.5x speed (ADHDers unite) but the topic was awesome. i think this was the 3rd book I ever read with a wheelchair-user MC. The other two were Out of My Mind duology who also have an MC with cerebral palsy, although the writer isn't disabled herself. I have a special interest in disability advocacy as I'm invisibly disabled myself but also care a lot about all other kinds of disabilities and accommodations and accessibility. it makes me furious to see how much more our countries have to do to be better. Effie was a character I understood even though our struggles are different, but it's also important to say that Effie is privileged. she's rich and she can go to college anywhere she wants which makes her story a bit easier. it's good that she acknowledges that because throughout the book all I could think about was what about other wheelchair users who don't have accessible colleges nearby and can't go somewhere further and more expensive... it's a thing that shouldn't go on anymore. my college for example doesn't have a lift/elevator so wheelchair users can't even go to their classes if they're on the 2nd/3rd floor... it's awful. Anyway the book was nice, I liked the inner and intrapersonal conflicts. I'm happy for her and Wilder (the asking for consent for a kiss made me so happy, need to see that more). also the audiobook narrator is also a wheelchair user and that made me even more happy. we ned audiobook narrators to share the MCs identity more!!!

probably the worst book of the year... dear Lord this was hard to read/listen to. i didn't understand much at all, there was no ending and I just feel so disappointed because I had this in my tbr for so long and the cover is just so gorgeous but nope... i cant recommend it. Celia was fine as a character although a bit too horny for my liking for a ya book, while Kacey was just meh. i mean I read her as autistic but just because she is autistic doesn't mean she should be boring. like hell, i read a lot of books with autistic MCs and i liked most of them. I'm autistic myself and if i read a book about my thoughts and stuff they'd probably be way more interesting than hers... oh well, better luck next time for me i guess. and it's such a shame because I like that it has this free will/environmentalist/anti-capitalist message but it just doesn't deliver...

i don't know how to review this graphic novel... seems to me that all that I think and feel about it has been said by others. i just really LIKED the idea and all the complex themes and topics it wanted to explore. BUT the execution man... it's not there. the art style is gorgeous, but the MC's personalities are just not it. that's not how DID is or is developed from. the ending where they all merged together made ZERO sense, I would've preferred they came to working together and that it's OK for her to have all these sides of her, but them just becoming one out of the blue while she was trying to off herself isn't it. speaking of offing herself, that came out of NOWHERE, like not realistic at all. i can't believe how shallow the side characters are, including her parents. her bf is also just blah I don't see any of their chemistry. Glinda's story didn't make much sense, I feel like we were owed more. the white Ella thing was also not talked enough about. which brings me to the main issue with this series but this book in particular. it is too fast-paced, and it will flip from inside the head to outside so rapidly it made NO sense. the convos feel weird and like they're being interrupted. the main issue is the PACING. it's not done well at all. and I feel like for this particular story it would really benefit if it had 50 more pages. like I would even excuse all the fantastical backstory to her DID if they just explored all these things better and slower. she can't just heal so fast like that, girly has years of therapy ahead of her... i dunno I just feel a bit disappointed because I really wanted more from this story but oh well... also Ella being bi/nb would've been interesting to be explored more but oh well...

i heard about this book right when it came out and found it intriguing, who deosn't with such a title? but I didnt read it, i thought it was too much for little me who wasn't used to crime stories much, well that has come to pass. now they seem to be my type of stories. i enjoy watching crime dramas and even a little true crime here and there. and of course thriller books are my favorite. so I thought I could give this a go. it was actually tamer than I thought, I did enjoy it though. the sex club part felt a bit iffy but other than that I actually liked the main character, which doesn't seem to be a popular opinion in the reviews here. id say I agreed with her opinions on things a lot, she's my anticapitalist queen who's a bit hypocritical at times, lol. her revenge plan made sense although I personally wouldn't have killed the cousin and half sister, but what do I know, I wouldn't kill anyone at all. anyways the end killed me, like bruh all that word and where did it get her?! still it was an enjoyable read and it made me think about it when I put it down for the day and after so it was good. it did try to be humorous and honestly I did find it funny at bits, I guess I vibe with British humor for some reason. id say most people were pretty harsh about this book, but then again who knows maybe I just have bad taste?!

this was actually pretty fun and cute. i can see a lot of potential for mature discussions, let's hope they take advantage of that. oh and I dunno why but I LOVE the character design for the MC, it's so rare to see children especially girls being drawn as not sticks for some reason.

one of the best representations of muslims in books so far. felt so real to the time we're living and i related to Nida a lot, although of course she had it harder. i think this should be something that also teens should read so they let go of their prejudices and learn more about islamophobia, colonialism and racism. wish i paid a bit more attention to the audiobook myself...

i LOVE YOU Holly Jackson!!! i wish we were friends because i LOVE the way your brain works and writes. all your MCs are just so real. and this one was so ADHD I loved her. it was so trippy having a MC that doesn't let us know what's on her head much either, it was sooo fun. the ending messed me up though, you witch make me cry like that and for what? lol. cant wait for more of her books to come out and devour them, i have finished EVERY SINGLE one of them in one sitting. like they're all so good i can't do anything else but finish reading them! GENIUS

i think this volume is finished with teh 100th chapter right? 
regardless I LOVED the Martha/Henry arc. OmG Endo really knows how to pull the heart strings and make such insanely believable backstories. I love how anti war SpyxFamily is. i read this series to escape reality but instead i end up crying because it's real... i love it soo much

10/10 graphic novel trilogy. i want more from the artist and writer. it's such an obvious story of colonization and how it links to basically ruining the land and nature. i love that so much, very important for kids to learn that. the characters are all great. i liked the new mapmaker's design, she's so pretty and cute. oh and when other mapmakers around the world showed up and one of them was a hijabi, i squealed with happiness. i feel like a kid when i see myself represented in a place that isn't necessarily expected but soo needed. i think the ending was pretty satisfying although

I wanted to know what happened to the evil boss/colonizer and to the constable. it felt a bit rushed.

Lewis was definitely my favorite, he's just so cute and relatable and i loved that the writer gave him such importance in the end. would buy physical copies of teh graphic novels when i have the money for sure. oh and i just saw that it's recommended to ATLA fans, i will say 100% agree as a die hard fan, it scratches the same itch lol.