kookeybird's reviews
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The Shape of Water (and other bodily fluids) 

I’m not even sure what I’m reading anymore, but I think I liked it.

My kingdom for a little much-needed clarity in Alecto the Ninth 

Made me realize I need to talk to a therapist again. Thumbs up 👍 

Everything felt a little *too* perfect and a little *too* contrived. Like a painting with all of the brush-strokes meticulously hidden away. It’s a pretty picture, but I don’t really feel emotion other than the overwhelming saccharine 

Special Shoutout to the list of names used for the cultivated corpse flowers. Going to be calling my cats The Amazing Stinko and Wee Stinky from now on

An epic poem about a man that can kiss on your wife, and then kiss on you, and then basically go “well who can blame me? Women have been tempting men in the Bible since Eve was conceived-“ and he gets a cool belt from it that shows he’s at least a little embarrassed for his transgressions. 

Made me hungry

I need Anne’s father as a guest judge on some reality TV competition immediately; he calls it like he sees it (and he usually sees it in unfavorable lighting.) Love when Anne actually got to speak more than a sentence in the last 30 pages of the book. Headcanon that her sister Elizabeth lived happily with her ‘intimate’ lady friend, Penelope. 🌈 

The names, vocab and jargon make me feel like I’m constantly solving a cryptoquip, but the puzzle is fun when I don’t have brain fatigue! Yay space lesbians and chimera gore! 

Is it me? Am I the drama  la Dama?