saramdeuri's reviews
286 reviews

where could I possibly begin with this. tore me apart. phenomenal. I will read this again, the ache is too sweet. 

reading this and then hearing it got banned because racist fuckers had the audacity to claim the word "jazz" was sexual is heartbreaking. this is a lovely poem, really vivid. the structure of it pulls the whole thing together, i think.

so so much fun but my god. I was getting really bad sexist vibes this whole book. some of the ways he described the women, needlessly commenting on their appearances from their own pov.... Ew. I understand why Roddy, for example, would say Shit Like That, but not Catherine or Diana.

everything else here was pretty good though, just that this brought down the whole experience. the show really one upped this actually! I feel like giving the slow horses "the win" at the end closes it off nicely - I understand that the point in the book here is to give Hassan his moment and point to that the slow horses really ARE useless but I prefer the narrative that no one is, actually, and with enough good heart and dubious hacking skills you can get there. also the scene with Min, Louisa, and the helicopter was super cool, so it was kinda disappointing not to have it.

they're SO cute I wish theyd have communicated a little more ,,, , the ending felt a little fast compared to the rest of the plot which strolled along nicely. just very very cute

아니 근데 왜???????? 왜??? 굳이?????
왜

이도해가 갑자기 사라졌어???? 소설 끝까지 찾을 수도 없는데 왜?????

너무 답답해서 진짜 !!!!! 
그래도 넘넘 좋은 소설 추천한데 그 엔딩이...... 

when is it my turn to have a beautiful buff girlfriend to make meals for. how long do i have to wait

uh oh !! i accidentally read this thinking it was another short story collection from the author, whose i've previously read... so safe to say i was a little confused reading it. but not too confused, actually! pretty simple plot, simple enough that i could grasp it 4 volumes in with no previous knowledge. i don't really think that's good actually...

not at all a fan of the teacher/student relationship that is being very heavily hinted at, and i really don't feel all that much romantic tension between any of the couples - actually, i don't think i felt much romance at all. but i did like most of the characters individually, as they were pretty decently fleshed out and seemed to have their own personalities past the yuri character archetypes they're fulfilling. 

afraid to say mikanuji still suffers from same face syndrome though.......

ok PAUSE !!

renowned ultra micro local BL scholar saramdeuris giving anything less than 4 stars to an erha volume ?? it's possible. unfortunately. PAUSE AGAIN !!

HOW many plot twists ??? I don't think I can count them. this book should come packaged with one of those gimmick buttons you press and it makes the vine boom sound. please miss meatbun cut down on the plot twists. I have forgotten half of what happened in this book because of what happened in just the final ten chapters alone. please

I still have to give it a pretty high score though because !! miss meatbun knows how to write a good erotic scene, and how to keep that romantic tension high. and hey, at least three of those plot twists got me bad and were reasonable and well explained enough. the rest of them though? could've had a few chapters in between! goodness gracious. some of them I saw coming, some of them were too far off now I'm wondering if they were meant to be here at all. 

still a certified mo ran lover though keep grappling with your uncontrollable lust and unexplored kinks king. ily

[grabbing you by the shoulders, fearful and full of dread] never kill yourself 

I got through this quickly, but it was a tough one. moving and thoughtful. to me, there's something queer here - the attachment they have to each other. I wouldn't categorise it as gl though, I think it's just queer in a way. 

the art was lovely too. I will warn, outside of spoilers, that there is graphic depiction of violence and self-harm, though, so do be careful!

possibly the most nuanced and well-explained discussion on BL and women in society I've ever seen in any piece of fiction