venusinlove's reviews
330 reviews

честно казано, началото на книгата беше толкова покъртително, че почти ме отказа да я чета... разговорите бяха много несвързани и изведнъж, ако said разговор се е провел по телефона, човекът miraculously се появява в стаята или апартамента. губих връзка, а и интерес при подобни случаи. за мое щастие, книгата се четеше много лесно. след може би втората част беше много плавно, дори бих казала, че беше като приключение. самата история и идеята за

превръщането на човека от човек в костюм в маймуна

не ми беше толкова интересно и ngl беше малко rushed. но! самата част и животът на горилата бяха доста добре написани (тук изключвам един много странен момент, в който изведнъж се появи тигър за точно едно изречение и след това той внезапно изчезна и не беше споменаван повече. такива пропуски за мен са огромен минус в една история, защото няма никакъв смисъл да бъдат включвани тези "герои" дори.). 

историята е различна, от части интересна, начинът на писане варира между изненадващо неприятен и същевременно сравнително посредствен. корицата от друга страна ме грабна моментално. поздравления за художникът! :)

some of these are truly amazing! i had some really funny jokes about some of the art in this book but sadly i can't attach any of the pics i took. so you can imagine my very funny jokes about me and my whalien 52 whale. <3 

something about the whole book is so unique and i think it's the black and white tones.

<i>"отложих всичките си самоубийства заради теб..."</i>

<i>"оттук нататък всеки ден ще те забравям."</i>

освен тези два цитата аз не усетих нищо друго освен досада. не мога да понасям цинизмът на Рахнев. камо ли докосванията с U2, VH1 и дори футбол? не мисля, че ще срещна отново човек, било то българин или чуждестранен автор, който си позволява да вкара футбол в поезия. 

в момента успявам да сравня тази стихосбирка със [book:Зелда|36460549] и за тези 9 години, което е разликата между двете книги, аз ги намирам за изключително сходни. може би разликата беше единствено във факта, че Рахнев бе наблегнал върху Radiohead и U2 в [book:Зелда|36460549]. 

за съжаление това е една от онези български книги, които не бих препоръчала на нито един познат. за негово добро, разбира се. 

и отново, прочита в Storytel бе превъзходен. само заради него рейтингът ми в Storygraph е с 0.25 повече от този тук. :) а също и защото <i>"Един Елин..."</i> звучи доста благозвучно.

Прочетох вече няколко ревюта от различни хора и все пак не мога да разбера какъв е проблемът с авторката и творбата ѝ. Според мен жената си пише доста увлекателно. Да, на много части текстът се влачеше и ми беше дори бавно темпото, с което всеки от героите описваше случилото му се, а и на другите също. 

Интересното е, че повечето негативни коментари, които видях бяха изцяло без силни доводи, което ме навява на мисълта, че или човек не е дал шанс на книгата да го погълне (защото историята наистина си е увлекателна), или е изградил предварително своето мнение за Лалева (за която явно има някакви новини и около публикуването на тази книга, но толкова се изгубих, че не мисля, че е нужно да навлизам толкова дълбоко), или просто не е по неговия вкус. 

На мен лично тази книга ми повлия много. Да, съгласна съм, че писането на авторката е малко досадно от време на време. Не може всяко второ изречение да е просто и с 4-5 думи. Това може да си е лично мой "ick", но съм убедена, че ако тези изречения бяха с една идея по-дълги книгата нямаше да ми се стори толкова тягосна като времетраене на прочита ми. Което всъщност е странно, защото нямам проблем по принцип с подобен начин на писане или с четенето на ~400 страници за около седмица - този път ми отне почти 3. Въпреки този "кусур", книгата наистина ми хареса. Героите бяха интересно, историите им също, даже имаше случаи, в които се замислях "Този детайл за какво е тук? Не мисля, че беше важен.", но всъщност в нечия друга история той бива засегнат и това е прекрасен пример на моята любима Пушка на Чехов - тя бе използвана до последния патрон. Нямаше пропуски тази книга, наистина съм зашеметена. 

Има и друг факт - не обичам да чета за вяра, за религия, за Бог. Не е в кръвта ми и не се интересувам. Тук идва моято "но". Някакси Лалева така описваше вярата и вселената и висшите сили, че усетих отвътре как нещо в мен се размърда и си казах, че може би... Може би има смисъл. 

С право тази книга е толкова известна. Тя просто ме съсипа със съвършенството си. 

Бих била благодарна ако някой е така добър да ми обясни тези така огромни проблеми в тази литература, защото все пак мога да греша и наистина да има причина всички да са толкова критични към авторката и творбата ѝ. :) Но засега - 4.75*.

Edit, 2025 г.: 5*.

i feel like for so many people this book is groundbreaking but i was more lost than entertained while reading it. for more than half of the book i wondered why am i reading this? what's the point? where is this plot taking me? then i realised the answer was nowhere. this book is the epitome of "no plot just vibes" to me. and that's not necessarily bad but it wasn't what I'm looking for in a book, I'm sorry. 

also the fast that everywhere in the reading sites it says that The Bell Jar is literally is kind of misleading because i found out in the middle of the book that a big portion of it is actually autobiographical??? now, what the fuck? that revolution literally saved the book for me (and the last third of the book itself too ngl). but i swear, this pretty little book almost put me in a slump and i had to start other books to avoid that. it was really slow and i'd say quite boring. the language was magnificent, i loved it but the way it was interpreted was not that good. i found it messy and really confusing which messed up my reading process simply because i didn't know what i was reading and why, really! 

i usually don't need that much from a book to satisfy me, especially from classics - i try to give them sort of the benefit of the doubt, i know writing now has improved a lot so I'm doing my best in being tolerant. however, here it is a question of a timeline and maybe some more description of the characters? i don't know why i didn't like it so much. i feel bad for giving it a bad review but i cannot give it a higher rating. 

plath will always have my respect, especially after reading this book and realizing that it was her as the protagonist(!) but I'm basing this book on overall vibes. it was a fascinating book from the point of a mentally unwell person. i really appreciated that and i think it's actually quite hard to put out such a book - it's really person if not anything else. i hope everyone who hurt her suffered. :) i think that's all i have to say. i have much respect for miss plath, she's an icon and i'll forever be grateful to her for inspiring taylor swift, too. lol.

I'm having trouble rating this book, ugh. I'm trying to decide if it's closer to 4* or 3* and i think i know my answer. I'm reading books so i could have fun and this one was not fun at all. :(

i'm sure i've said this before but here i go again - i do not enjoy fantasy-type books, even worse for me are the sci-fi/dystopian ones. i just don't enjoy reading them, HOWEVER!! this might as well be one of the most fantastic (pun intended) books i've read not only in the sci-fi specter but also classic-wise (i completely give my trust to GR for saying that this book is a classic but it might be wrong so idk lol). 

i usually try to stay away from classics because I'm scared of being highly disappointed (speaking from my past experience) but wow, this one was just so good?? i think it was about time i read something good because my last few reads have been a bit disappointing, to say the least, they simply don't stand out with anything. but this one! wow!

there is something about a book where men simply don't exist except merely as a concept and a silhouette. the girlhood in the story was really strong although it didn't seem like it in the beginning and getting to the point of those women being a "family" was so charming in a way? i don't really know how to explain it. it felt natural and the way the whole book was narrated from the youngest one was really different. i loved how authentic her point of view was! it didn't feel fake or anything, there weren't missing parts or unused objects (here, i am referring to Anton Chekhov's saying "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." which i've seen being an abused "rule" by many authors). the story developed quite slowly but fast at the same time, it felt perfect, and everything made sense and was well interpreted. it was almost as if it was dragging but so many things were happening that weren't too big but just important enough so you don't lose interest. I'm pretty quite blown away by the delicate way the story was being told. 

i'd say one thing i both loved and didn't enjoy was how many questions this book gave me. i swear my head pounded but in such a thrilling way!! i love such books - they are like a big puzzle to me and as a virgo that is amazing, lol. no but really it made me wonder

- who are those women? where are they? is this really not earth? why are they closed and being given pills? what caused the disappearance of the men and where had they gone? what were those people kept for and why in bulks of forty?

i know I'm not going to get answers to my questions and i think that's just the charm of the book. i couldn't be upset about an unfinished puzzle, i could finish it in a way that's unique to myself, maybe even write my own ending. 

i think the books I've read recently have been a bit boring and they rarely keep me entertained so this one showed me what a pleasure it is to read a good book. i recommend it to literally everyone. it doesn't matter the gender, the age, the mindset. i would even recommend it to my cat if she could read. it's just THAT good!

there was no specific plot in this book, just vibes. sad, white, beautifully written vibes. i don't know how han kang manages to describe such painful things as grief, and pain but also solace and purity in a way that's literally stunning. it's a book that within a few paragraphs had me tearing up. my mind cannot comprehend how you could write poetry like that? every page was unique in its own way and the language was remarkable! of course that couldn't be possible without the magnificent work of deborah smith! just stunning! 

i'd love to come back for this book once again and have it ruin me. i think i'll need it. 

i don't think i can say much about this book. i don't want to link it to anything political, just want to look at it as another piece of literature. thus why i give it that rating - it was really captivating and the story kept my attention which rarely happens (oops). no but really, the book is amazing? i know it's about real people and i see the logic, it did make sense. i understand why so many people have strong feelings over it and i also now know why it is so popular amongst everyone around me. i want to say so many things but i'd rather not spoil anything. only that the whole animals vs. humans was done in a way that showed the society at its best. even today. 

in the end, i'll just say that "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, but some animals are more equal than others. "

fate really decided on putting 7 angels in a group and calling it BTS. 

seriously want to thank Myeongseok Kang for writing their story so freaking well. i don't think i've read a more thorough memoir with such a great timeline as this one, everything just FLOWED. i'm also quite blown away by the design of the whole book? are you kidding me? it's amazing! so well done! 

being an ARMY ever since 2016, i remember almost everything from then up until now that has happened to them, of course not in such details like what was happening between them. but i do remember when they won Artist Of The Year in 2018 at the MAMA awards and them talking about how they really considered breaking up... it was really hard on us fans too because after all, we really are like family. i swear they love us so much. they do so many things for us. and as people too. there is not a single artist that can step on their little finger regarding the many charities and touching on the social issues of the world that they are involved in. they just care, y'know? i'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about the shit that industry has been throwing at them, they had the right to be mad and yet they were kind and humble about their success. i know it is a phrase that we, ARMY, use a lot out there but BTS really did pave the way for most if not all Korean artists. at least they did so towards the American industry (and all over the world but yeah). 

my review might be long but it's for me, this is my space to rant about my love for these boys. so i'll go on.

back in 2016, i was going through a lot of hardships and the only song that kept me literally going was RUN. i remember how one night, that was particularly awful, me and my brother both listened to the song while running all the way towards home. we were so angry and sad back then but it was such a core memory. i literally owe so much to this group. they don't know it but they've helped me get through so much shit and to see in this book how much they were dealing with is really touching. we were in this together and we have been walking towards our brightest future for the past 7(!!!!) years. they've been with me through family stuff, through my first love and biggest heartbreak, through endless nights where i was feeling so helpless and wanted to end it all, through getting back up and seeing that life really goes on. they've been with me and continue to be beside me so i will be right next to them until i can't do it anymore. 

i don't think there will ever be a group that will top BTS. there will only be a comparison to them because my boys have opened the world for Korean artists already. and we should all be thankful to them. There is no such thing as "the next BTS". i'll wait until 2025 to see them again together as one, as a family. i'll bawl my eyes out with them but we'll stand together. that's what matters. :) <3

the whole concept of grief and how we're taking it as living creatures is fascinating. different people react in different ways and it was quite interesting to see Didion's way of going through something so heartbreaking. there were many moments in which it was as if she was describing my way of thinking regarding a person I've lost (although I can't compare them very much...). I think I mainly liked this book solely because I can relate to it and the things she was transcribing were very on point with my thinking overall but I can't say it really hit me hard only because I have yet to lose a person THAT close to me. 

some things I didn't quite get on were if this was a story based on

losing her husband ONLY or that specific thing AND her daughter being ill and constantly in hospitals. I wouldn't mind if it was both, but I was lost.

I loved her writing regardless. at some point, the language she was speaking regarding most of the medical terms was a bit too intense, and was getting overwhelmed because I felt as if I had to have graduated from medical school or have some background in the medical field to understand it all but at least she did her due to describe the stuff she was referring to. 

overall, I think that I would read that in the (hopefully) very far future when I start to lose people around me but for now the only thing I can do is sympathize and applaud her for getting up and dealing with how shitty life is for taking the people that we love the most.