venusinlove's reviews
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this manga was recommended to me by a dear friend.

sadly, it did nothing for me. not a single ounce of interest towards reading the rest of the volumes. i might try to watch the anime as it seems interesting but I don't know why it's so hard to get into it as an artist myself even. it took me soooo long to read even vol. 1 and I feel bad about it. 

well, what can you do? (reading something interesting. that's all I want to do.)

the concept and the art were brilliant. I wish I got to understand more of the story of the different timelines, though. i really loved the whole concept. i definitely need to have it in physical form. 

honestly? it had some pretty good points and themes, but, at the same time, it was pretty lesbophobic and very misogynistic. it's a shame that even lesbians have to chase male recognition and validation. 

i really don't know how to structure my review. it felt as if a teenage boy had to write about his sexual fantasies and that hurt me as i've met such behaviour from men everytime I mention I'm into girls. it's disrespecting.

ignoring those comment, the book had my attention, although I couldn't care less about the characters' sexual activities and would have loved to skip the details but yea. 

one last thing:

it's not okay for him to have a work relationship but to gaslight, abuse and mistreat women is okay? okay, cool, good to know. fuck him.

Личи си, че този човек е написал тази книга много осъзнато и с изключително много знанич и талант. Смятам, че Галин Никифоров е един от най-открояващите се съвременни български писатели - със своите сюжети, които са толкова интересни, зашеметяващи дори. Много български автори се опитват да са оригнални в своите творения, но не на всеки им се получава. Като човек, който има интерес към опознаването на точно съвременната литература в България, смея да кажа, че Никифоров е един от най-забележителните.

Тук бих добавила, че точно тази книга не бе най-любимата ми от неговите творения - бавеше се на моменти и беше сложна за четене, но самият сюжет! Допълнителният факт, който ме накара да съм с преграда през целия прочит е факта, че главните герои бяха полицаи. И дотук свършва този коментар.

Все още имаме чудесни автори в България, човек само трябва да им даде шанс.

i lowkey knew that i wouldn't like this one based on my previous experience with rooney's books and writing overall. the style itself of not knowing when a person is speaking also throws me off and it's really confusing to read a book by her (thank fuck I was listening to the audiobook along with the e-book version).

it's so interesting how different the POVs of the two brothers were. like, I can't judge the book as one thing because they were so distant in a way, as if they were written by two different people. i liked that kind of. Peter's POV to me was really boring, couldn't get focused on a single chapter and get it through my skull. i think it was close to the third part where I finally could get into his storyline but it was so far in that it didn't matter anymore as I was already looking forward to reading more of Ivan's part. Peter's internal problems and the ones with his surroundings quite differentiate and I sort of liked the "train of thought" writing but it was so messy!!!! it was just a jumble of words to me. that being said, I am also a person of a story and the internal problems rarely get to me because nothing is happening, there is no movement in the story and for me to like a book it has to be pretty dynamic.

now for Ivan's part! his character quite intrigued me since I connected him with Charlie from Flowers for Aldernon. this comes from a sentence from Peter in the beginning of the book about Ivan being autistic and it has stayed with me throughout the entire book. he was acting very childish at some moments and I'm trying to excuse this as a "he's still young" but also?

blocking your brother's phone... cussing him off because he doesn't approve of your relationship? girl. relax. now this I know comes from his internal family issues with getting the oh so beloved aproval from his big brother but that should not be the standard.

the whole character of Ivan was just more fascinating and it lacked the self-centeredness of Peter's one which was really nice. he was also the one that had his life as if more "in his own hands" which contradicts with the way he was acting in those moments with his brother. I'm wondering if the comment about Ivan being autistic is meant actually and not just thrown into the book meaninglessly by Rooney (I really hope not because it would make a lot of sense if ivan actually was! based on my own feelings and thoughts).

there was something about this book that's so pretentious and I cannot explain what it is exactly. maybe it was the writing style of Peter's chapters. it also draggedddddd. i dislike books that drag out for nothing! like 440+ pages for what????? the ending wasn't even that good. i see all the bookstagramers and bookworms around me loving this book but I do not see what's so exceptional about her writing? it's just messy, not coordinated and quite annoying with the punctuation. i admire her for the character building she does but that does nothing for my story-loving brain.

at some point, I'll really need to just drop the "vibes no plot" trend, maybe this book was the final boss.

Hurt between war and miscarriage. I loved the style of some of the poets and the ones about the war and her family devastated me. 

I'm giving it 3.5* because some of the poems were hard to read and i couldn't get to the meaning of them but i blame it on myself.

i usually finish graphic novels in a day or two but this one did not resonate with me at all. sorry. love her art tho.

Не иускам да си представя колко книги следва да напиша, когато и моят баща си отиде. Дали тази една книга би ми помогнала за преодоляване на болката? Не обичам да отивам там.

Много чувствена книга с толкова много детайли от битието, че ти става умилително и започваш да се възхищаваш на живота, който бащата на Господинов е преживял. 

Изключителен.

creepy. keeps you on your toes the entire time. 

it's also really fucking sad

because of how many close people died that were close to the narrator.

 

the part where he woke up in the middle of the forest gave me the most unsettling feeling. i loved it. 

the whole book was very dark and very creepy but also it gave out such a lonely feeling. really good. and also my only scary read for the year. 

повече хора трябва да ходят по малките села и да се срещат с възрастни хора. самотата им е това, което убива нашата страна и тази книга го показва изцяло. единственоте, от което те имат нужда е хора около тях и малко компания. за съжаление голяма част от нас, младите, не го осъзнаваме и живеем в свой собствен свят.

понякога дори един телефонен разговор е достатъчен за радостта на възрастните хора. и на моментиу съжалявам, че не съм била от хората, които са се предавали пред егото си и не са звънели, когато са имали възможността, защото сега вече е късно.