zatannacomic's reviews
153 reviews

The book lost its plot after 30 pages and it was a drag to read. I didn't care about any of the characters and found them very one-dimensional. There were tangents about writing and the meaning of something, but they dragged along with this empty story. The final chapter connects the underlying threads of plot and feelings, which were kind of interesting, but were wasted if you look at the story in its entirety. This wasn't for me at all.

This graphic novel was fantastic. I’ve read other comics by Cloonan before, but none have captured me like this. It is a bit of a classic witch hunt story, but it also has a few twists and tasteful explicit scenes to spice it up. 

The art styles used were also beautiful. The story was tense and interesting. I enjoyed this so much I read it in one sitting. 

I guess this was one of the cases where I picked up a book just because of the cover. Sadly, the story and I didn't connect. Personally I hated how the main character and the narrator weren't the same. It's interesting in a way, but I didn't feel connected to either Linda or Franny because of this. The amount of characters also didn't help as I just forgot who every one was.

This book did a lot of telling instead of showing. We (the reader) got to experience everything through conversations between characters instead of living the experience with the characters.

I'm not even going to talk about the last chapter...

This book is just something else. It is by no means perfect, but I loved reading this. There were moments I wanted to DNF it or throw it against a wall. It has questionable topics in it, but beside that I absolutely love Lestat and the world Anne Rice built. 

One thing though, the Marius chapters should have been edited down by a lot. That was so much unnecessary info-dumping. Those chapters had interesting ideas, but just dragged out way too long. The last 100-ish pages were so fun though. I need to read book three.

Mrs. Seacole is a witty and interesting character. The way this book was written as if she was talking to the reader makes this a very lighthearted read. I wouldn't really say this book was 'fun', because war and people being injured or sick are the central topic of this book. However I did like reading this book (and listening to the audiobook)!

While this book did not reinvent the wheel, it was very good. I like reading the exploration of family dynamics and the feeling of not fitting anywhere.  The importance to ballet for all characters involved is also interesting, it something that keeps connecting them. There are some absolutely fantastic lines in this book that are going to stay with me for a while. 

I don’t think I can rate and review this book. 

The experiences written about in this are so sad and still so important to read about. 

This book really was so addictive to read. I read the last half in one evening, because I had to know how it ended. It read quickly, it has lovely characters and a main character i really understood and connected with. 

The story was so impressively built. It starts off fine and then suddenly it throws you into its message and it hits you in the face.

The moment you realise its two white people thinking that they are saving a black woman from each other, while they are the problem, the whole book just looks different.

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Definitely a big recommendation and I hate that it stayed on my TBR for so long. I should have read this sooner. 

I think this story tries to show two different lives, each with a connecting feeling of not have closure from something in the past. Both characters in this book are at their core unhappy. 

Honestly the Mrs Dalloway parts were not the sections of the book I cared about. They felt really drawn out, which makes sense considering the stream of consciousness style of writing. I kind of missed a bit of depth or action going on. I had hoped to see more of the party, its guests and like the gossip or conversations that came out of that (

which did happen, but only in the last 20% of the book

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Now the part I loved reading were about Septimus and Rezia. They were interesting, full of emotion and depth. It was very sad to see this character suffer while not being helped correctly. I had probably liked a book on these characters alone better. 

Kate Bush is fantastic. I love her music. It's so creative and she's not afraid to experiment and make her music loud or weird. On top of that she is an amazing lyricist. This became even more clear after reading and analyzing some songs. There are clever references and poetic lines in her songs, which you don't even notice until you take the time to read the lyrics.