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My husband and I are now listening to Vera Wong book together so I needed to pick another audiobook. I doubt its going to be as good as Bury Your Gays but I'm excited to listen to this one!
New audiobook. Ive been in a funk so I need something light and sweet. Hope this is it!!
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Wow. This book, rather audiobook completely blew my mind. The narration was great btw. I know its only Feb but it is by far my favorite read of the year and as I can tell, 5 star in a while. The characters are well developed and realistic. Plot and story is original while having many references to other media, companies, and people. There are many parallels to be found, several layers of social commentary, and metaphors used are spot on. Campy in some spots and overall just super fun. I loved how he addressed some of my concerns at the end too about the true villains of the story.
Spoilers I read a lot of horror and can understand why when presented as this genre, a lot of other readers were not impressed. However, I went into this audiobook blind and came out loving this book so much. The meta commentary in this story was amazing about the entertainment industry, late to end stage capitalism, the nuances of queer representation and treatment over the years+now, etc. It really is the board that controls everything, CEOs are just the face, the industry is still very abusive and controlling, and capitalism is evil. I am so happy that there has been so much more queer representation but as this novel points out, there are still tropes commonly used and capitalism still is ruining our country. Just look at the reversion of America and where most people are in the world now because of capitalism. I also loved that there was an additional cautionary tale about privacy.
The way Chuck Tingle also connected Misha's past and present was also very great and I loved his comments on the purpose of horror and story telling. I just have so many thoughts on the book.
It overall was a fun but deep story, wondefully written about very complex topics. The ending was a bit more optimistic than I expected but I appreciated it all the same. I felt like Tingle is correct though that we need to continue to tell stories, connect and support one another. Lastly, that we should continue to love one another and acknowledge that we are all humans.
A great book for a debut!! I saw other readers leave some negative reviews because they did not like the characters or found it flat but I picked this up for an easy, breezy read and I got exactly that. Jolene is not a likeable character. Shes an asshole and rather grumpy but these people exist. People exist of all sorts of varying degrees of emotional intelligence and maturity. I enjoyed the story, the characters and the outcome. I found it worth the read to the end and thoroughly enjoyed Jolene's journey into healing as well as development.
New audiobook. Have been in the mood for something less serious and a bit lighter to constrast reality. Heard this was a satire
Wanted to pick up something lighter.
A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, …
By far my favorite Dungeon Crawler Carl book. 8th has been immensely fun with the characters, side quests, and the system that the author came up with. I forced myself to pause often while listening to the audiobook to savor it. I never want it to end.
A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered …
I wanted to pick this book up sometime but it was really slow for me and a DNF for sure.... Apparently I tried to read it a year ago and I haven't.
The audiobook started really slow and I was unsure if I was going to like this book. However, after putting in some time I grew increasingly invested in all the characters. All of them were really fleshed out and I enjoyed all the different POVs. The setting was well described and towards the end, when you get to acknowledgements you find that the author really did her homework which I appreciated. For a historical fiction, it seemed very accurate with the period and reminds me of how far we have come with women within society. The ending I found was worth. Again, just a little slow in beginning but I found resolution worth it and everything makes sense and is logical. The stories really felt like they could have been real as someone who has watched quite a bit of true crime.
Picked this up as an audiobook because I got skip the line for it via Libby. Its a slow but good listen when you finally make it to the end
A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, …
I started this a while ago. Ive paused because its just so good and I dont want it to be over!! Book 7 is so far away still!!
