Pip 🍄 wants to read Deerskin by Robin McKinley
When her growing beauty begins to resemble her mother's too closely, Princess Lissar must flee …
Tale foundry recommended it, say no more
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Pip 🍄 reviewed Wicked by Gregory Maguire
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer …
It might have thrived as its' own thing
3 stars
The prose was good, I enjoyed the beginning, but I feel as though because it was trying to keep up with the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (which it wasn't particularly good at) it led the story to become bitter, stale, full of plot holes and developments coming out of nowhere.
And as other reviewers have mentioned, the sexual development of minor characters being described was very uncomfortable. I understand the vibe they were going with some of them, but it wasn't as necessary as they probably thought it was.
The prose was good, I enjoyed the beginning, but I feel as though because it was trying to keep up with the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (which it wasn't particularly good at) it led the story to become bitter, stale, full of plot holes and developments coming out of nowhere.
And as other reviewers have mentioned, the sexual development of minor characters being described was very uncomfortable. I understand the vibe they were going with some of them, but it wasn't as necessary as they probably thought it was.
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells …
Pip 🍄 started reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer …
Started reading Wicked recently without having seen or knowing anything about the Musical. I gotta say, quite interesting... I cannot for the life of me tell where this is headed.
Pip 🍄 wants to read The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of galaxy-spanning …
Idk I heard someone on mastodon mention it, worth giving a shot!
Pip 🍄 reviewed Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of …
Short, not gay enough, but thrilling when it was
4 stars
Though it could and deserved to be much, much gayer; it was very enjoyable. Besides the out of nowhere classist and racist remarks very obviously shoehorned in by the author that didn't even affect the story and we're completely unnecessary, it presented the kind of queer relationship you develop as a child, innocent but passionate and desperate almost. And that definitely made my heart race like the good old days.
Though it could and deserved to be much, much gayer; it was very enjoyable. Besides the out of nowhere classist and racist remarks very obviously shoehorned in by the author that didn't even affect the story and we're completely unnecessary, it presented the kind of queer relationship you develop as a child, innocent but passionate and desperate almost. And that definitely made my heart race like the good old days.
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire …
Pip 🍄 finished reading Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of …
Though it could and deserved to be much, much gayer; it was very enjoyable. Besides the out of nowhere classist and racist remarks very obviously shoehorned in by the author that didn't even affect the story and we're completely unnecessary, it presented the kind of queer relationship you develop as a child, innocent but passionate and desperate almost. And that definitely made my heart race like the good old days.
Though it could and deserved to be much, much gayer; it was very enjoyable. Besides the out of nowhere classist and racist remarks very obviously shoehorned in by the author that didn't even affect the story and we're completely unnecessary, it presented the kind of queer relationship you develop as a child, innocent but passionate and desperate almost. And that definitely made my heart race like the good old days.
Τι γίνεται όταν το κουβάρι ξετυλίγεται; Αλλόκοτα πράγματα συμβαίνουν σε Γη και Ουρανό. Τα αστέρια …
Δυσκολεύτηκα να το διαβάσω
3 stars
Να πω την αλήθεια δεν έχω διαβάσει ολόκληρο το βιβλίο για να έχω μια άποψη για την ιστορία αλλά μπορεί λόγω της ηλικίας μου, μπορεί λόγω προσωπικού μου γούστου, αλλά η αναγνωστική εμπειρία ήταν ανυπόφορη. Τόσο κριντζ χρήση λεξιλογίου και εκφράσεων έχω ξαναδιαβάσει μόνο σε ειρωνικά χιουμοριστικά κείμενα, αλλά εδώ για κάποιον λόγο δεν μου ερχόταν να γελάσω.
Pip 🍄 reviewed The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and …
Simply beautiful
5 stars
Such a beautifully written and captivatingly intimate work. I was so entranced and obsessed, I finished it in two days!
If you're a fan of historical tragic romance -and even if you aren't- this is THE book to read
Such a beautifully written and captivatingly intimate work. I was so entranced and obsessed, I finished it in two days!
If you're a fan of historical tragic romance -and even if you aren't- this is THE book to read