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We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate …
This is a very important book. It made me terrified. I am terrified.
We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call …
Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has …
Content warning Spoilers about the romance parts
I have figured out that I Iike vanilla romance and that Romantasy books don't have vanilla romance in them. So in Garth Nix's books, which no one refers to as Romantasy, he has wonderful action adventure fantasy but also each book has a very cute love story of two young people who are awkward shy and nerdy who slowly fall in love. It is sometimes comedic with the young man frequently embarrassing himself and the young woman finding him endearing. There is only some hand holding and a few kisses. Everything is so "vanilla." There are no love triangles. There are no people trying to have sex with as many people as possible. It is just love. And it is the best thing in the whole world. Why on earth is Garth Nix not heralded as a great romance writer? I don't understand. I guess I will never understand how other people view sexuality and what is "sexy." Too me two people forming a strong emotional bond while on an adventure and then realizing they love each other is the absolute greatest love story anyone can tell. I would read this same story in as many incantations of it as I could if only more writers would write romance like this.
Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of …
@AlexaReadMeABook Thank you so very much! I had that book on my book wish list and now that is great to have it for free! I probably won't read it for awhile. I have to give myself time to breathe in between the domestic violence literature because it's so triggering but I look forward to this one. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you.
We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate …
I asked if she thought a violent man could ever truly become nonviolent. She thought about it a moment. “I think they can become ninety percent nonviolent. But there’s a small part of them that you can never fix.”
— No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder (Page 206)
In this rare instance the author is interviewing a woman who was a victim of male violence. Everytime I read a woman's point of view I understand and agree with them. But all the interviews with the men, the perpetrators, that make up 80% of the book, all the stuff they are saying about changing their ways is so very unbelievable to me. I question every word. I know I am biased as I am a victim. But this is the feeling that the book gives off. A bunch of dudes running their mouths trying to convince the author they have seen the light. And I'm just going "yeah right. Sure" and rolling my eyes.
Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of …
Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall, back to the Old Kingdom.Thoughts …
Some quite lovely short stories in this one here. Some are better than others but the ones I really liked are gems so I think this book is definitely worth a read. Though if you are strictly a Sabriel series fan looking for more YA type adventure lit in that vein then you might not enjoy the author writing in other styles about other things not related to that series and you may only like the Nicholas Sayre story. But I found that one just okay. Most people seem to think that is the best story in the book but I very much disagree. The ones based on Arthurian characters are really very good.
Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall, back to the Old Kingdom.Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt …
Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall, back to the Old Kingdom.Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt …
"The story of how Clariel became a Free Magic Sorcerer, set 600 years before the …
As you read this series you get to experience the author improving his skills. This series started out with very basic good guys vs bad guys stuff but with every book there was a little more nuance thrown in with this one having the most nuanced and interesting lead character of them all. I slowed down reading this book because I didn't want it to end. But this was a good thing. I had previously plowed through the other ones very quickly. It is such a sad ending because of what you know is going to happen from the previous book because this one takes place several hundred years in the past. I think there are just a couple more books to go. I am looking forward to them.
We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate …
The author is finally getting into narcissism and there is some good stuff here but she still is not willing to admit that all the dudes she's been interviewing are psychopaths and don't have a mental illness that can make one feel pity for them. And a lot of them are manipulating her and pretending to feel remorse because not only are they psychopaths but narcissists who want everyone to believe they are somehow the victim in their situations and they really want the author's pity. It's really, really gross. They go through these elaborate emotional breakdowns in front of her and it's clearly just a bullshit act. Men are fucking scary. Everytime I start reading this book I just feel terrified about even looking a dude in the eyes, let alone having conversations with men.
