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Jenny Jaybles

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Garth Nix: Goldenhand (Paperback, 2017, Hot Key Books) 4 stars

Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has …

This is the best Romantasy that no one refers to as Romantasy

5 stars

Content warning Spoilers about the romance parts

Rachel Louise Snyder: No Visible Bruises (EBook, 2020, Bloomsbury Publishing) 4 stars

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  (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.

Garth Nix: Across the Wall (2006, Eos) 4 stars

Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall, back to the Old Kingdom.Thoughts …

Not bad at all

4 stars

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.

Garth Nix: Clariel (2014) 4 stars

"The story of how Clariel became a Free Magic Sorcerer, set 600 years before the …

Brilliant

5 stars

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.

Rachel Louise Snyder: No Visible Bruises (EBook, 2020, Bloomsbury Publishing) 4 stars

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.