Elias rated The Golden Compass: 5 stars
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized …
First checkpoint for the buddy read 🕺
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Elias commented on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world …
Elias commented on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world …
Man I wish I read this as a kid. I love it now, but I would've been obsessed with it then
Elias commented on The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge
From a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most …
Genuinely having a good time reading and note taking lmao
Elias commented on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world …
This is just making me sad about the fact that YA books aren't often this good anymore. We used to be a real society
Elias commented on The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge
From a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (The New Yorker) comes the most …
The way the Muslim history introductory bit is written makes me want to check out books on the golden age of islam so bad
Elias started reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world …
Buddy read timeeee
Elias reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker
While Bram Stoker didn't invent the vampire, his 1897 novel Dracula has been the defining …
I understand why people love it...
3 stars
... But it was far too dry for me. It also took me ages to read it, and I kinda glossed over the end because I wanted to be done with it. I'm going to give it another shot when Dracula Daily comes by again.
Elias commented on Dracula by Bram Stoker
While Bram Stoker didn't invent the vampire, his 1897 novel Dracula has been the defining …
I really thought I could just read this known dry book easily and be okay to go onto another dry book after. Absolutely not, I'm reading a trashfire poto book or some good fantasy after this
Elias commented on Dracula by Bram Stoker
While Bram Stoker didn't invent the vampire, his 1897 novel Dracula has been the defining …
It's not bad but it is so, so dry (which is why it's taking me so fuckin long to get through it)
Elias commented on Dracula by Bram Stoker
While Bram Stoker didn't invent the vampire, his 1897 novel Dracula has been the defining …
It's a lot less dry now, I wonder why I had to struggle through the actual dracula bits...
Elias commented on Dracula by Bram Stoker
While Bram Stoker didn't invent the vampire, his 1897 novel Dracula has been the defining …
This has been slower read than anticipated, I find myself spacing out a ton. But regardless, there is no heterosexual explanation for dracula looking at Harker and immediately saying "yes I can love"
Elias started reading Dracula by Bram Stoker
While Bram Stoker didn't invent the vampire, his 1897 novel Dracula has been the defining …
Another thing I've been putting off for years
"In this novel, Susan Kay re imagines Gaston Leroux's famous novel "The Phantom of the …
I've got a soft spot
4 stars
Content warning Very mild spoilers
Okay, so I've got some issues with parts of this novel. The part consisting of Erik's childhood was a bit too long, and the bit with Erik suddenly serving the devil when he hears Christine confess her love for Raoul seemed very out of place for him. Someone who has been an atheist for that long likely wouldn't swing to that — he'd just fly off the handle like a "normal" deranged misanthrope.
The Romani part was also a bit insensitive in bits, but it was the 90s so I'm not surprised. Same with the weird Orientalism going on with the shah's harem and just generally how the government around the shah is portrayed. Erik is also way too good at everything. So good that I don't know if his murderous instincts and personality flaws are enough to offset it.
But oh my god, the absolute heartbreaking throes of despair and longing Erik goes through during the core of the Christine plot... I will unashamedly admit I cried at the very end of it when she returns that last time before getting married. Erik was written quite well overall and I liked all the descriptions of his outfits and how the fabric moved. I'm also a bit obsessed with the attire the phantom wears in the ALW musical generally, tho, so...
Anyway, finally crossed off some new blorbo material. Let's goooo
"In this novel, Susan Kay re imagines Gaston Leroux's famous novel "The Phantom of the …
Man, I've been listening to something heartbreaking while reading ends of books for the last couple books I've read. I need to stop doing this, crying is so inconvenient