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I’ve heard a lot of great things about this book. Let’s check it out

In short, I put off reading this book through the years because of life and for some reason just this morning I decided to read this book. Went to get some coffee in the morning and read the entire thing by afternoon. It touched me in many ways. It will be difficult to summarize but I would recommend this book to anyone who has ever felt love or is looking for love. This book will always hold a special place in my heart because it reminds me what it is to love. I will now pass on that love to the world.

I don't have the space to fully write down everything I'd like but I will say that in today's world, one will say 'facts don't care about your feeling' but that's just so stupid. People's feelings are always valid and for a reason. Everyone's experiences are different and I cannot know 100% how someone feels about a certain thing/feeling/idea/thought/etc. Nowadays, everyone's balance is thrown off, therefore they cannot feel like themselves. Nobody feels alive. Or we feel everything and don't know what to do stay grounded and human.

TW: Rpe, Sicide, Drugs, Alcohol

Very crazy story. I want to read the original novel to get more perspective but it appears this manga adaptation shows the self destruction of one man. There's a lot of moments where I was like "goddamn this is fucked." Not sure what I learned from this other than the fact that trauma can literally destroy us and cause us to become less human. In a way, it made me think about the world and where we are today with everything going on, it makes me almost not want to be human because of how fucked up we have been to our planet and other humans (eg. Palestinians, the Indigenous, etc)

I enjoyed the stories as they related to a spiral. The art is just beautiful and creepy if you're into that stuff.

I stopped reading this book for now. This is definitely for someone who can remember stuff because there's so many characters with the same names and there's no certain timeline to follow. It's too confusing for me but I did appreciate the way this author writes. If I took my time, maybe I can enjoy it more, but in this time in my life I want to learn to understand books more and I'm afraid this book won't do that for me. Maybe in another time. Moving this to my Stop Reading list and will re-visit if I must.

I will definitely update more on this especially in my personal journal but for the public I want to say that this book really changed certain viewpoints or at the very least challenged some of my current positions on societal issues. It was one of those books that I would recommend to someone who knows real change needs to happen and are unsure how or feeling isolated as a result. This book helped me understand that change is done with time and even if change doesn't necessarily happen in my lifetime, it will at some point. Just have to keep fighting Fascism. It was also my first introduction to fascism besides learning about it in high school. It armed me with resources that I can provide if I'm ever discussing this with others.

This made me think about today's society and if it's something we have overcome and unfortunately we have not gotten past fascism. Instead, the issue is getting worse. The wrong people are getting the attention and we as a society are letting that happen. This quote allowed me to take a pause for a moment and really reflect on how back we have gone and how much more we have to fight.

Just started the reading but I’m already confused yet fascinated by this quote. A lot of big words for me but what I got from this is that fascism appears where one is suppressed. I’m looking forward to understanding this statement more.