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Anne de Marcken, from It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over [ID'd]

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Sylvia Plath

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college library - reading about shakespeare. feel like I’m right on the cusp of an interesting essay, but not sure if I’ll actually get there in the 3 days I have left to write it. 

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Sylvia Plath

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Instagram credit: co.nfused

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Mahmoud Darwish (trans. Mohammad Shaheen), Like a Hand Tattoo in an Ode by an Ancient Arab Poet

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"The light of long ago is different from the light of today."

The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt

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house of flame and shadow by sarah j. maas

3 stars

v. slight spoilers (!

the third instalment of the crescent city series and what seems like the most anticipated sjm release was, unfortunately, a disappointing read for me. whilst a small part can be attributed to the sky high expectations following the shock ending of cc2, i think it goes further beyond that.

the biggest thing that stood out to me throughout the book was the convenience of certain plots, specifically within the last few hundred pages. for example, certain characters that have been almost impossible to defeat or overcome in the previous books are done so quite easily in this one and with no effort at all, which felt like lazy writing for a story that has felt like a long time coming. and it wasn’t even a question when sjm would use her infamous “they’re dead…surprise they’re not” trick in this - not one part of me was worried for said character.

the potential that the end of cc2 gave and the result we got feels like it didn’t quite match up. not to mention the big plot point of the cc2 ending felt useless after finding out we could’ve got the same information from a closer source all along. don’t get me wrong, i wouldn’t change the cc2 ending for all the world, but perhaps it could’ve have served a greater purpose?

i was more invested in lidia’s story separately than bryce’s & hunt’s combined which says a lot considering they are the main characters. this might be because they, alongside many other characters, lacked the emotional connection that was present within the last two books, replaced by info dumps.

the one thing i will say about this book is that not one of the alternating povs was i disappointed to read, even when the last one ended on a cliffhanger. this might be attributed to the fact that we’re so far into the sjm world now that each story has as much intrigue and mystery as the last but this combined with the intertwining of those very same povs make for a very satisfying feeling. which is great because the overall book as whole felt very unsatisfying.

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i just want my books to consume me devour me unstring my bones and spit me out reborn.

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You’re never too old to learn something new. Never stop studying. 

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#me #uk #manchester

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hamilton 🎭 22nd january 2024

#uk #manchester #me #hamilton musical #alexander hamilton