I was crying so bad when I finished this book because it's beautifully written and the story is hearâŽâºË³âœ§à¼š 5 stars.
Etaf Rum broke me. I really mean it.
I was crying so bad when I finished this book because it's beautifully written and the story is heartbreaking, it's beautiful and raw.
I loved every single aspect, all the characters, except for Adam, he was an asshole. I sobbed so so so many times because it was devastating.
The way Etaf Rum portrayed intergenerational trauma, women's voices being silenced, emotional and physical abuse, and the culture, maternity and family was... Incredible.
I have no words to describe all the emotions that Etaf evoked in me and how much I wanted to scream and cry because my girl Isra deserved so much better. She was an angel and just wanted to be happy. I hated Adam so bad for what he did.
Deya and her sisters deserve the entire world.
I just hate this awful world for what people do to women since we are little girls. I hate how men treat us and see us just as objects. I hate how we have to quit to our identities so many times in order to make others happy or we're "being selfish". It's unfair.
I wanted to protect Isra from everything and everyone.
Read books written by Palestinian authors. I promise you won't regret it!...more
I couldn't care less about Apollo. Like, why did he had more chapters and more protagonism My big 3:
OUABH sun. TBONA moon. ACFTL rising.
âŽâºË³âœ§à¼š 3.5 stars.
I couldn't care less about Apollo. Like, why did he had more chapters and more protagonism than Jacks? At first, I was like "aw, poor Apollo" but then, the little fucker got annoying and possessive and holy shit, could you please shut the fuck up?
If I'm honest, this is my least favorite book of the trilogy. My beloved Jacks was barely in it and he was the one I wanted to see, not Apollo and his stupid ass being creepy. Also the amnesia trope? Please, Stephanie, I was crying.
I wanted to know more about Jacks, his story, more of his background and way less of Apollo.
I BOUGHT THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S MY ROMAN EMPIRE. YAY.
âŽâºË³âœ§à¼š 5 fucking stars.
Every single time Jacks appeared, the feminism left the chat because I startI BOUGHT THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S MY ROMAN EMPIRE. YAY.
âŽâºË³âœ§à¼š 5 fucking stars.
Every single time Jacks appeared, the feminism left the chat because I started to bark, lol.
I honestly don't remember who I was before reading this book. I will never be the same again. Stephanie really said "Y'all can go and suffer with those last chapters, bitches." and I was here for it....more
“If you think I'm jealous because someone else got to stab you, then you're right.�
Let's st
“If you think I'm jealous because someone else got to stab you, then you're right.�
Let's start saying that I wasn't sure if I should read this trilogy or not because I did not finish Legend and never picked it up again. I just couldn't. Tella was driving me crazy, just like everyone else. But I did get to meet Jacks and fell for him (to be honest, he was the main reason why I picked up Caraval in the first place).
I saw the hype a while ago for this book and finally I gave up...
Definitely the best decision I've made this month.
I devoured this book. I couldn't sleep, eat or think straight because my heart aching for Evangeline and Jacks.
My thoughts these last 3 days revolved around them.
Evajacks. Evajacks. Evajacks.
“The Fates weren't dangerous because they were evil; the Fates were dangerous because they couldn't tell the difference between evil and good.�
The synopsis really got me, and I thought about giving Stephanie a second chance.
I loved the writing so much. Despite of not liking Caraval as much as I would've loved to, I did like the writing because somehow it felt magical. I really loved the soft descriptions of places, feelings, colors, etc.
It was fast paced and the plot was good, tbh. It kept me glued to my seat reading, reading and reading... I didn't even care about anything else.
“But hope is a difficult thing to kill, just a spark of it can start a fire.�
The characters were wonderful.
I loved Evangeline so much, even if sometimes I wanted to kick her for being so naive... But I'll admit that I'm just like her. I love how determined she is to achieve her goals, to get the things she wants, how she hopes. Gods, I found myself wanting that same hope, yearning it because somewhere in my path, I lost it. I admire her determination and her faith, her optimism for people and things. Evangeline sees the bright side of people and tells herself that not everyone is bad and... Gods, I love her so much for it. And also for believing that every story has the potential for infinite endings.
“Even as a savior, he was still wretched.�
My beloved Jacks is everything, just as Evangeline. I love how arrogant he is, how he also has determination and he's stubborn as hell. I relate to him as well because we both have a distorted definition of love, lmao. Also, he's a Scorpio. Of course he'll be intense and will feel things intensively. We're water signs, what did you expect? I guess that's why a part of me said "same" with some things, lol.
“When we feel, it's intense and consuming. It devour us and drive us.�
Say it louder, LaLa, for the people in the back.
Nobody will know how fast my heart was racing and how I was so excited, screaming, giggling and kicking my feet in the air over Evangeline and Jacks.
I love how since the very first chapter Stephanie gave us little hints of many things.
“[...] She'd read that the Prince of Hearts' church held a different aroma for everyone who visited. It was supposed to smell like a person's greatest heartbreak. [...] The dim mouth of the church was slightly sweet and metallic: apples and blood.�
Thank you, Stephanie, for breaking my heart since the beginning because I couldn't handle it after I realized about it... I just lost my shit. Completely.
I'm obsessed with this book.
“I'll never comprehend humans.� Poison sighed. “All of you seem to welcome our lies, but you never like it when we tell the truth.�
“I don't But still owe me one more kiss, and until I collect it, you're mine, and I do not like to share.� “If I didn't know you better, I'd say you sounded jealous.� “Of course I'm jealous. I'm a Fate.�
“Stop flashing your fangs. I'm the only one who gets to bite her.�...more
i read it twice just to write a 15 pages essay, lmao. i better get a good grade or i'll jump off a bridge.i read it twice just to write a 15 pages essay, lmao. i better get a good grade or i'll jump off a bridge....more
This book was disturbing, funny-sad, unsettling, kind of fucked up but beautiful in certain weird way. I liked every single aspect of it and definitelThis book was disturbing, funny-sad, unsettling, kind of fucked up but beautiful in certain weird way. I liked every single aspect of it and definitely will re read it soon!...more
Buckle up, bitches, because I have some things to say.
P.S: if you liked this book, I'm really really really happy for you. I wish that could be me! <3Buckle up, bitches, because I have some things to say.
P.S: if you liked this book, I'm really really really happy for you. I wish that could be me! <3
My review may contain some spoilers, you've been warned.
I decided to give Emily Henry another chance after Beach Read, which I did not finish because it was bad in my opinion. So, I said "Why not? Maybe this one turns out to be pretty good!" and now that I finished it, I've realized(after a long night of overthinking and self-loathing. Yeah, I know, it wasn't my best night, lol)that maybe romance as a main plot isn't my genre.
First of all, I've never ever been in love in my almost 25 years of miserable existence, nor someone has been in love with me, so I don't actually know how it really feels, (that's a deep and traumatic conversation for another day), but to me it's kind of unreal that people can last years and not get bored. Please, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's not a real thing , but I can't even start to imagine someone loving me for so long without getting bored of me. (Plot twist: deep down, I'm a hopeless romantic who yearns to love and be loved for a really long time and to be in a healthy relationship, but that's not gonna happen, so).
Basically, Happy Place is about a second chance romance, between Harriet and Wyn (I swear I've never heard the name Wyndham until the day I started this book), who broke up five months ago and reunite for a trip with their best friends. They have to act like they're still together and pretend happiness and such just to not causing chaos.
The jump from past to present was not for me. While I enjoy those kind of flashbacks, things were "interesting" in the present than in the past.
I felt like a fucking third wheel. Or perhaps like I was in the middle of a friend group which I wasn't part of and it made me feel uncomfortable, (I've felt like that in the past, in many friend groups, and it feels awful) and if EH's point was to make me feel like I belonged with them, well, it didn't work out. They didn't even feel like best friends because there was a lot of tension and they were keeping secrets from each other (yes, I know this last thing happens a lot irl).
The side characters had no personality whatsoever. They felt very flat and boring. Sabrina was controlling and kind of bitchy. Parth had zero personality. Cleo and Kimmy were okay, until I felt like they were not a lesbian couple, but a heterosexual couple where one of them is a guy with a girl's name. Don't come at me for this, I just felt it like that. I did enjoy when Sabrina was called out. I get that they were in that trip mourning their youth and trying to have a good time, but goddamn it was painful. I just could not stand them. Trust me, I'm good at mourning my wasted and non existent youth, but this was pure hell.
Wyn was flat and boring. Gods, he had no personality and it was pretty clear. Even a shoe or a rock has more personality than Wyn Connor. What I hated the most is that basically Harriet was the one making the moves. Always. Man, if you really "love her" then go and fucking fight for her. MAKE SOME GODDAMN MOVES TO GET HER BACK AND LOVE HER PROPERLY.
And Harriet, girly pop, please, have a little bit more of self-steem and respect for yourself. Stop being a people pleaser and try to save everyone. !
I hate miscommunication. I believe it's one of the worst tropes ever and it's used throughout the book. Harriet complains and whines a lot, has a lot of inner monologues but she never says shit. Ma'am, please don't expect that everyone knows what the hell do you want if you never say anything. I'm not defending Wyn either, because he did the same thing. And they were constantly lying about how they were happy and okay. Both, Harriet and Wyn made a lot of assumptions instead of actually talk to each other, which could have spared us from a 400 pages book. Things could have solved up faster if they both had spoken first.
Like, are you going to tell me that after a long-ass relationship of 8 YEARS, neither of you can communicate things? They could have broken up sooner if they just talked things through. It's like both communication and understanding were missing in the entire book. Also, breaking up with her over the phone? Are you fucking kidding me?
This book could have been better if we had Wyn's POV. He obviously was struggling with depression, the loss of his father and his mother being diagnosed with Parkinson. We could have understood him more like this. But otherwise, he seemed indifferent about his relationship.
My last straw was... Pottery? Really?
Did you just throw so many years of med school, hard work and your residency for pottery? I don't know how things work for med school in the u.s, but, girly pop, I'm pretty sure that isn't cheap, not even when you study in a good school. And holy shit, she’s a neurosurgery resident. (My dream was to become a neurosurgeon, so I was speechless and almost screaming like Regina George in Mean Girls). I'm still speachless and amazed because how are you gonna pay your +$200,000 debts from pottery? Wyn must be a fucking billionare.
I also felt nothing, nor empathy, sadness, pity or whatever towards any of these characters or their problems and relationships.
The sex scene felt... Off. There was "a lot" of tension going on between Harriet and Wyn from the beginning, but when the sex scene finally came, it disappeared and felt dull.
Anyways, not everything seems bad, lmao.
I have this love/hate relationship with EH's writing style. For one side, there are some phrases where you can relate and say "Same, sis, same.", but for the other side, Emily uses metaphors and stuff like that where is no needed.
The only good thing, perhaps?
I get the hype over Emily Henry's books, I swear I do, but they never captivate me or make me giggle, kick my feet in the air or feel happy. Maybe there's something wrong with me. Maybe, like I said at the beginning of this review, maybe romance as a main is not for me.
I'm not going to include this book in my big hype big lie shelf yet because I honestly didn't have many expectations for Happy Place. Nevermind, I just added to my big hipe, big lie shelf, lmao.
This is where Emily Henry and I part ways.
I guess I have more things to say, but I'll add them when I remember, lmao....more
i'm such a delulu for these books and i'm gonna imagine that's my bias from nct and ateez i'm such a delulu for these books and i'm gonna imagine that's my bias from nct and ateez ...more
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