if yall were to see my texts i sent to my best friend while reading book 5 you would think im lowkey a lunatic (but like same i have descended into maif yall were to see my texts i sent to my best friend while reading book 5 you would think im lowkey a lunatic (but like same i have descended into madness because of this book)
(i didnt read book 4 because its like so pain. so much pain i would have collapsed so not anytime soon baby unless brainfart time!! and its bad decisions TM devanshi back at it again)
some thoughts:: -hua cheng is a bastard and i love him -ART IMMACULATE THO donghua art OMG?? official art??? aaaah maybe ill read the manhua too,,, much thoughts -the extras!! cute, painful and weird, just like this book -hualian is just. otp. ive never read about/watched etc etc any couple who's more otp than hualian is i cant wait till ik how to draw to draw scenes from the book and the donghua -ruoye and e-ming v cute!! painfully uwu -so yes im so obsessed that i will learn chinese for these two cheers!! (ok but i really will i have a lesson plan and everything,,, after japanese haha i love languages too much)...more
edit: i read this on valentines day ohmygod im more of a mess than i realised hello. this review is a mess. im sure ill come to laugh at it in a few moedit: i read this on valentines day ohmygod im more of a mess than i realised hello. this review is a mess. im sure ill come to laugh at it in a few months, but i sorta feel horrible right now so ill be sleeping now. on that thought, read this its funny and gay
i think ive forgotten how to rate books what is wrong with me. yesterday i couldnt do a d-grade math problem. and math is my best subject, so i should have been able to do it, considering im going to be studying it for the rest of my life, probably. this pandemic really did a number on me, im a mess lord help
well. this book is absolutely hilarious. like not in a oh-i-think-i-laughed-so-hard-i-woke-my-parents-up-at-2-am way(tho the laughing too hard part did happen quite a few times), but more like (actually, to hell with the dashes. they're too much work.) wow i want to un-deactivate my recently deactivated twitter account to talk about how this piece of fiction made me realize i was even more of a homosexual than i realised, except im pretty sure im, currently, a very pissed and sorta happy bisexual because the love interest was not really vegetarian and ate a bacon sandwich, which put a damper to my very happy mood i literally cannot believe i actually sorta care about that, but maybe this is just me releasing some very pent up feelings about a)finally finding a vegetarian character in a book which was very Funny and Nice but then he ate a bacon sandwich, and b)how i have not read in months and this is the Worst ive felt since the pandemic started and im having best friend problems and just like. drowning and in a generally bad place, so in that way i really liked this book because it took my mind off shit. so yes.
///before reading: ill be reading this only bc the love interest is vegetarian...more
Overall Rating: 8.83, a.k.a definately a favorite.
I picked up The House in the Cerulean Sea in hopes of finding something to read that I would actuallOverall Rating: 8.83, a.k.a definately a favorite.
I picked up The House in the Cerulean Sea in hopes of finding something to read that I would actually be able to finish. And boy, did it deliver.
This book is about a man named Linus who's your regular forty-something guy who works for a government agency which helps in the relocation of certain magical, unique children; and ensures their general well-being, until he is sent on a top-secret project/mission to supervise this certain home in a certain remote island with certain magical children. And chaos (and heartaches) ensue.
I find myself having not much to say because I feel like exploding. Needless to say, I will certainly pick up all of T.J Klune's books in the near future.
Here's my in-depth review, but its mostly about characters:
Ambience/ the world: 8/10 Oh, well. I cannot be sadder about the fact that this is a standalone, and I would never be able to hear more from Our Beloved Linus, who on more one occasion, has been referred to as 'precious'. I wish I could know more about all these people, and how they managed to change other lives as well their own, but I suppose it can be left to hope and imagination (which is greatly encouraged, of course.)
Writing Style: 8.5/10 So beautiful and sweet, though I did have very few qualms (maybe two) about the repetition of some phrases after certain recurring incidents, like Linus getting letters back from DICOMY, the organization he works for. And the humor. AH, THE HUMOR! Here's an example:
"I'm not depressed!" She looked him up and down. "You aren't? Why on earth not?"
Overall, it's very powerful. Each character had their own voice, and it was expressed so wonderfully that I started to cry as the very end neared, and I hadn't expected to cry at all.
Relationships/characters: 10/10 Now, I could go on and on and on about this, but I won't. All the while, I highlighted quite a lot of quotes and had initially intended to put one for each character, but that would be quite impossible since it's very difficult to choose one. So here's just the one, my favorite:
¡°I am but paper. Brittle and thin. I am held up to the sun, and it shines right through me. I get written on, and I can never be used again. These scratches are a history. They¡¯re a story. They tell things for others to read, but they only see the words, and not what the words are written upon. I am but paper, and though there are many like me, none are exactly the same. I am parched parchment. I have lines. I have holes. Get me wet, and I melt. Light me on fire, and I burn. Take me in hardened hands, and I crumple. I tear. I am but paper. Brittle and thin.¡±
To conclude, read this. I don't care what you do, or how busy you are- because Linus was busy, and he discovered wonderful things, and this is one such thing....more
edit2: idk i am dropping my rating to 3.5, my other reviews still stand.
edit:...lol i feel like i was the first person to read this there are no revieedit2: idk i am dropping my rating to 3.5, my other reviews still stand.
edit:...lol i feel like i was the first person to read this there are no reviews hehe
Rating this out of 10 because i want more options: 8.0 stars hehe
1) characters 10/10 obviously why do i read these if not for the characters. i also loved that the whole gang was there! just like old times. 2)plot 6.5/10 the basic premise sounds great, but it just became...weird after a while. i just felt there was no motivation and a few things just felt stupid 3) ambiance (aka shanghai lol) 7.5/10 LOVED IT! i loved that they included shanghai, of all places. just made me very happy, but i wish there was more of it. just saying. 4)ending (i say its a thing, so its a thing.) 6.5/10 i loved some parts, but the rest was just bleh 5)writing 8/10 i always love cassie's writing, and it made me SO happy that i was able to distinguish between hers and wesley's , like i could do while reading The Red Scrolls of Magic. ALSO LOVED THE RANDOM BACKSTORIES IN THE MAIN CHUNK!! seems like i could understand magnus way more now!! 6) random things (AKA JEM) 10/10 because well, its jem. i read this book partly because of jem.
imp ques: how long after this did tid take place? 2 years? because i think lady midnight started in 2012, and this was 2010, so yeah trying to figure out stuff: -didnt like it as much as The red scrolls of magic. -(view spoiler)[didnt expect shinyun to be there, and ragnor (hide spoiler)] -(view spoiler)[what happened at the end? how did magnus survive> (hide spoiler)] -(view spoiler)[where's shinyun (hide spoiler)] -(view spoiler)[wtf is this about lucifer (hide spoiler)] -(view spoiler)[WHERE IS THE JESSA WEDDING (hide spoiler)] -simon's grief dealing was done greattt -humor's great too
Idk what to rate this. not the best. i was just forcing myself through the main chunk because...idk. because i hadnt really been reading, ig. but like its not the best. ITS NOT BAD. i still liked it, its just not my TOP favorite.
You aren¡¯t Tessa Gray in disguise, are you? This isn¡¯t some elaborate prank you¡¯ve been playing on poor Magnus? If it is, Tessa, you and I are going to have ·É´Ç°ù»å²õ.¡±
another thing, for all of you who havent read this yet:
Strange, to touch someone¡¯s life and for them not to remember it.
~before reading~ i just want to read the jessa wedding. oh people, if ya havent read the books she has written, STOP TELLING HER TO NOT WRITE MORE. ITS HER SERIES. HER CHARACTERS. JUST BC YOU LOVE IT YOU DONT BECOME THE ONE WHO DECIDES EVERYTHING. tbh, y'all are just acting like old ass nosy people who butt in into other people's business and pass judgments. smh....more
I have a complicated relationship with trials of Apollo. Where at one point I liked this because of the characters and the dialogue, Lester is just veI have a complicated relationship with trials of Apollo. Where at one point I liked this because of the characters and the dialogue, Lester is just very bland for me....more
**spoiler alert** i went from "oh this is a harry potter knockoff" to "omg how the hell did i ever compare this to harry potter both are so different **spoiler alert** i went from "oh this is a harry potter knockoff" to "omg how the hell did i ever compare this to harry potter both are so different and amazing and aaaaa-" also i totally called it. ofc the mage is his dad. I FREAKING KNEW IT IN LIKE THE FIRST TEN CHAPTERS. I GUESSED LUCY WAS HIS MOM EVEN BEFORE IT WAS REVEALED. I AM A GENIUS. MY HEART STOPPED TWICE- 1) WHEN SIMON KISSED BAZ- MY HEART LIGIT STOPPED AND I GASPED. LE GASP. OMG. 2) AT THE "SIMON, MY ROSEBUD" PART. I FRANTICALLY TRIED TO LOCATE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AND THEN I WANTED TO CRY. no way Simon is a normal wtf also he has a tail WTF i never liked Agatha tho Penelope is Indian yayayayyayayayyaayya ps is ebb lucy? the Simon and baz dance at the end>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...more
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