I cannot believe how much I loved this and I honestly thought this would suck so bad, I thought it would basically put me to sleep. And instead, I actI cannot believe how much I loved this and I honestly thought this would suck so bad, I thought it would basically put me to sleep. And instead, I actually cried twice listening to the audiobook which I highly recommend doing after reading the hard copy - it was so poetic I can’t believe I waited till I was 32 to pick it up and actually read it. Some of the descriptions of Adam & Eves love for each other and their purity in that love - wow, I was speechless. I was told this book was basically “The fall of Adam and Eve from Satan’s perspective� and that it made the reader sympathetic for Lucifer. Which� what? Lucifer is portrayed continually as the villain (duh) and if anything gives him a persona, a character, thoughts and feelings. All of which are evil, and it didn’t throw him in a sympathetic light at all, just more understandable of how he came to be. This is one of my top favourite books of all time, it’s a tragedy and it’s hope for all humanity in one. A literature gold nugget on my bookshelf. ...more
I’m basically frothing at the mouth about how much I love this book. There aren’t enough stars to explain how good this was - I DEVOURED IT. One of myI’m basically frothing at the mouth about how much I love this book. There aren’t enough stars to explain how good this was - I DEVOURED IT. One of my favourite books I’ve ever read, the existential crisis humming in the background of a low burn psychological thriller? Best genre in the world.
Please, BEE, never ever stop writing. You were clearly born to do it. ...more
This is easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. I don’t even know how to put into words the way this book moved me - the last 1/4 of it, I was ugThis is easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. I don’t even know how to put into words the way this book moved me - the last 1/4 of it, I was ugly crying. I love everything about this book, the people, the heartache, it’s all too real, it hurts my soul to even write a review for this book. THIS IS LITERATURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...more
BEST BOOK OF 2020, without a doubt. I feel....attacked, like the author plunged into my mind, cracked the code on the safe of my deepest secrets and spBEST BOOK OF 2020, without a doubt. I feel....attacked, like the author plunged into my mind, cracked the code on the safe of my deepest secrets and spread them out on ink and parchment. Finally, I feel... known. This. Is. A. Motherfucking. Masterpiece. A female Brett Easton Ellis (I didn’t think this could ever exist?!?!?) All of the stars! All of the awards! Somebody nominate this for The Booker! And Megan Nolan, please never ever stop writing, write books forever, because this? This is your CALLING girl, this book is pure perfection. ...more
This is the best book I have ever read on the history of the bible, of antediluvian times and of the future before us. GARY WAYNE IS AN ABSOLUTE GENIUThis is the best book I have ever read on the history of the bible, of antediluvian times and of the future before us. GARY WAYNE IS AN ABSOLUTE GENIUS and I which I had even just 10% of his understanding of ancient texts, the bible and The Most High. This book is 1000 pages long and it deserves to be pondered over, highlighted and tagged, so don’t rush it. It’s the most important book on the topic I have ever come across. ...more
I don’t even know what to say, how do I put into words that feeling you get when you finish one of the best books you’ve read in years??? This is elegI don’t even know what to say, how do I put into words that feeling you get when you finish one of the best books you’ve read in years??? This is elegant, beautiful, and utterly tragic all at once. What’s it about? A man’s life. It’s about everything and nothing at all. Why’s it so good? The way this is written is a work of art, I lingered on every phrase and held the words in my mouth like tasting a fine wine. This is what books dream of being when they grow up. ...more
I haven’t read a novel that rocked me like this one did since... maybe “A Little Life�. This was a cross between Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History� andI haven’t read a novel that rocked me like this one did since... maybe “A Little Life�. This was a cross between Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History� and John Green’s “Turtles All The Way Down�. A a little bit campus-pretentious-awesomeness, a little bit love story and a lot of mental illness. It has been so long since a book had rocked me the way this one had that I began to forget the feeling of falling completely in love with a book.. until this book came along. Works of art like this is why I read. ...more
My god Dick Diver can get it, ooh la la. Part hedonistic parties, part forbidden affairs - this novel makes me want to start wearing flapper dresses aMy god Dick Diver can get it, ooh la la. Part hedonistic parties, part forbidden affairs - this novel makes me want to start wearing flapper dresses and taking 2020 back in time. Dick Diver is a 1920s f*ckboy and him & his wife would be trustfund-baby influencers on Instagram if they were born today. They have everything, but they appreciate nothing and are constantly chasing the new high. You should hate em, but instead you’re crazy about them. Obsessed, even. Apart from the 20s lingo - which can be hard to follow, and the insta-love rosemary forms for Dick, this book is pure gold. Everyone is drunk, everyone is lonely and everyone, is a little bit in love with the Divers....more
I would have to say Pablo is one of my favourite poets, especially when it comes to love poetry. Murderously passionate & elegantly simple, this was oI would have to say Pablo is one of my favourite poets, especially when it comes to love poetry. Murderously passionate & elegantly simple, this was one of my favourite books I’ve read this year ...more
This is easily the BEST book I’ve read this year. I read it as sloowwww as possible to prolong it and I never, ever do that. I loved everything about This is easily the BEST book I’ve read this year. I read it as sloowwww as possible to prolong it and I never, ever do that. I loved everything about this, the way this was written, the people it was written about and the way it made the past so romantic and whimsical but felt so true to fact at the same time. PURE LITERARY GENIUS. I wish I had a library of books this fantastic. ...more
Wow. I think at least one sentence of nearly every page of this book is underlined. THE POETRY. Lyrical and dreamy, this book captures what I loved aboWow. I think at least one sentence of nearly every page of this book is underlined. THE POETRY. Lyrical and dreamy, this book captures what I loved about new york's art culture; the elusive beauty, how art and "artists" are different things and the simultaneous balance of elegant mystery and pretentiousness. This was absolutely incredible, I loved and lost along with each and every character. What an absolute literary joy. ...more
I could real Saul Black's books back to back and never get bored. Creepy murders + extremely likeable characters + exquisitely written? Is there anythI could real Saul Black's books back to back and never get bored. Creepy murders + extremely likeable characters + exquisitely written? Is there anything more that you want from a book? ALL OF THE STARS ...more
Of all the books I've read, loved and put on my favorites shelf Ethan Hawke has written two of them. Literally the only author that I've read one of thOf all the books I've read, loved and put on my favorites shelf Ethan Hawke has written two of them. Literally the only author that I've read one of their books, thought it was amazing, and tried another and it was just as amazing. He's a literary genius. HOW DOES THIS ONLY HAVE A 3.28 RATING. Please Ethan, write more books. I need more books like this in my life....more
This book was so unexpected, I can't believe I looked over it on my TBR for so long. Let's be clear here, I bought this because on some website somewheThis book was so unexpected, I can't believe I looked over it on my TBR for so long. Let's be clear here, I bought this because on some website somewhere Emma Roberts was crazily recommending this and I thought to myself "you're super intelligent and I think I'd like to read something you liked" so.... I bought it. 2 years ago. Throughout those two years the amount of people on good reads and in person (I work in a bookshop) that have told me this book was "pretentious, pathetic, bring, stuffy, etc etc" just pushed in further and further down my TBR like. I mean, at this point of writing this, it's 3.28 on goodreads. And to make matters worse, trashy fashion magazine quotes started appearing on the new B Format covers "an adrenalined love song, a fantastic read" and "...you won't view eating out the same way again" and so slowly, I began to think of this novel as nothing but a typical white-girl-NYT-bestseller and I put it on the lowest pile I had on my TBR. But, all hail the literary gods, I asked my husband to choose me my next book because I couldn't and he pulled out this one. "Ok fine, I thought, I'll finish you and dump you into the nearest op shop after I'm done". I poured myself a wine, sat down under a blanket on the couch...... And stayed there glued to the pages, wine undrunk, till after midnight. I COULD NOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS BOOK. Stephanie Danler reached into my past, pulled out my youthful bar tending days and turned them into something magical. I had forgotten the way you are taught to really taste everything. The way to pair wine and food. And most of all, I had forgotten what it was like to be young (the kind of young where you feel like old only happens to other people, not you, you're invincible), feeling like world is yours to explore, discovering new experiences (back when most of those experiences are illegal or "off limits" but your youth tells you laws are for someone older than you) and Stephanie Danler takes that feeling, that emotion, that sensation, and she bottles it, preserving it in ink forever. Nostalgia that doesn't hurt to look back over?? My god, she's a genius. I know there are some people will find this boring (I read a review where someone's customer took it back saying "I can't believe she just wanted to a waitress the whole time) but that's the beauty in it. Stephanie wasn't writing the new epic adventure novel. She was writing for people to see that everything; waitressing, falling in love with the wrong man, running away from home, that all of that ALL OF IT can be beautiful. That is IS beautiful. Painfully and utterly beautiful. Some say this is pretentious, and I'm tempted to say "that makes you pretentious". This book was the best thing I have read in so long and it's going straight to my favourites shelf. THANKYOU STEPHANIE DANLER for not doing what every author does (showing me a beautiful world in which I wished I lived) but for showing me that this world, the one I currently already reside in, is so beautiful already. How lucky are we. ...more
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