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It Ends With Us

Unpopular opinion: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover is overhyped…Spoilers ahead!!

Mkay, so if you've been on any platform with book nerds, you've probably seen this book. Atlas was the only character that I didn't want to absolutely PUNCH in the face.

But Lilly made SUCH a poor main character. She was self-centered, and so dang RUDE. My girl just does NOT THINK THROUGH HER DANG ACTIONS! Oh I met this rando dude who's like 20 years older than me? I'm gonna MARRY HIM 6 months into meeting him! She's so superficial, and Colleen Hoover writes her so that she's pretty shallow.

And the whole BABY THING?! Girl tf? We didn't need that tbh.

Don't even get me started on the Ellen Letters…I was trying so hard not to cringe while reading them.

Honestly, this just seemed like a really smutty and dark hallmark movie, and you can't change my mind.

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collecter's edition books>>>

It's not a want it's a need.

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I just finished reading Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh and HOLY SHIT. WHat. THE FUCK. just happened?!? I RARELY need to put down a book, even when it's really weird but THIS? *cries* It has so many good themes but WHY?

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Can I just say that Callum Turner in The Only Living Boy in New York is simply superior. That's the whole post tbh.

Nah cuz this skinny yt boy will forever have my heart <3

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"No Saint has ever watched over me. Not the way you have."

-Kaz Brekker, Shadow and Bone Series on Netflix.

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Song Recs

Why am I recommending songs at 2 in the morning. I don't know, man.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Ok my loveliesss! So I just finished re-reading the Picture of Dorian Gray, and here is a dump!

So. If you didn't know what The Picture of Dorian Gray is a wonderfully macabre tale about our protagonist, DORIAN GRAY, and how he becomes corrupted by his vanity.

!!SPOILERS FROM BELOW HERE!!

But Anyways, let's get into the real stuff. So the picture of Dorian Gray is focused on themes of Hedonism. Hedonism is basically the virtue that self-pleasure is the end aim in life. Which…Oscar Wilde proves is absolute and utter B.S…but onwards! The portrait itself, which reflected Dorian's vanity, was such an enigmatic entity for the entirety of the book. When I first read it, I found myself wondering if the portrait was simply a figment of Dorian's hysteria, or truly existent.

What I find most fascinating about this book is the underlying tones of homesexuality. IT IS SO RARE. When I tell you: SO RARE to find a book-especially a classic, that is-that has such obvious underlying tones of GAYNESS. I MEAN. C'MON DORIAN!! SLAY~

Of course, it wasn't completely canonized in the novel, but in the 2009 film starring Ben Barnes, the relationship between Dorian and Basil was made canon!

I also wanted to elaborate on the more macabre themes that are spoken of in this book. In the end, we finally discover that Dorian was responsible for killing Sibyl. In all honesty, Sibyl deserved better. Was she a bit manic? yes. Was she…just a tad bit irrational at times? Yeah. But still, her death was UNCALLED FOR. Except for the fact that it was. Throughout the book, Sibyl was a symbol of purity. When Sibyl dies, her death is the death of this symbol. Wilde later goes on to explain how this was also the end of Dorian's possible chance to reclaim his beauty.

Overall, a wonderful, beautiful, enigmatic, and FRUITY read!!

So yeah! READ IT.