#black booklr

[vnards]

I finished reading The Girl's I've Been by Tess Sharpe...

Overall, this was a book that I picked up out of curiousity and finished with a surprised great impression.

This book screams mommy issues, but I do believe that that's the point of it. Going back and forth with identity while also a grappling with an action-packed pacing.

It doesn't wait to jumpstart into the plot, getting straight to the point and deciding to tell you about its characters during the grueling bank robbery. I prefer this type of storytelling personally. It doesn't waste much time getting to the point and you learn as you go. The characters, even the side characters are well thought out and the backstory doesn't take the pace to a screeching halt.

I feel like I would like this book more if I ever working on my mommy issues in therapy, but c'est la vie 🤷🏾‍♀️

4/5

What are your thoughts?

[sweetnsquishy]

have been lacking on reading actual books since I read fics on here and ao3 😮‍💨💔

[thingsreadinthedark]

From: Night Fever

this is definitely white male thinking because I feel like anybody who had a good job, a good wife, kids, money — they would eventually be happy — anybody who is without those things that is. That’s just my thinking - the comic is still very good/entertaining.

[aponii1]

Books and cats.

[florsdelluna]

Golden hour ✨🧡🍂🧚 #jurdan

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: coffeeyre

[thetransfemininereview]

And we're live! If you've enjoyed watching me read all these fantastic books by black transfemmes over the last few days, then definitely check up this write-up of all the black transfeminine novelists on my radar and their work ❤️

[luciferslilith7]

"How many graves will I need,to bury everything that died inside of me?"

~Naya Aknis

@luciferslilith7

[reu8ell]

Locke saying this and getting killed by taryn is so funny lmao taryn said you're the problem and solved it by murdering him

[shisasan]

Hélène Cixous, Stigmata Reading in Painting.

[logophilist1982]

Dark academia coffee

[vnards]

Just finished The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern....

Overhyped imo. Not bad whatsoever, great story telling and worldbuilding. Characters are dynamic and leave the err of mystery to them.

But over all?

Meh

Booktok made it out to be this beautifully written, come-off-the-page story about a magical circus and I'm all in.

I found myself wondering when the story would start almost 100 pages in. I was bored. This took me months to get through because I found myself uninterested in the characters as the world and magic systems were more interesting.

The pacing was offputting. From taking pages of settings things up, leaving hints about things that never seem to have an end, to wrapping everything up within 50 pages. The build-up just didn't seem worth it and all the loose ends felt rushed.

It's a shame really. I believe if I went in blind, I would've had much more fun with this book than I did.

I believe this may be a case of overhyping a good book into believing it was great. Unfortunately this was not the expereince I had and don't see myself falling in love with the characters. (The main love interests were predicatable and seemed like a cheap cop-out)

3.5/5

What are your thoughts?

[starrynightsxo]

cardan:

[thingsreadinthedark]

[aponii1]

Angela Davis and Toni Morrison in 1974

[pantheonbooks]

“I felt like I was looking into the future . . . and the future looked really messed up.” —Black Hole, Charles Burns

Touching on themes of companionship and alienation, sex and drugs, and coming-of-age in a world that is all too frightening, Charles Burns’s cult classic stands the test of time as one of the most “frighteningly brilliant” (The Boston Globe) graphic novels ever inked.