What did you read this year?
Meghan’s
average rating for
2023
4.1
4.1
this was epic. i've never read anything like it. overall i liked the honesty and the world building was insane. i guess i took off a star bc the narrator is so unlikeable, specifically his comments on women. i also thought the ending was pretty unsatisfying
quotations:
(re: unlikable narrator) "Chubby girls in pink tend to conjure up images of big strawberry shortcakes waltzing on a dance floor"
"Thinking about time was torment. Time is too concept ...more
quotations:
(re: unlikable narrator) "Chubby girls in pink tend to conjure up images of big strawberry shortcakes waltzing on a dance floor"
"Thinking about time was torment. Time is too concept ...more
i guess i can appreciate this for what it was (1910s queer romance), but it was a snoozer! i think i just am not interested in books without women...
quotes:
"Something of exquisite beauty arose in the mind of each at last, something unforgettable and eternal, but built on the humblest scraps of speech and from the simplest emotions."
"We were young idiots, weren't we? -but one can get something even out of idiocy. Development. No, more than that, i ...more
quotes:
"Something of exquisite beauty arose in the mind of each at last, something unforgettable and eternal, but built on the humblest scraps of speech and from the simplest emotions."
"We were young idiots, weren't we? -but one can get something even out of idiocy. Development. No, more than that, i ...more