Ooo very intrigued about Sing me to Sleep! Love the maroon lyrics on your wall - such a beautiful song. ☺
@bookishmelody
4 ай бұрын
That analysis framed by Trick Mirror/Cultish is exactly what I needed to know!
@alliewithbooks
4 ай бұрын
Really reminds me of the “hot girl books” trend that was pretty popular on tiktok in like 2020/21
@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
4 ай бұрын
Sing me to sleep sounds so good!
@literatimedium
4 ай бұрын
I agree!
@WildeBookGarden
4 ай бұрын
love your review of Unlikeable Female Characters! yes, we were told the same thing when essay writing and that's such a good comparison to make with some nonfiction the second Winter's Promise book is my favorite in the series! I didn't care for book 3 as much as the first two and I never picked up the 4th because I don't think I was at all interested in the direction the series went in :/
@alliewithbooks
4 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I do def think it’s really helpful advice and I wish more of these pop culture non-fiction authors would employ it 😅 I just want them to get to the point quicker. Yeah, the fourth one kind of goes off the rails. Like I enjoyed the bits between Ophelia and Thorn, but at what cost? And it was ultimately crumbs. I wish the narrative had kept going in the direction book two set up instead of going the weird academia route.
@shalryma
4 ай бұрын
I personally didn't really gel with Unlikable Female Characters. Might be partially my fault, cause what I was expecting was only briefly mentioned by the book (how actress Anna Gunn was treated horribly IRL because of her role in Breaking Bad), and description about the tropes got real repetitive by the end. Something, that I find difficult to forgive (especially a book for film and TV fans), is complete lack of spoiler warnings for the discussed media. I'm not someone who keeps up with television, I watch it whenever I feel like it - let's just say I was not expecting to have Succession spoiled to me by a book, but here we are. Yay, you finally read the rest of Mirror Visitor! I have a fond feelings for the series (Clairdelune being my favourite) but it definitely went bit too nuts towards the end. I wish it stayed a court intrigue, that's when the series was at its best! I personally liked Babel the least, as a sudden change of mood to essentially Academia wasn't at all interesting, it was kinda weird and hardly anything important happened in this book at all.
@alliewithbooks
4 ай бұрын
Yes!! I wanted more in depth exploration of the social impact of the “unlikeable female character”, but it all felt too surface level. Also I didn’t even think about the Succession spoiler! 😅 I’m not usually too put off by spoilers, but I feel like that show really hinges on finding things out naturally as the story progresses and it can be kind of ruined by a spoiler. Totally agree with you about the entire Mirror Visitor quartet! The turn from court intrigue to a more academic setting felt strange like it should’ve been the other way around if it was going to happen at all. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, but I think I just preferred the direction Clairdelune was going in and wanted that to continue. I still think the series is great, but it just impressed me less and less.
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