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Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
3.0
I will say this took much longer to get through than it should’ve. I often double up with Audio & physical reading combined, but that just didn’t seem to work this time. The audiobook did not keep my attention at all, but physical reading did. I’d highly recommend not listening to this on audiobook to give it a fair shake.
That being said the story was entertaining but not quite what I hoped for based on the blurb. I still have a ton of questions that just weren’t elaborated on or answered at all, and I wish a lot of these concepts had been more fleshed out. There was a lot of nothing in the first half, and a LOT packed into the last 100 pages that easily could’ve taken up way more space in the book to get a more satisfying effect at the end.
Overall 2.5/5. I wish I had liked it more.
That being said the story was entertaining but not quite what I hoped for based on the blurb. I still have a ton of questions that just weren’t elaborated on or answered at all, and I wish a lot of these concepts had been more fleshed out. There was a lot of nothing in the first half, and a LOT packed into the last 100 pages that easily could’ve taken up way more space in the book to get a more satisfying effect at the end.
Overall 2.5/5. I wish I had liked it more.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar
5.0
Beautiful and devastating. I feel like I need to reread this one-hundred more times and even then I don’t know if I’ll ever be done with it. An instant favorite.
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee
1.0
I have so many thoughts on this book. There are some very well written two star reviews that I'd recommend looking at, for more clarification on my review.
I see a lot of myself in the author and her struggles, and I applaud her honesty in both her sessions and in this book. My rating is not based on her experiences nor her growth throughout the sessions presented in this book.
My rating is, however, based on the very very poor formatting of this book. I like the transcription style for the most part but the random chapters felt very out of place and just kind of.. thrown together, I guess? As if the book was being written as a school essay and needed to be longer to fit the word requirement.
I also cannot lie about the absolutely appalling lack of competence from this therapist. This honestly hurts my soul for the author, who deserved a much better therapist, because she is clearly begging for help throughout their sessions. She's also very self aware and is trying her best to benefit from the therapy but GOD DAMN that therapist is so inadequate it is soul crushing. It does not give me hope for the mental health professionals in South Korea, and I can only hope it has improved since, and hopefully that it will continue to improve as mental health is discussed more publicly.
Overall, I did not enjoy reading this. I feel for the author, and I wish her the best and I hope she continues to grow and heal and improve her self-esteem. But I don't think this book was very well put together.
I see a lot of myself in the author and her struggles, and I applaud her honesty in both her sessions and in this book. My rating is not based on her experiences nor her growth throughout the sessions presented in this book.
My rating is, however, based on the very very poor formatting of this book. I like the transcription style for the most part but the random chapters felt very out of place and just kind of.. thrown together, I guess? As if the book was being written as a school essay and needed to be longer to fit the word requirement.
I also cannot lie about the absolutely appalling lack of competence from this therapist. This honestly hurts my soul for the author, who deserved a much better therapist, because she is clearly begging for help throughout their sessions. She's also very self aware and is trying her best to benefit from the therapy but GOD DAMN that therapist is so inadequate it is soul crushing. It does not give me hope for the mental health professionals in South Korea, and I can only hope it has improved since, and hopefully that it will continue to improve as mental health is discussed more publicly.
Overall, I did not enjoy reading this. I feel for the author, and I wish her the best and I hope she continues to grow and heal and improve her self-esteem. But I don't think this book was very well put together.
The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
3.0
I like the characters, I enjoyed the story, but I’m hoping the next book is better. It just felt like something, I’m not sure what, was missing from this one.